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paybefore awards europe
Celebrating Excellence In
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The resort city of Marbella, Spain, was the back- drop for this year’s Paybefore Awards Europe celebration, where Paybefore honored winners in 10 categories as well as People’s Choice at All Payments Expo Europe in May.
2014 marked Paybefore Awards Europe’s third year recognizing the innovators expanding prepaid and emerging payments across the continent. With a record number of entries and a record number of categories, Paybefore and its expert judging panel paid tribute to a thriving payments community.
“The innovators of our industry know no borders, precisely because they find ways to solve universal pain points for consumers, governments and businesses, while addressing local requirements,” said Paybefore CEO Marilyn Bochicchio, noting that several winners in the European competition also were recognized in the global Paybefore Awards in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Three winners in each of 10 categories, including
one Best in Category, were selected by a panel of five industry experts who served as judges for this year’s competition. Judges included Bochicchio; Paybefore’s Editor-in-Chief Loraine DeBonis; Dr. Hugo Godschalk, founder of Prepaid Forum Deutschland; Craig James, CEO of Neopay and chairman of Prepaid International Forum; and Siobhan Moore, senior associate at Locke Lord and a UKGCVA board member.
“It’s an exciting time in payments everywhere in the world, but this year’s Paybefore Awards Europe winners demonstrate how quickly prepaid and mobile solutions are replacing legacy paper-based systems,” Bochicchio added. “Paybefore Awards is proud to recognize the organizations that are taking on paper in its many forms—not just cash—to create value for all stake- holders and push the industry into new territory.”
For the first time, Paybefore invited visitors to vote
on one program or company to be selected People’s Choice. We received more than 1,000 votes and digital gift card provider CashStar took home the prize.