Kansas City-based startup accelerator and business incubator
Think Big Partners and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce have
announced Master
Your Card Missouri as the presenting sponsor for the June 20th
innovation and entrepreneurship conference known as iKC.
Master Your Card Missouri
is a public education campaign from MasterCard which helps consumers, small
businesses and governments get more from their money by using prepaid, debit
and credit cards to their advantage.
Master Your Card Missouri uses its innovative technology to run an
electronic payment network that delivers instantaneous, affordable and safe
transactions through cards.
The Master Your Card Missouri program is an entrepreneurial
approach to the world of payment that aligns with the message that iKC will
send this spring. The program allows for
consumers, small businesses and governments to improve awareness of
financial inclusion, awareness of financial literacy, negotiation tactics, knowledge
of electronic payment processes and technical assistance.
“As
a technology company that happens to be in the payments space, customers and
cardholders look to MasterCard for cutting-edge advancements in the space, so
that they can pay for the things that matter to them in the way that they
prefer," said Rob Reeg, President of MasterCard Technologies. "Doing
so means skills like being innovative and demonstrating entrepreneurial spirit
are crucial for us, and a reason that we’ve chosen to support the iKC 2012
event. As a company with our technology headquarters based in Missouri, we look
forward to the valuable content the sessions will offer to attendees, as well
as the opportunity to introduce our Master Your Card Missouri public education
campaign to help businesses, consumers and governments get more value from the
technology we offer.”
iKC, formerly known as The Chamber’s Innovation Conference and
Think Big Partners’ Think Big
Kansas City, is a day-long conference that will be hosted by H&R Block.
The mission of the conference is to foster innovation and creativity in Kansas
City, help build the “City of Entrepreneurs”, and provide innovation and
startup opportunities for corporations, KC businesses and entrepreneurs. The conference will take place on June 20, 2012
at the H&R Block World Headquarters in downtown Kansas City. Think Big Partners and The Chamber are
thrilled to partner with Master Your Card Missouri to help foster the growth of
innovation and entrepreneurship in the Kansas City area through the creation of
a day-long conference.
“The iKC Conference will bring together some of the most
innovative minds in the Kansas City region and beyond,” said Jim Heeter,
president and chief executive officer of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of
Commerce. “We’re thrilled to have Master Your Card Missouri as a sponsor
of this exciting event, which moves us that much closer to our Big 5 goal of
making Kansas City America’s most entrepreneurial city.”
To become a sponsor or speaker for the iKC event on June 20, 2012,
please visit www.sparkinginnovation.org. To purchase a ticket, please visit the iKC registration page.
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