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"I can't wait to get The Green Sheet each time, to see

what politically stupid thing that you will say next."

– Wyatt Baxter
Bankcard Services Association

Milestones and half-steps publication and support by UMSA,
AMCOR and CrossCheck, The Green
The first issues of The Green Sheet were only four pages and about 1,600 words each. Sheet published its first issue without
In October 1986, we moved to a slightly more professional look. The first issue on a co-logo.
green paper (Oct. 31, 1986) announced that AMCOR had received approval from
MasterCard and Visa for the use of bankcard logos on AMCOR business cards. Also in January 1995, the recurring
Downstream independent sales offices also were permitted logo use. feature "Resource Guide" was
created, with a three-quarter-page
In the March 6, 1987, issue, we introduced our first industry cartoon, which layout and 11 categories. With Green
has been a staple ever since. The April 7, 1989, issue announced the first Visa/ Sheet independence, the publication
MasterCard ISO regulations and restrictions in the industry and suggested that launched its website in July 1995.
this was the result of a certain player in the industry. Following this story, The Modest as it was, it began to pave
Green Sheet was sued by Peachtree Bankcard, the beginning of several suits the way for more robust computer
against me and the publication, for a variety of reasons. systems for managing the 11 years
of previously published text and the
The April 23, 1993, issue was the first to grow to six pages, and it later became readership database. In 1995 alone,
a tri-fold layout for the July 25, 1994, issue. In January 1995, The Green Sheet The Green Sheet published more than
Inc. became an independent corporation for the first time. After 11 years of 75,000 words with a staff of three,
including the webmaster.

We did not move from our tri-fold,
six-page, 3,200-word format from
April 1993 to March 1997. The current
magazine format began with 10 pages
in '97 and has grown to as many as
96 pages, from 4,800 words to 28,000
words per issue. The Green Sheet now
has more to say in three issues than it
used to say in an entire year in 1995.

With the growth of the initial
publication and its online alter ego,
The Green Sheet also launched its
GSQ full-color magazine in 1997,
publishing four issues per year both
in print and online.

I am pleased to say today that The
Green Sheet is a household name in
the industry, and with continuing
praise from our readers, we regularly
find new opportunities such as the
MLS Forum, the Registered ISO
Network and our new PPL (Payment
Processing Litigation) section to
improve our overall offering.

While I am proud of the fact that
we have received nine Awards for
Publication Excellence with our Green

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