Colace is a global provider of credit insurance and credit management solutions, serving 135,000 companies in over 90 countries. Colace facilitates global business-to-business trade. Coface North America provides a range of credit management products and services that allow companies to minimize risk, including export and domestic credit insurance, political risk protection, global collection services, and credit information on companies throughout the world. In addition, Coface offers Kompass business-to-business information in the US and Canada. Coface was founded in 1946. We are members of CLLA and IACC, licensed, bonded insured. All collection associates are IACC-certified. Coface works diligently to assist our clients in protecting their interests with unresponsive, uncooperative, distressed receivables.
Learn more at www.coface-usa.com or call 800-318-6494 ext 2212
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Today, we process more than 11 million transactions a day and over $80 billion a year. Big or small, each of our clients enjoys the same benefits. A real person who will answer the phone anytime there’s an issue and not hang up until it’s resolved. Pricing and fees that are fair and upfront — so there are never any surprises. And solutions that go beyond card processing, allowing our clients to focus on running their business.
We’ve come a long way since 1997, and we’re not done yet. While our size and offerings will continue to evolve, our core values remain steadfast.
Hybrid Paytech (First Equity Strategy LLC) is a division of Freeport Capital (CNSX:FAS). The company was established in 2008 and focused in the mobile payment software platform. Hybrid has developed a very unique approach (Patent pending) to mobile payment (PCI compliant) "Ecosystem Software Platform" for EMV Pin debit and credit payments over smartphone, tablets and enterprise devices.
ISO&Agent is the merchant acquiring industry's premier publication, combining timely news and articles on ways to boost revenue with insightful and relevant analysis of long-term trends shaping the industry. ISO&Agent magazine and ISO&Agent Weekly reaches over 16,500 subscribers in the ISO market. Look no further than the leading industry publication to showcase your products and services to these influential professionals. No other industry publication comes close to the breadth, depth and quality of our circulation. Please contact Hope Lerman for advertising opportunities, at hope.lerman@sourcemedia.com or 312-475-0649
What We Do
Locaid is the world's largest location-enabling mobile transaction platform. Since our inception we've processed over 350 million location-based queries on behalf of our customers. Locaid's carrier-grade location gateway is regarded as the wireless industry's benchmark for reliability, availability, coverage, quality, and support.
Why We Exist
Our mission is two-fold. For our customers, we simplify and manage the complex technical and approval interfaces of location-based services (LBS) among multiple mobile operators. For Tier 1 wireless carriers, we ensure privacy and efficiency in running location transactions through the network. We are the only LBS aggregator that is integrated deep within carrier infrastructures and processing systems. We do not operate any LBS applications, therefore our customers never have to worry about competing with us.
How We Do It
Locaid has developed deep, trusted relationships with the world's largest wireless carriers. We provide a range of location enablement services, including x/y coordinate delivery, geofencing, geocoding, map appends, and location analytics. Corporate brands, messaging platforms, mobile developers, and application service providers (ASPs) rely on our focus and expertise in navigating complex carrier infrastructures and networks around the world. We simplify and deliver location, period. That enables customers to get their location-aware content to their customers faster.
With the world's most trusted, service-based LBS platform, deep privacy expertise and carrier network relationships, Locaid will location-enable your mobile business. Location Matters.®
Mission Mobile is a mobile solutions provider specializing in lead generation. We enable businesses to leverage their existing marketing and advertising by integrating mobile services such as text messaging, QR Codes, mobile web sites and mobile landing pages.
Mobile Marketing and Technology has hosted the last two Mobile Payments Conferences. They provide innovative news and events for the mobile sector targeting mobile marketing and mobile payments.
Our mission is to facilitate networking, education and marketing with efficiency and precision in order to maximize customer experiences, and client profitability and recognition. MPA can accomplish this by having a committed staff of trade show production organizers, supplied with the training, technology tools, processes and experience to offer the best service in the industry.
