2006 EDC press releases:

NYPayLaunches Forum for Payments Professionals

New York - July 31, 2006
NYPay announced today its formation as New York City’s premiere networking forum for professionals in the payments industry.  The organization conducted its initial launch meeting on June 15th, hosted by co-founding member Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, and attended by dozens of its charter members.  The meeting focused on the theme “The Future of Payments” with a presentation made by the Mercator Advisory Group on “Driving Payment Trends through POS Technologies”. NYPay co-founding members from Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC), TransUnion, CashEdge, and Hughes, Hubbard & Reed moderated the event.

First Global Survey Assesses Mobile Payments Adoption Curve

Las Vegas - April 4, 2006

Mobile Payments World (CTIA booth #4152) and Edgar, Dunn & Company announced results from its 2006 Mobile Payments Study at today’s CTIA Wireless 2006 NFC Technology Summit: New Mobile Consumer Services with Near Field Communications.  The survey is the first study of its kind to assess the collective vision for mobile payments from global thought leaders in payments and financial services.

“Our study reveals a collective vision on how and when mobile payments will achieve critical mass, with data illuminating the key market challenges and opportunities,” said Thad Peterson, director at Edgar, Dunn & Company, a global independent payments consultancy and presenter at the NFC Technology Summit.

Payments Industry Assesses Tipping Point Potential

Orlando, Florida - February 15, 2006
Edgar, Dunn & Company, (EDC) a global consultancy specializing in payments innovation for companies and financial institutions worldwide, will guide an industry summit of payment leaders in a high level discussion on emerging card technologies at today’s 2006 Prepaid Card Expo. The panel titled Emerging Card Technologies gathers global payments leaders such as American Express, PayByTouch, Peppercoin, First Data Corp., OTI Global, Vivotech and Axalto to explore the current state and key market drivers of new and emerging payment technologies.