Elavon’s Marianne Johnson Selected to Speak about Innovation in Payments at the Innovation Project 2013
Elavon, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and a
leading global payment solutions provider, today announced that Marianne
Johnson, head of global product and innovation, will speak at the
Innovation Project 2013, hosted by PYMNTS.com taking place March 20th-21st
at the Harvard University in Cambridge- MA. Johnson will participate in
the session entitled The Architecture of Innovation and will
discuss how Elavon has created an innovation agenda that includes both
internal initiatives as well as key partnerships with emerging solutions
providers. Moderated byJosh Lerner, Johnson will be joined by other
payments industry leaders.
Elavon recently opened a mobile innovation center at its Atlanta
headquarters focused on new technology and product development for
mobile payments. “Our focus will be on technologies that enable
merchants to accept payments via mobile devices while also ensuring the
ease of use and safety of the transaction from the customer’s
perspective,” Johnson said. “As mobile payments become more acceptable
by merchants and customers alike, technology must keep pace with the
needs on both sides of the transaction.” Elavon’s parent company, U.S.
Bank, is a leader in mobile banking technology, making mobile payments
technology a natural point of focus for Elavon.
In addition to its internal innovation focus, Elavon has launched
partnerships that capitalize on new technologies and solutions that have
entered the marketplace, including the recent addition of NCR Silver to
its portfolio of payments solutions and the acquisition of Collective
Point of Sale Solutions Ltd. (Collective POS) in Toronto, Canada.
The Innovation Project 2013 will assemble the most senior executives and
elite innovators from just about every established payments company
worldwide, and CEOs of the most innovative startups to change the
conversation about how to create, ignite and scale innovation.
“We are so pleased Marianne Johnson will be attending the Innovation
Project 2013. Marianne’s deep expertise and perspectives in the areas
impacting the payments industry today will be of great value to our
delegates,” said Karen Webster, CEO at market platform dynamics.
For additional details and a comprehensive look at the Innovation
Project 2013, visit: http://theinnovationproject2013.com/
About The Innovation Project
Over 2 days, 100 speakers and 500 senior members of the payments
industry will change the way that the payments and its broader commerce
ecosystem thinks, talks, delivers and ignites innovation. On March 20th and
21st the greatest minds in commerce and payments will
assemble at Harvard University near Boston to kick the conversation
about innovation up to an entirely different level at a program called The
Innovation Project. Speakers and delegates are among the most senior
executives and elite innovators from literally every established
payments company worldwide, along with the CEOs of the most innovative
start-ups in the space. One of its five modules includes pairing
industry CEOs with external thought leaders such as Al Gore (former
US VP), Steve Levitt (Freakonomics), Eric Reis (The
Lean Start Up), Rosie Rios (US Treasurer), Russell Simmons (Rush
Card), Raj Date (CFPB), and Josh Lerner (Architecture
of Innovation) to challenge the conventional wisdom around what it
will take to get merchants and consumers to adopt new ways to shop and
pay. Warren Buffett is the program’s keynote. The Innovation
Project also hosts the industry’s 2013 PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards,
given to 15 of the industry’s top innovators over dinner, which this
year will be emceed by B.J. Novak of The Office and will
introduce delegates to 40 of the hottest “next generation” payments
innovators.
About PYMNTS.com
PYMNTS.com
is reinventing the way in which companies in payments share relevant
information about the initiatives that shape the future of commerce and
make news. This powerful B2B platform is the #1 site for the payments
industry by traffic and the premier source of information about “what’s
next” in payments. C-suite and VP level executives read it daily for
these insights, making the PYMNTS.com
audience the most valuable in the industry. It provides an interactive
platform for companies to demonstrate thought leadership, popularize
products and, most importantly, capture the mindshare of global
decision-makers. It’s where the best minds and best content meet on the
web.
About Elavon (www.elavon.com):
Elavon is wholly owned by U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and provides
end-to-end payment processing solutions and services to more than one
million merchants in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Brazil
and Puerto Rico. Elavon markets solutions including credit and debit
card processing, electronic gift cards, dynamic currency conversion,
multi-currency support, and cross-border acquiring through multiple
alliance channels including financial institutions, trade associations,
and third party sales agents. Elavon’s suite of solutions is tailored to
meet the needs of merchants in specialized markets such as retail,
hospitality/T&E, health care, education and the public sector.
About U.S. Bancorp (www.usbank.com):
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), with $354 billion in assets as of December 31,
2012, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the 5th largest commercial
bank in the United States. The Company operates 3,084 banking offices in
25 states and 5,065 ATMs and provides a comprehensive line of banking,
brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services
products to consumers, businesses and institutions.
