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Snapshots from MPC22 • Secure: Are we as trustworthy as banks?

• Partner-focused: No one person or company can do
this alone.
The very point of sale
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From POS to POI
By Dale S. Laszig Smith also praised a discussion on the POS moderated by
DSL Direct LLC David Lott of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,
with panelists Allen Kopelman, CEO at Nationwide Pay-
fter two years of virtual conferencing, MPC: ment Systems; Heather Mlachnik, senior vice president,
The Digital Commerce Event took place in per- acquiring and ISO sales for PAX Technology; and Ali
son at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North, Aug. Raza, director, payments, cards and fintech at Protiviti.
A 22 to 24, 2022, attracting several hundred bank-
ing, financial services, tech and merchant services profes- Commenting on ascendant digital wallets and mobile
sionals. Palpable energy flowed through the exhibit hall, phone POS options, Smith suggested mobile-phone-as-
breakout sessions and main stage at MPC's 12th annual POS solutions are better suited for street vendors than
conference. Peter Gordon, head of enterprise money restaurants but could provide backup when a restaurant's
movement at U.S. Bank, opened the first workshop, which main POS goes down. The POS "should be used as part
included three interactive sessions on building, connect- of an omnichannel solution that delivers the same shop-
ing and innovating. Sponsored by U.S. Bank, sessions ping experience to customers, whether they're shopping
explored how robust frameworks and partnerships foster in-store, online, or from a mobile device," she wrote.
innovation in commerce and financial services. Award-winning commerce

As Gordon noted, these core principles embody the show's Aite-Novarica Group's fourth annual Digital Wallet Im-
theme, The Currency of Change, and facilitate innova- pact Awards, presented at MPC22, honored GoCart for
tive, agile solutions. Service providers—from real-time customer experience, PayQuicker for product design,
payments and alternative lending to cryptocurrency, ad- Netcetera for value-added services and Branch for market
vanced analytics and quantum-resistant security—can adoption. Stewart Watterson, strategic advisor at Aite-No-
collaboratively build, connect and innovate to meet cus- varica, credited the 2022 winners for helping to redefine
tomers wherever they are, he added. the digital wallet category.

Hold my beer!
MagTek won the 2022 Visionary Award for its Qwantum
Referencing agility and partnership in his keynote, Jed Private Messaging. Andrew Deignan, vice president, glob-
Rice, CEO at Aliaswire, said, "Want more partners? Hold al marketing and strategy for MagTek, thanked The Green
my beer!" Rice and Russell Moore, director of strategy Sheet and MPC Digital Commerce for the honor and for
and development at Global Payments, who held up a bag hosting a phenomenal event where industry stakeholders
phone and cassette tape, captured the essence of agile, can learn from each other and share ideas.
partner-centric digital commerce. Next year in Atlanta

How will future generations view today's cutting edge Janine Savarese, CEO at NextTech Communications, said
models? For Elaina Smith, CFO at Secure Bancard, future MPC's agenda spanned the digital transaction ecosystem.
payments will be digital, real time and frictionless. "In- "We had a great time connecting with attendees, speak-
stant payments can give an organization a first-market ers, exhibitors, clients and fellow media partners," she
mover advantage," she wrote in an Aug. 23, 2022, post on said. Damon Kirk, CEO and co-founder of Obsidian Bank-
LinkedIn, which shared U.S. Bank workshop takeaways. ing, stated he enjoyed MPC22's networking, educational
"As you pick strategic partners in the build phase, pick workshops and moderating a fireside chat with Quincy
those who either have this capability or are working to- McKnight, CEO at Covenant Pay. "We enjoyed connecting
ward this capability. with everyone at MPC22," he said, "and we can't wait for
Payments with purpose MPC23."

In his keynote address, Barry McCarthy, CEO at Deluxe, Marla Ellerman, MPC executive director, thanked spon-
stated there is rarely one finish line in today's payments sors, emcees, exhibitors, speakers and attendees for mak-
playing field, and few solutions solve ecosystem-wide ing MPC22 a success, stating the show will return to At-
problems. He noted that Deluxe strives to create "pay- lanta in 2023.
ments with a purpose" that are: Dale S. Laszig, senior staff writer at The Green Sheet and manag-
• Frictionless: The solution improves, but does it solve? ing director at DSL Direct LLC, is a payments industry journalist and
• Smart: How does it work at scale? content strategist. Connect via email dale@dsldirectllc.com, LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/dalelaszig/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/
• Flexible: Do our definitions differ from customer DSLdirect. Five key trends shaping the payments revolution
definitions?
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