Prime Sponsor for 19 years now, Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) is a leading pure play payments technology company delivering innovative software and services to our customers globally. Our technologies, services and employee expertise enable us to provide a broad range of solutions that allow our customers to operate their businesses more efficiently across a variety of channels around the world.
Headquartered in Georgia with nearly 24,000 employees worldwide, Global Payments is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 with worldwide reach spanning over 100 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. For more information, visit www.globalpayments.com and follow Global Payments on Twitter (@globalpayinc), LinkedIn and Facebook.

Silver Sponsor, MongoDB's mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. Built by developers, for developers, our developer data platform is a database with an integrated set of related services that allow development teams to address the growing requirements for today's wide variety of modern applications, all in a unified and consistent user experience. MongoDB has tens of thousands of customers in over 100 countries. The MongoDB database platform has been downloaded hundreds of millions of times since 2007, and there have been millions of builders trained through MongoDB University courses. To learn more, visit www.mongodb.com.

Sponsoring the Industry Achievement Award, American Express is a globally integrated payments company, providing customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success. A leader in global payments, American Express offers a broad array of payment, expense management and travel solutions for consumers and corporations including, personal cards, business cards, corporate cards, travel services, and more. Visit americanexpress.com for further information.

Sponsoring the Best Service to Business Award, Discover® Global Network, the global payments brand of Discover Financial Services, processes millions of cardholder transactions each day. With industry expertise, innovative technology and a closed-loop infrastructure, Discover Global Network provides effective, customized solutions that evolve as needs change. Discover Global Network has alliances with more than 25 payment networks around the world, and is led by three Discover businesses: Discover Network, with millions of retail and cash access locations; PULSE®, one of the leading ATM/debit networks; and Diners Club International®, a global payments network with acceptance in more than 190 countries and territories.

Fiserv, Inc. aspires to move money and information in a way that moves the world. As a global leader in payments and financial technology, the company helps clients achieve best-in-class results through a commitment to innovation and excellence in areas including account processing and digital banking solutions; card issuer processing and network services; payments; e-commerce; merchant acquiring and processing; and the Clover® cloud-based point-of-sale and business management platform. Fiserv is a member of the S&P 500® Index and one of Fortune® World’s Most Admired Companies™.

Ingenico is the global leader in payments acceptance solutions. As the trusted technology partner for merchants, banks, acquirers, ISVs, payment aggregators and fintech customers our world-class terminals, solutions and services enable the global ecosystem of payments acceptance. With 45 years of experience, innovation is integral to Ingenico’s approach and culture, inspiring our large and diverse community of experts who anticipate and help shape the evolution of commerce worldwide. At Ingenico, trust and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do.

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realise their greatest potential. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Gift Bag Sponsor Reward are proud to partner once again with The Card and Payments Awards in 2022. Reward are a global leader in Customer Engagement, working with the world’s largest financial institutions to build their customers of the future. Sitting at the heart of banking and commerce, Reward combines advanced predictive analytics with their innovative technology platform to deliver value to customers and in turn, driving increased NPS, customer loyalty and retention for banks and schemes. Reward believes you can do good and do good business, providing more than £1billion in rewards to customers by 2022 we design, build and operate the best Customer Engagement programmes in the world.

SkyParlour is the go-to PR and content agency for international Fintech, RegTech, Payments and eCommerce organisations; it understands the power of corporate communication when it comes to developing some of the most promising Fintech companies in the world. Founded in 2009, SkyParlour shapes the relationships between B2B audiences and clients in new, creative ways through meaningful content, targeted PR, stakeholder engagement and social media. Its content range includes sharp infographics that make complex technology easy to understand, videos profiling business leaders and broadcast stories, and by-lined articles expressing original and thought-provoking opinions on newsworthy topics.
For more information, please contact Angela Yore – angela@skyparlour.com

Thales DIS UK Ltd is thrilled to be the Champagne Sponsor at The Card and Payments Awards 2024. Thales is a global leader in Digital Identity and Security. Businesses and governments rely on Thales to bring trust to the billions of digital interactions they have with people. Our identity management and data protection technologies help banks exchange funds; people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organisations already rely on Thales solutions to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyse vast quantities of information and encrypt data. Every organisation around the world is in the midst of a digital transformation and stands to benefit from our joint innovations. As the world becomes more connected, Thales makes it more secure.

We are Thredd - The issuer processor turning ambitious businesses into digital payment leaders.

Working with our clients, we've been powering the payments ecosystem since 2007, making the complex look easy while creating the blueprint for first-class card issuing partnership. Thredd delivers flexible, reliable card programmes for brands in the digital banking, retail and B2B payment world, making use of all capabilities from digital wallets to pay-outs, from loyalty to embedded payments.

Thredd weaves expertise and technology to create a seamless experience for you and your cardholders. Thredd is a true partner to help you launch, scale and succeed.

Think Thredd, think global.

- 44+ countries across our global operations
- 1bn+ transactions processed every year
- 170m+ cards supported on our platform

Want to learn more? Visit thredd.com or speak directly with a Threddster at sales@thredd.com.

Sponsoring the Social Inclusion in Financial Services Award, Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is the world’s leader in digital payments. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company’s relentless focus on innovation is a catalyst for the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device, and a driving force behind the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce.