The 2012 Florin Award winners are:
Winner Jury Vote 2012: SysnetAir
Winner Community Vote 2012: Qiwi
Winner Best Poduct Pitch: SysnetAir
We congratulate SysnetAIR and Qiwi with their Florin Awards 2012!
Please read more on
the Paypers website.
The Florins were created in 2010 to stimulate innovation in the transaction services industry by providing the nominees and the winners with substantial benefits to assist the promotion of their innovative products. Like previous years, there are three 'Florins' this year: 'Winner Jury Vote', 'Winner Community Vote' and 'Best Product Pitch'.
The Florins 2012 are brought to you by EPCA Payment Summit and
The Paypers.
The EPCA members have selected the five nominees that will compete for the ‘Florin’ Transaction Services Innovation Awards 2012:
iZettle Natural Security Qiwi SysnetAir Xsolla
Please take a moment to
read more on each of the nominees and then vote for your favourite.
Benefits for each of the Florin Nominees:
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Exposure as Florin 2012 Nominee through EPCA Summit and The Paypers e-mailings, website and dedicated
conference blog up to the EPCA Summit 2012
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Product display as Florin 2012 Nominee at EPCA Summit 2012
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Personalized marketing toolkit package
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2 free EPCA Summit 2012 delegate passes
Benefits for the Florin Winners:
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A Florin 2012 Transaction Services Innovation Award trophy
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Exposure as Florin 2012 Winner through EPCA Summit and The Paypers e-mailings following the EPCA
Summit 2012 (for one month)
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1 FREE Subscription to The Paypers premium publications
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1 FREE Executive interview
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2 free EPCA Summit 2013 delegate passes
Awards Ceremony
The Florins are awarded to the winners in the Florin Award ceremony at the end of the 1st day at the the EPCA Summit, April 19th 2012. The winners are announced by Jury members present at EPCA Summit. Each winner is allowed a short ‘thank you’ speech.
The Florin 2012 Winners were:
Winner Jury Vote – TNT Post CheckPay
Winner Community Vote – Znak it!
Best Product Pitch – TNT Post CheckPay
The Florin Awards Process
The Florin Awards process has been designed to capture the most recent innovations in the transaction services industry and to select the nominees and winners that have broad industry appeal. To this end, both industry experts and the community are involved in the process to determine the winners. The way the winner is determined differs for each of three Florin Awards. As a result, it is possible for a single candidate to win multiple awards!
Role of the Jury
The jury consists of five members, including the chairman of EPCA or a designated EPCA representative. The members of the jury are selected 'by invitation' from the industry community applying several criteria:
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Experienced, respected, authoritative industry professionals, able to take an unbiased position.
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With a proven inclination towards innovation.
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With different perspectives on the transaction services industry: e.g. different actors, services, channels,
geography.
The role or the jury is straightforward and three-fold:
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Monitor the Florin Awards process and ensure that everything proceeds according to the ‘rules’ and in a fair
manner.
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Select the Florin 'Winner Jury Vote'.
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Present the Florins in the Florin Award ceremony at the EPCA Conference.
The Florin 2011 Jury Members were:
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Gerard de Moura – Galitt, EPCA representative (chairman)
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Dave Birch – Consult Hyperion, Director
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Mark Buitenhek – ING, Global Head of Payments & Cash Management
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Bo Harald – Tieto, Head of Executive Advisors
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Javier Santamaria Navarette – Santander, Subdirector General
Phases and Timeline
The award process consists of 3 phases: Call for candidates > Nomination > Community/Jury voting and Product Pitch contest.
Nomination
Five nominees compete for the Florin ‘Winner Jury Vote’ and Florin ‘Winner Community Vote’. The five nominees are selected during January from the candidates that have submitted a valid application.
The European Payments Consulting Association (EPCA: 10 members in 9 countries: BE, DE, DK, FR, HU, IT, NL, PL, UK) appoint the nominees. In this process each EPCA member awards a maximum of 10 points to a minimum of 5 candidates, based on their own criteria. The top 5 that result from this scoring are nominated.
The nominees are announced 1 month after the closing of the ‘call for candidates’, in the beginning of February.
Community/Jury Voting
After nomination, the transaction services community votes online at ThePaypers.com for their favorite nominee to determine the Winner Community Vote. The Florin Jury selects the Winner Jury Vote.
This phase lasts about 2 months and ends at the start of the EPCA Summit, April 18th 2012.
Product Pitch Contest
All candidates that have submitted a valid application can compete for the Florin ‘Best Product Pitch’ in a Product Pitch contest at the EPCA Summit on April 18th 2012.
Best Product Pitch is determined by a Pitch Panel composed of entrepreneurs, investors, professionals who judge the pitches. The attending audience influences the decision by giving their vote to their favorite by means of a ‘voting bill’. These votes are ‘collected’ by the contestants. The Pitch Panel determines the winner based on their collective opinion and the audience votes.
Florin Award 2012 Application Form