Top Three Reasons to Sponsor Velocity

Exposure to a large audience.

Since we’re going digital, Velocity will become more accessible to attendees and in turn should broaden registration and exposure for your company. Velocity incorporates Retail, Hospitality, Bank Partners, Acquirers, ISO’s from Canada, the U.S., and Latin America.

Numerous engagement opportunities.

With the digital experience, Velocity offers the ideal platform to connect with like minded business professionals looking to advance the payments industry. Take advantage of instant messaging to connect with attendees through the Velocity event app. The 1:1 meeting scheduler allows attendees and sponsors alike to connect with one another.

Access to industry decision-makers from some of the most recognizable global retailers and partners.

Velocity attendees are engaged, focused, and the event provides plenty of networking opportunities to interact with your peers! Retailers and restaurants includes: Nordstrom, Tiffany & Co., L Brands, Hobby Lobby, TJX, McDonald’s, GameStop, Big Lots, Rent-A-Center, Universal Studios, Papa Murphy’s, Panda Express and much more.

Thank you to our growing list of generous sponsors!

Gold Sponsors

ACI Worldwide is the leading provider of secure, omni-channel payment systems to merchants globally. Delivered in the cloud or on-premise, our solutions support a variety of in-store, eCommerce, mobile and digital channels providing the framework for retailers to create and manage a customer-centric experience. ACI’s advanced merchant fraud prevention and payment data security tools reduce risk and compliance burdens, while protecting the bottom line. ACI powers electronic payments for more than 6,000 organizations around the world. More than 1,000 of the largest financial institutions and intermediaries as well as thousands of merchants rely on ACI to execute $14 trillion each day in payments. Visit www.aciworldwide.com for more details.

Discover® Global Network, the global payments brand of Discover Financial Services, processes millions of cardholder transactions each day. With industry expertise, innovative technology and a closed-loop infrastructure, Discover Global Network provides effective, customized solutions that evolve as needs change. Discover Global Network has alliances with more than 15 payment networks around the world, and is led by three Discover businesses: Discover Network, with millions of retail and cash access locations; PULSE®, one of the leading ATM/debit networks; and Diners Club International®, a global payments network with acceptance in more than 190 countries and territories. Visit www.discoverglobalnetwork.com for more details.

With increasing IT challenges, Level 10 recognizes retailers need less partners to do more. By strategically bundling our services—hardware procurement, asset management, maintenance, field technician support and service desk—we act as an extension of your IT team throughout your technology & mobile deployments, store openings/closing/remodels, store support work, warranty entitlement & enhancement, and COVID-19 response custom product needs.

As a PCI 3.0 PIN Compliant QIR, our payment-specific services include: Key injection, Application loading, Software integration, Serial number tracking, Testing, Secure storage, Secure, certified disposal & destruction, Deployment, Ongoing maintenance/repair, Supplemental help desk, Project management, Online customer portal for 24/7 project/unit visibility, and Proof of concept and piloting. Visit www.level10.com/for more details.

SpacePole Inc. is proud to be a mounting and enclosure partner for Verifone payment solutions across the world. Available in a variety of stylish and functional designs, pairing your preferred Verifone hardware with SpacePole’s fixed or mobile mounting solutions, ensures your investment in a critical business process is secure and accessible. Combining a legacy of 24 years of ergonomic design from Spacepole with Verifone’s single unified payment platform provides an experience that exceeds today’s customers’ expectations and their demand for secure, safe and convenient transactions in either a hospitality or a retail shopping environment. Visit www.spacepole.com for more details.

Vesta is a leader in guaranteed fraud protection and commerce payment solutions that help merchants optimize revenue without the fear of fraud. Founded in 1995, Vesta pioneered fully guaranteed card-not-present payment transactions. The company has achieved its leadership position through cutting-edge data science and machine learning capabilities that deliver unparalleled accuracy to fraud detection around the world. Today, Vesta guarantees more than $15 billion in transactions annually. Vesta’s secure payment solutions, backed by a zero-fraud-liability guarantee, enable merchants to grow revenue by delivering frictionless transactions that maximize acceptance and enhance the customer experience while eliminating the fear of fraud. Visit trustvesta.com for more details.

