• For companies based in the US, entries can refer to activity in the US
• For companies based outside of the US: entries must refer to activity within the US and be able to evidence this. The US/ROI must have significant control of the product/program being entered.

The Card & Payments Awards are open to the following organizations.

Credit card issuers and their retail, affinity, and co-brand partners. ‘Credit card issuers’ means the bank or other financial institution licensed to issue credit tokens.

Current Account Providers linking a payment card or digital payment facility to a banking or building society account, which is used to pay for goods and services by debiting the holder’s account.

Prepaid card issuers, meaning any organization that owns or operates a brand that is utilized (on its own or as a co-brand) in connection with prepaid cards usable in an open network, identified by an issuer identification number (BIN) or, for closed loop, in a significant number of outlets in the relevant country.

Charge card issuers and their retail, affinity, and other co-brand partners, which provide payment cards that require customers to settle their accounts in full at the end of a specified period.

Merchant acquirers who are licensed to offer merchant acquiring services in the relevant country.

Other Payments Companies - All entrants must offer payment-related services to companies within the financial services industry.

Retailers are eligible to enter any category where they can showcase a payment-related qualifying entry.

Processors, aggregators, payment facilitators, PSPs/PISPs, ISOs - Providers must offer an existing service to the financial services industry.