About Our Media Partners

Bank Innovation

Bank Innovation is a blog and social network that tracks and encourages innovation in banking. Through its social network, bankers come together to share ideas and insights. More than 5,600 industry execs from around the world are members of Bank Innovation. Bank Innovation also publishes the Bank Innovation Monitor, a data service that offers a “scorecard” of awareness and usage of various elements of alternative banking, such as online banking, mobile banking, and payments. This data and analysis is the backbone of the industry coverage on the Bank Innovation blog and the event Bank Innovation 2012. The Bank Innovation brand is passionate about bringing together a community that will shape the future of banking. www.BankInnovation.net.

Digital Transactions

Digital Transactions mission is to chronicle and explain the revolution sweeping through the consumer electronic transactions market in North America. We do this by providing the most informative and comprehensive publications serving the consumer electronic transactions market. We are committed to covering all networks (including credit, debit, check imaging and exchange, and automated clearinghouse) as well as both the issuing/originating and acquiring parts of the market. We further accomplish our mission by relying on a staff of highly capable professional journalists who have years of experience covering the consumer electronic transactions market. With over 21,000 BPA audited subscribers Digital Transactions reaches top executives from financial institutions, retailers and ISO’s. In addition to our highly distributed magazine we also produce a weekly HTML formatted newsletter Digital Transactions News which is emailed to over 14,500 subscribers every Friday. www.digitaltransactions.net is our web site providing daily updates on events changing the consumer electronic transaction market.

Integrated Solutions

Integrated Solutions For Retailers magazine helps retail executives make informed decisions about technology and operations solutions for all of their sales channels. The magazine provides insight on how retailers can achieve critical business objectives by integrating leading-edge solutions across the retail enterprise.

Jack Myer’s Business Reports

Media Biz Blog For more than 20-years Jack Myers Media Business Report has provided industry-leading trends and forecasts on advertising and marketing spending. Our weekly subscriber-only service, which is underwritten by many of the media industry’s leading companies, includes exclusive industry insights and commentary to support day-today business decision-making. Subscribers receive exclusive reports on media organizations and profiles of early stage companies, including proprietary industry-leading research on the perceptions of advertising executives toward media company value and media sales organization performance. Subscribers to Jack Myers Media Business Report also underwrite the free MediaBizBloggers.com thought-leadership blog platform for industry professionals and JackMyersThinkTank.com.

Javelin Strategy & Research

Javelin Strategy & Research is an independent research and advisory firm that guides the financial services industry and payment sector through continually changing market space. Our clients leverage Javelin’s expertise in innovative research, combined with client and marketplace interactions, to make informed decisions and increase sustainable profitability. Javelin conducts in-depth primary research studies to pinpoint dynamic risks and opportunities in four coverage areas:

1. Multi-channel Financial Services. Delves into customer’s online behaviors and technology trends, such as personal finance management and online banking.
2. Payments. Tracks the changing role of traditional, alternative and virtual payments; examines electronic, mobile and emerging payment technologies, and highlights new innovations and regulations influencing payment services.
3. Mobile. Examines mobile payment solutions, security practices, marketing opportunities, and consumer preferences for the mobile channel.
4. Security, Risk and Fraud. Provides business intelligence on customer fraud attitudes and security issues, as well as the most effective methods to manage it.

PYMNTS.com

PYMNTS.com is an online media channel that captures user-generated and expert-driven commentary, information, news, and analysis on “what’s next” in the payments sector worldwide. The site provides a platform for industry professionals to share content related to company and product developments, to tap into the collective commentary and analysis from experts, bloggers and industry pundits, and to interact with industry thought leaders and other influencers on topics of critical importance to the future of the sector. A joint venture of Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, and Market Platform Dynamics, PYMNTS.com redefines the ways in which B2B news and information is both generated and distributed.

The Retail Wire

RetailWire is the retail industry's premier online discussion forum. RetailWire goes beyond conventional headline news reporting. Each business morning, RetailWire editors pick news topics worthy of commentary by its "BrainTrust" panel of industry experts, and the general RetailWire membership. The results are virtual round tables of industry opinion and advice covering key dynamics and issues affecting the retailing industry. RetailWire membership is free to all qualified retail industry professionals. Over two-thirds of members are in top executive or senior management positions, representing a broad cross section of retail channels and the companies that supply them. RetailWire is supported via sponsorships by leading retail suppliers and service organizations

SEMPO

SEMPO is the global non-profit organization serving the search and digital marketing industry and marketing professionals engaged in it. Our purpose is to provide a foundation for industry growth through building stronger relationships, fostering awareness, providing education, promoting the industry, generating research, and creating a better understanding of search and its role in marketing

In a few short years, we have seen a revolution in search marketing. Advances in search platforms, social media and mobile technologies have transformed the way search marketers reach their customers.

To be at the forefront of this dynamic industry, successful search marketers must:

• Understand cutting edge technologies and their implications,
• Engage with other industry leaders, and
• Maximize their personal career growth.

More than 2,400 search marketers in 50+ countries belong to SEMPO. Find out how you can benefit from membership. Call us at +1-781-876- 8866 or visit us at www.sempo.org.

The WHIR

Since 2000, The Web Host Industry Review has made a name for itself as the foremost authority of the Web hosting industry providing reliable, insightful and comprehensive news, interviews and resources to the hosting community. TheWHIR Blogs provides a community of expert industry perspectives. The Web Host Industry Review Magazine also offers a business-minded, issue-driven perspective of interest to executives and decision-makers. WHIR TV offers on demand web hosting video interviews and web hosting video features of the key persons and events of the web hosting industry. WHIR Events brings together like-minded hosting industry professionals and decision-makers in local communities. TheWHIR is an iNET Interactive property. For more details about TheWHIR, visit http://www.theWHIR.com For more information on iNET Interactive, visit http://www.iNETinteractive.com