Payment Strategy • Business Planning • Industry Assessment

We know the way.

Consultants and Professional Managers to the

Electronic Payments and Commerce Industry

We know the electronic payments industry like no other. From the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, our consultants have been inside the organizations that have built the payment industry, often helping to chart their course.

We are a company built on knowledge, analysis, and action. If your business touches payments, we want to help you know who, what and why.

Our knowledge spans payment cards, electronic banking, electronic commerce and the payments industry infrastructure. We have applied this knowledge to corporate strategy, new product development, policy and procedure design, economic analysis, the bid process, and organizational structure.

Don’t leave empty handed! Pick up one of our publications and learn something about what is happening now in payments.

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News:

 

July 29, 2009: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio will moderate panel discussion on the different uses of prepaid cards, the concerns of law enforcement officials, and the specific steps and programs the industry has put into practice to thwart criminal activity. Presented as a webinar for the Electronic Funds Transfer Association.

 

July 23, 2009: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio will moderate panel discussion on cross-channel fraud and the payments hub strategy for financial institutions. Presented as a webinar for the Payments Standing Committee of the Financial Services Technology Consortium.

 

July 20, 2009: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio will present a session on “Key Elements of Card-Based Payments” for NACHA at The Payments Institute in Atlanta, GA.

 

June 15, 2009: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio will present a session on “Key Elements of Card-Based  Payments ” for NACHA at The Payments Institute in Scottsdale, AZ. 

 

April 6, 2009: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presented a session on “Mobile Financial Services – Customer in Control” at the NACHA Payments 2009 Conference in Orlando, FL with Janey Place, CEO of DigitalThinking.

 

April 5, 2009: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio moderated a panel discussion on “Payments Hub Cage Match” at the NACHA Payments 2009 Conference in Orlando, FL with Jonathan Eber, ACI, Doug Gross, Clear2Pay, Beth Cronenweth, Sterling Commerce, and Sam Robb, CheckFree.

 

February, 2009: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite publishes “Flying Blind with Billing?”, an article warning of the potential problems when consumers move to electronic bill payment. In DOCUMENT magazine.

 

November 4, 2008: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presents the webinar “Reinvigoration of the Merchant Acquirer Business” on bankerstuff.com.

 

October 9, 2008: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite presents the webinar “The Nuts and Bolts of Mobile Banking Technology” on bankerstuff.com.

 

October 2, 2008: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presents the webinar “Open Loop Prepaid Cards: Extracting Maximum Value” on bankerstuff.com.

 

August 25, 2008: Avenue B to present at the eFinancial Enablers Council of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association on September 11, 2008 in Chicago, IL.

 

August 25, 2008: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio to moderate a panel on “Demographics and Mobile Use” on September 23, 2008 at The Santa Fe Group’s Mobile Financial Services Forum in Providence, RI.

 

August 4, 2008: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite quoted in “Mobile Banking: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back” in Bank Director Magazine, 3rd Quarter 2008.

 

June 30, 2008: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presents the webinar “Open Loop Prepaid Cards: Extracting Maximum Value” on bankerstuff.com.

 

June 28, 2008: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presents “Card Payments 101” at The Payments Institute presented by NACHA in Atlanta, GA.

 

June 24, 2008: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio moderates a panel discussion on “Authentication and Risk Management in Mobile Financial Services” at the SourceMedia’s Mobile Commerce Summit in Las Vegas, NV.

 

May 18, 2008: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presents “Card Payments 101” at the NACHA Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas, NV.

 

May 6, 2008: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite selected to give webinars at bankerstuff.com. Topics include “Customer Growth in the Credit Card Issuer Processing Market”, presented May 15, “The Nuts and Bolts of Mobile Banking Technology”, presented May 20, and “The Mobile Commerce Market”, presented May 22.

 

April 18, 2008: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite publishes “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call you…”, an article exposing the danger of following old models when developing financial services on mobile. In DOCUMENT magazine.

 

February 24, 2008: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite selected to present “Mobile 101” at Online Resources’ Client Summit on March 10, 2008 in San Diego, CA.

 

February 21, 2008: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite selected to present “Mobile 101” at the BAI’s Operations & Payments Graduate School on June 2, 2008 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.

 

February 20, 2008: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio moderates the Mobile Bazaar at the Mobile Banking Vendor Showcase presented by NACHA’s Internet Council in New Orleans, LA.

 

February 19, 2008: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite selected to present “Key Elements of Card Based Payments” at NACHA’s The Payments Institute West on June 23-24, 2008 in Phoenix, AZ.

 

February 19, 2008: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio selected to present “Key Elements of Card Based Payments” at NACHA’s The Payments Institute East on July 28-29, 2008 in Atlanta, GA.

 

December 4, 2007: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite selected to present “Changes in the Credit Card Issuer Processing Market” for BAI via webinar on January 24th, 2008, 1—2 pm CST.

 

September 27, 2007: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite selected to present “Mobile Payments: Current & Future Models” at NACHA’s Payments 2008 in Las Vegas, NV.

 

September 20, 2007: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presents “Mobile Commerce and Future Payment Trends” at Postilion’s Roadshows 2007 Conference in Marina Del Rey, CA.

 

September 20, 2007: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presents “Payment Models for Mobile Commerce” for the ISD Corporation via webinar.

 

September 18, 2007: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite quoted by the American Banker in “The New World of Mobile: What It Takes to Get Going”.

 

July 23, 2007: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presents “Key Elements of Card Based Payments” at NACHA’s The Payments Institute (TPI) East in Atlanta, GA. 

 

July 23, 2007: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite selected to present on wireless issues at BAI’s TransPay 2008 to be held February 5-7, 2008 in Dallas, TX

 

July 22-23, 2007: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite teaches “Wireless 101” and “Retail Payments Overview” at the BAI’s Graduate School of Banking in Madison, WI.

 

June 18, 2007: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio moderates a panel discussion on “What will Mobile Commerce Look Like”? with Moneet Singh, Sapphire Mobile and Bob Hedges, Mercatus, at SourceMedia’s Mobile Commerce Summit in Las Vegas, NV

 

June 17, 2007: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite presents “Wireless 101” at SourceMedia’s Mobile Summit in Las Vegas, NV.

 

June 4-5, 2007:  Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presents “Retail Payments Overview” at BAI’s Graduate School of Payments in Nashville, TN.

 

June 4, 2007: Avenue B’s Roger Applewhite teaches “Retail Payments Overview” at NACHA’s The Payments Institute (TPI) West in Scottsdale, AZ.

 

April 19, 2007: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio quoted by Digital Transactions in “STAR to Test PIN-less Debit for Online Micropayments”.

 

April 17, 2007: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio presents “Enabling Faster Receipt of Online Micropayments” with Nancy Loomis, Star System, at NACHA’s Payments 2007 Conference in Chicago, IL.

 

April 16, 2007: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio moderates a panel discussion on “Credit Fraud:  A Strategic Industry Discussion” with Bill Redmans, Washington Mutual and Rob Tourt, Discover Network, at NACHA’s Payments 2007 Conference in Chicago, IL.

 

January 1, 2007: Avenue B’s Maria Arminio selected for NACHA’s Payments 2008 Planning Committee.