Payments industry leader Card Tech Limited sponsors Cards Middle East

Senior decision-makers from the banking, government, telecom and retail sectors, as well as other major corporations from across the Gulf and the Middle East are participating in the three-day conference and exhibition, to be held May 17-19 at the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai.

In addition to being an associate sponsor, Card Tech Limited's participation includes a presentation by CTL Chief Technical Officer Bashar Chalabi on day two of the exhibition on 'Switching the Game: Dynamic Currency Conversion for Acquirers'.

Jaffar Agha-Jaffar, managing director, CTL, said about the event, "Cards Middle East provides an ideal forum for us to showcase the programmes and services we provide our customers. We strive to be our customers' best business partner by providing relevant card programmes, as well as expertise and advice."

Since its inception in 1989, CTL has become a market-leading provider of software solutions to the payments industry. CTL consistently delivers the highest quality products and services on time and to agreed budget allocations. Once an installation is completed, continued support service is provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

CTL's core products are developed in-house and designed to address every aspect of the card management business. Systems are flexible, modular, parameterised, robust, scalable and cost-effective. CTL products include card issuance, merchant acquisition, authorisation, message switching, key and PIN management, e-commerce and fraud management.

Research and development are paramount to CTL to ensure that systems remain future-proof and can be adapted, where necessary, to take advantage of ever-increasing opportunities available in this fast-moving industry.

All CTL software is built on open platforms and provides complete, yet modular solutions for all card programmes. The design methodology ensures that the products and modules are able to excel both independently and when integrated with other CTL or third-party systems.

CTL systems comply with the mandatory regulations defined by global payment associations including American Express, Diner's Club, Europay, JCB, MasterCard and Visa.