Exhibitor Sponsors

Serving thousands of customers worldwide, APG powers cash management solutions across a wide range of global industries and verticals. Whether it’s our general application cash drawer, custom-designed solutions, or the SMARTtill® Cash Management Solution, our products and brand are differentiated by our ability to deliver innovative technologies that globally enhance efficiency and security at the point of sale. Visit www.apgcashmanagement.com for more details.

Bluefin specializes in payment and data security technologies that protect point-of-sale (POS) and online transactions. Our security suite includes PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) for face-to-face, call center, mobile and unattended payments, and our ShieldConex® data security platform for the protection of personally Identifiable Information (PII), Personal Health Information (PHI), and payment data entered online. Bluefin is a Participating Organization (PO) of the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) and is headquartered in Atlanta, with offices in Waterford, Ireland. Visit www.bluefin.com for more details.

From the front of your store to the back of your warehouse, ENS designs solutions for your technology to seamlessly secure, pair, charge and communicate. When you work with ENS we put our knowledge and passion in action to create unique, innovative products that enhance the experiences of both our partners and their end users. ENS. Better by Design.

Now, ENS offers UV-Clean solutions to protect payment terminals from harmful chemicals while keeping them disinfected so that all payment transactions are safe for your customers. Visit www.ens-co.com for more details.


Gemstone Payments offers software development, validation, deployment, and support subscription for our clients, using agile project management methods to bring flexibility and accuracy to your solution.  Our custom payments software services are tailored to each client’s specific needs in new and innovating ways. Visit www.gemstonepay.com for more details.

We make shopping smooth. With Klarna, consumers can buy now and pay later, so they can get what they need today. Klarna’s offering to consumers and retailers includes payments, social shopping and personal finances. Over 200,000 merchants, including H&M, IKEA, Expedia Group, Samsung, ASOS, Peloton, Abercrombie & Fitch, Nike and AliExpress, have enabled Klarna’s innovative shopping experience online and in-store. Klarna is ranked number five on the 2020 CNBC Disruptor 50 list, is one of the most highly valued fintech in Europe with a valuation of $10.65 billion, and is one of the largest private fintechs globally. Klarna was founded in 2005, has over 3,000 employees and is active in 17 countries. Visit www.klarna.com for more details.

POSDATA is a leading distributor of Verifone’s payment devices and sets the pace in the industry with flexible services and custom logistics solutions for its channel partners.  POSDATA’s highly trained staff provides warehousing, configuration and technical services from its centrally located distribution and key injection facility in Louisville, Kentucky.  

POSDATA is committed to delivering deployment solutions and services that provide quick and cost-effective access to PCI compliant payment solutions.   POSDATA’s Louisville facility has been Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) certified by the PCI Security Standards Council and is a key holder for hundreds of processor and acquirer keys. Visit www.posdata.com for more details.

For over 20 years, POS Portal has been changing the payments industry. As a leading provider of payments hardware and services, POS Portal has pioneered the way for logistics and distribution in secure payment devices. Today they’re combining that experience with the leading global provider of technology products and solutions, ScanSource Inc. Focusing on point-of-sale (POS), payments, barcode, physical security, unified communications, collaboration, cloud and telecom services – ScanSource is committed to helping its customers choose, configure and deliver the industry’s best solutions. Supporting customers across almost every vertical market in North America, POS Portal and ScanSource are redefining what delivering and supporting a complete solution means. Visit www.posportal.com for more details.

AMETEK Powervar’s power quality solutions protect POS systems from electrical noise, transients, and disturbances to optimize system performance. The result is a reduction in service calls and downtime, saving you and your customers time and money. Ultimately, this leads to a seamless customer experience on every transaction. AMETEK Powervar delivers successful solutions to the grocery, retail, hospitality, and financial sectors. Our products are backed by a responsive and innovative technical team, ensuring you the highest quality products and support at every turn. Visit www.powervar.com for more details.

