The Card Smart Award
"For outstanding achievement in the
Australian and New Zealand
Cards Industry"
The Award
The Card Smart Award is an annual award for 'Outstanding Achievement' in the Australian and New Zealand Cards Industry.
This prestigious award, now in its 6th year, is awarded to a company that was nominated and selected as the most outstanding achiever by an independent Judging Panel of cards industry experts.
Nominations are now being accepted.
Nominations for the 2006 Card Smart Award will be accepted during October and November 2006.
In order for an organisation to be in the running to win the 2006 Card Smart Award, a nomination form should be submitted to award@card-smart.com.au by 30th November 2006.
Click here to download an application form
Nominations can be submitted by any individual or organisation for a company who has been an outstanding achiever in the Australian and New Zealand Cards Industry during 2006.
Nominees we be requested to provide an overview of their outstanding achievement and supporting information for each of the judging categories:
- Competitiveness
- Contribution to Industry
- Customer and Merchant Acceptance
- Implementation/Market growth
- Innovation
- Financial Performance
- Sustainability
- Technology
- Time to Market
Contact award@card-smart.com.au for further information.
Selection Process
An independent judging panel of cards industry experts selects the Card Smart Award winner based on the information provided by the Nominee.
The panel scores how well each Nominee performed in each judging category. The Nominee with the highest total score wins the award.
Additional information may be requested of the Nominee by the judging panel during the selection process.
Recognition
The winner of the award will be announced and presented with the award trophy amongst industry peers at the Cards and Payment Symposium (CAPS) held in Melbourne in January 2007.
Select members of the press and other award applicants are informed of the winner and other outstanding achievers via a media release. Articles on previous winners have been published in The Australian Financial Review (AFR) and The Sheet (Banking and Finance Newsletter).
The achievements of the winner and other outstanding achievers are also acknowledged on our website and in our 'By All Accounts' external newsletter.
Previous Winners
2005 - FIS Card Services Asia Pacific (Certegy), in November 2004 CCSAP commenced processing the credit card accounts
for Krung Thai Cards (KTC) from its Asia Pacific processing centre based in Melbourne. KTC is Thailand's largest
issuer of credit cards and currently has 1.4 million accounts. In addition to credit cards CCSAP also processes a loan product for KTC
which now has 180,000 loans.
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2004 - GFG Group for their effort in providing Bendigo Bank
with software and expertise when Bendigo decided to extend and grow it's merchant settlement
system and bring it in-house brought to the judges attention the significant achievements GFG
has made in developing a comprehensive range of payment solution.
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2003 - IntilliSmart for their initial success in schools with installation
of their smart card Point of Sale (POS) system and Healthy Rewards program that encourages and rewards
children for making healthier food and drinks choices.
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2002 - Aurora Energy for their successful introduction and deployment of their
PAY AS YOU GO (APAYG) smart card prepayment metering product throughout Tasmanian households supported by
a smart card recharging network of point of sale agents.
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2001 - VFJ Technology for successful use and deployment of smart card and contactless
card reader technology throughout Australia at weighbridge sites.
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