NYPAY is New York’s premier professional organization for payment industry leaders and innovators. Founded in 2006, NYPAY’s mission is to facilitate discussion about changes and innovations in payments and create networking opportunities. NYPAY hosts events led by industry leaders, encouraging dialog and debate about new payment perspectives.
NYPAY arranges quarterly events in New York City for its members. The organization also has a virtual home originated on LinkedIn. Membership is expanding in critical industry segments and looks for member input and involvement. NYPAY provides information, news and networking for its members as well as valuable discounts to industry conferences and events.
P2P Cash is setting this global mobile standard by enhancing SWIFT, the global standard for wire transfers, to implement mobile clearing standards with the world’s largest banks and mobile wallet companies.
Standardization both lowers the cost of remittance and increases the convenience of sending/receiving cash with direct withdraw/disbursement into mobile wallets. The OASIS Group is facilitating the development of this global mobile Standard. OASIS has a long term successful track record in establishing industry wide standards. Their efforts led to the XML standard the software industry uses today.
Smart Insights is the best information source on the Secure Transactions industry.
Smart Insights Weekly is a newsletter covering the smart card industry, its businesses, its technologies, its markets as well as its technology suppliers. Smart Insights covers all the major trends in the industry, it encompasses worldwide business, standardization bodies ...
Smart Insights Reports are research reports providing key facts and figures as well as strategic insights about a technology, an area or a major issue in the secure transaction industry. Smart Insights Reports bring business modeling, forecasting and competitive analysis.
Smart Insights: facts . intelligence . now . More information at http://www.smartinsights.net
The Luciano Group provides executives in the Global Telecommunications, Payments, and Mobile Commerce industries with management and operational consulting services. Our vision is to be a leading provider of strategic and tactical programs that create for our clients new sources of revenue, increased profits, and improved operational efficiency and performance.
Our Value
The Luciano group brings significant value to its clients, including:
•Highly Experienced Management Team
The six partners in the Luciano Group have all been senior executives charged with managing a major component of a telecommunications service with the top Telco’s in the world. As a result we have extensive personal and professional relationships in the telecommunication industry’s international, domestic, mobile and executive communities.
•Emphasis on Operational “Best Practices”
Best Practices allow you to benefit from the hundreds of millions of dollars that the industry has spent developing efficient operating methods. We can review your operations and tell you if your competitors are more (or less) efficient.
•Physical Locations in the Center of the Telecommunications Industry
With offices in the United States and the Europe, The Luciano Group has strategically placed offices globally and can offer its services to your company, wherever you are in the world.
•Strategy to Maximize Profits
A fundamental premise of our consulting strategy is profit maximization. While growth and success can be measured in numerous categories, we believe that no product or service is valuable unless our work results in new profit for our client.
•Close Ties to Decision Makers Around the World
The partners of the Luciano Group have worked with executive level managers from the top 500 telecom companies in the world. If you need to make a contact or get a deal done, contact us.
Our History
The Luciano Group originated from Tom Luciano’s one-man consulting firm in 2003. Founded as International Telecommunications Strategies and Solutions (“INTTSS”), Tom worked with some of the top-tier telecommunications companies in the world. It wasn’t long before he needed help managing the volume of client requests, creating the need to expand the number of experienced executives in his group. GW Tracker Servce was launched in 2006 as the premium wholesale tracking product. The service provides market tracking and benchmark data in minutes, revenue, market share, route level pricing, gross margin, and four different network metrics (ASR, ALOC. NER, and ABR). In 2012, there are 18 major global wholesale carriers as members and collectively they represent 80% of all international wholesale minutes sold in the world.
In 2009, The Luciano Group created its Mobile Commerce division under David W. Schropfer. This division quickly grew to become the largest divion in our consulting business, serving some of strongest emerging companies in this sector. In 2011, GV Tracker Service was launched to track the growth rates of all international minutes sold to over 230 countries and territories. The eight charter members of GV Tracker Service represent 30% of all paid international voice minutes sold in the world. Both GWTracker and GV Tracker Service provide on-line access to 24 months of historical data so members can quickly create graphic charts on any tracked category for either service.
