Financial DNA to Hold First Annual Emerging Payments Conference in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Financial DNA, LLC (www.financialdna.com), the foremost source of Financial Technology insight for industry professionals and investors, will hold its first annual Emerging Payments Conference at the Park Hyatt, Federal Reserve Building in San Francisco on May 12, 2005. The conference represents the first in a planned series of topical events focusing on both the professional and investment implications of various Financial Technology industry segments.

Major topics of Emerging Payments 2005 will include:

• Bill Payment & Presentment: What niche opportunities remain?
• Biometrics: Are new technologies effective?
• Check Truncation: Why is Visa so interested?
• Check 21: When will banks begin major investment?
• Contactless Payments: Why are they taking hold?
• E-commerce payments: What role will gateways fill in the future?
• Fraud: Will Verified by Visa make an impact?
• Managing the ISO: What are proven approaches?
• Merchant processing: Will venture and public investment find reasonable returns?
• Micropayments: Is content key to adoption?
• PayPal: Financial DNA’s take on PayPal’s future role in financial services.
• Prepaid Processing: Can prepaid mobile crack the domestic marketplace?

Confirmed participants thus far include:

• BitPass
• Carreker Corporation (CANI)
• Dexit
• Electronic Clearinghouse (ECHO)
• Federal Reserve Bank
• iPayx
• Lightbridge/Authorize.Net (LTBG)
• Merchant eSolutions
• PayPal (EBAY)
• PayByTouch
• Verisign/Verisign Payment Services (VRSN).

Designed for technologists, bankers, and private and public equity investors, Financial DNA’s Emerging Payments 2005 will include presentations from both public and private enterprises. Members of the press are also welcome and should contact Financial DNA directly regarding admission. Discounts are also offered for early event registration before April 1, 2005. Further details are available at www.financialdna.com/fdna/site/fdna_conference.php , or by contacting Financial DNA directly at 415-661-9443 or info@financialdna.com.