Reliant is a leading provider of an Edge Computing platform for hospitality and retail.  Reliant’s platform centralizes, automates, and controls the delivery and management of applications and infrastructure, bringing data and solutions to the Cloud’s edge. Experience speed in delivery, reduced latency, continuous operations, and enable faster digital transformation.

The Reliant Platform converges new and legacy systems into an integrated, scalable system through virtualization, centralized management, and comprehensive monitoring, providing controls, data security and compliancy delivered to the stores and restaurants. Our clients are leading chain retailers and restaurant operators scaling from 25 to 1000’s of locations. Visit www.reliant.io for more details.

RCP is an innovative retail management consulting firm dedicated to providing superior service and enduring value to our clients. We combine our consultants' deep retail business knowledge and cross-functional capabilities to deliver superior design and implementation of strategy, technology, and process solutions.  Our firm's unique combination of industry focus, knowledge-based approach, and rapid, end-to-end solution deployment helps clients to achieve their business potential by leveraging our proven methodologies. Visit www.retailconsultingpartners.com for more details.

TRG is a global managed solutions provider in mobility, POS and payments with a mission of Making Technology Simple. With facilities across North America and Europe, we provide the most comprehensive suite of lifecycle management services – from warehouse to boardroom and deployment to retirement. We’re relentless in our drive to find innovative, effective ways to enhance customer operations and challenge conventional thinking along the way – accelerating projects, driving application success, improving employee/customer experience and maximizing ROI. Visit www.trgrepair.com for more details.

TruRating is the only multi-channel feedback solution in the world that connects how customers feel to how much they spend. TruRating integrates seamlessly into the customer journey and delivers actionable insights based on genuine, validated feedback. The ease and simplicity for a customer to rate leads to industry-leading response rates, giving businesses unprecedented access to the perceptions and experiences of their customers. Visit www.trurating.com for more details.

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is the world’s leader in digital payments. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company’s relentless focus on innovation is a catalyst for the rapid growth of digital commerce on any device for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce. Visit www.visa.com for more details.

​​​​​​The W. Capra Consulting Group is a professional services firm focused on developing and implementing strategic solutions for omni-channel companies. We are proud of our heritage in assisting merchants and solution providers implement and operate payment technologies such as EMV, encryption, tokenization, fraud monitoring, cost of acceptance optimization including least cost routing, and mobility for both card present and card not present channels. Our understanding of business needs across verticals such as general retail, grocery, fuel and convenience retail, and quick service restaurant and the underpinning technologies allows W. Capra to provide the expertise to deliver upon our client's requests. 

Areas of focus include: Cost of Acceptance, EMV, Data Security, Fraud, PCI, Mobile, Loyalty, Ecommerce & Subscription Billing, and Infrastructure/Architecture. Visit www.wcapra.com for more details.

WESCOM RESOURCES GROUP – Backed by Wescom Credit Union, one of the nation’s largest credit unions, with more than $3.5 billion in assets and serving nearly 200,000 members, Wescom Resources Group (WRG) provides the credit union industry with advanced technology solutions to enable our clients to innovate and prosper.  WRG offers credit unions a unique signature capture solution pairing our Tellergy software with Verifone devices to deliver operational efficiencies and functionality to members and staff in your branch setting.  WRG also provides managed services with UNITRI offering core hosting, high availability disaster recovery and COLO in our data centers. Visit www.wescomresources.com for more details.

When you choose Zebra as your OEM partner, you get a portfolio of scan engines and devices that deliver industry-leading features, durability and reliability — saving everyone time and money. You save on development time and cost. And, your customers get best-in-class, well-proven solutions that drive time and cost out of their everyday operations.

We have a 1D or 2D scan engine for the whatever range you need. When you work with Zebra, keeping your products updated with the latest technology is easy. Our platform strategy allows you to simply replace existing scan engines with the next generation engine — no expensive re-tooling required. Visit www.zebra.com for more details.