Today, The Luciano Group offers an extensive array of products and services to some of the biggest clients in the world, including the unique GW Tracker product, and we are growing
The Nilson Report is the most relevant and respected source of global news and analysis of the credit, debit and prepaid card industry. The subscription newsletter provides proprietary statistics on the current status of the industry, as well as concise company, personnel, and product updates. David Robertson, Publisher of the Nilson Report, is a recognized expert in the field, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Over 18,000 readers in 85 countries worldwide value The Nilson Report to track industry trends and market information.
For more information visit www.nilsonreport.com.
The independent authority on credit card processing, topcreditcardprocessors.com, is a research firm dedicated to identifying and ranking the best credit card processors in the United States. These payment service providers are able to provide national services with flexible payment terms and service offerings for your small, medium, or enterprise business.
Global telecom, energy, and cost management agency (Chicago – circa 2004)
Carrier neutral, access to (90+) providers in our supplier community
Service coverage locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally
Service portfolio specific to wholesale, communication carriers and commercial, enterprise business.
Representatives in AZ, CA, MA, NJ, NY, London, and Tokyo
What We Do
We provide useful information to our clients so that they can make good decisions for their business:
We offer access to our central repository of (90+) global service providers and industry leading companies
We provide Telecom and Wireless Expense Management (T.E.M. & W.E.M.)
Invoice consolidation (multi-location, landline, cable, and cellular)
Cost management/reduction
LAN/WAN Access and transport diversity
Unique technology resources (routers/switches/IP PBX/handsets)
Custom designed voice and data plans
Commercial Tenant Service Solutions (move beyond the "White Box")
Office space locator, Architect, General Contracting, Office equipment, Furniture, Lighting, Information Technology and Telecom Services.
Network cabling (data/electrical) Local 3 and CWA Union and Non Union labor
Business Continuity/Disaster Prevention Management
We are the primary point of contact, regardless of the service provider and or the services selected.
We provide the ‘facts’ (the good, the bad, and the ugly)
We pass through promotional and discretionary pricing in order to achieve lowest baseline cost of service.
Simply put, we solve problems.
For More Information, please contact us: 1-855-474-1700/1-631-474-1700 Extension 101 or sales@velstar.com
W.net inspires and empowers women in the electronic transactions industry to maximize their individual potential and position themselves for greater personal success.
The Women’s Network in Electronic Transactions (W.net) is the premier electronic transactions organization dedicated solely to women in the field. From its very beginnings and through today, W.net’s goal has been and remains a simple one – to provide a forum to inspire and empower women in the electronic transactions industry through networking opportunities, mentoring programs, and the overall promotion of women in the industry by enabling them to maximize their potential and position them for greater success. In short – to teach women in the payments industry how to be stronger and more powerful female leaders.
As the organization has continued to grow, it has provided opportunities in even more ways – by expanding its reach on both the local and national level with both the expansion of LINC’s (Local Interest Network Circles), Super LINC event and annual Career & Leadership Summit. W.net is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization and all contributions are tax deductible.
Wireless Dealer Magazine is a proven leader in launching and creating successful advertising programs for cellular, electronics and audio companies.
Whether your advertising goal is brand development, generating sales or product awareness. Wireless Dealer Magazine paired with 15 years of collecting marketing contacts for our database brings your company to the right targeted audience.
We help cellular, electronics and audio retailers find and learn about the companies that can stock their inventory and generate revenue and in-store traffic. WDM is quickly becoming a staple in the cellular, electronics and audio industries as a catalogue for new and profitable products and services.
It’s our mission to get your information into the hands of retailers. Retailers are always looking for products that will bring new customers into their stores, improve their operating efficiency and increase their profit margins.
Women in Wireless is an organization that promotes and develops female leaders in mobile and digital media.