Elan is pleased to provide you with the MasterCard(R) Training and Executive Insights Webinar Calendar Elan would like to share the first quarter MasterCard webinar schedule with you. These webinars are offered by MasterCard free of charge. They will provide you with a quick, convenient way to get the benefits of a face-to-face presentation from the comfort of your own desks, directly from MasterCard subject matter experts. Learn more about how your financial institution can better meet cardholders' needs and the steps needed in evaluating how to move forward with product/program implementation. A sampling of the free sessions being offered is listed below. For a more detailed calendar of all first quarter sessions, please visit the Connect website. To attend an online webinars, simply log onto https://www.webmeeting.att.com using Meeting Number 8884766131 and Code 560043 ten minutes before the start of the webinar. Call-in number is 1-888-476-6131, participant code is 560043 Overview of US Small Business Association (SBA) Loan Programs (suggested for financial institutions offering Small Business MasterCard Card products) Thursday, January 28 - 2-3pm ET The US Small Business Administration (SBA) has a number of different loan programs available to help small business owners during these challenging economic times and has recently introduced new programs and program enhancements to further boost small business credit availability. Learn about these recent changes and how they benefit financial institutions and their small business clients. Turnkey Marketing Programs - Effectively Unlocking Your Cardholders' Potential (suggested for all financial institutions) Wednesday, February 3 - 3-4pm ET MasterCard Advisors offers an array of marketing initiatives with proven success in stimulating more profitable customer behaviors. Learn about these easy to implement, affordable marketing options that allow you to target specific accounts within your portfolio. We'll also review the MasterCard Marketing Calendar to assist in planning potential future initiatives. You'll leave this webinar understanding how you can leverage MasterCard Advisor's experience to effectively achieve many of your marketing objectives in 2010. Payment System Integrity (PSI) Overview (suggested for all financial institutions) Thursday, February 4 - 3-4pm ET Learn how MasterCard's Payment System Integrity group works with customers and key stakeholders to secure the payment system. Whether providing leading fraud management solutions, supporting customers with fraud and data compromise investigations, promoting compliance with security rules and standards or targeted education and training; MasterCard's PSI group is committed to safeguarding the payment system. Hear more about how MasterCard helps its customers maximize opportunities for growth while managing fraud risks. 2010 MasterCard Guide to Benefits (suggested for all financial institutions) Tuesday, February 9 - 3-4pm ET Hear about the benefits MasterCard provides and better understand the Guide to Benefits process. This webinar will not only focus on how and when to communicate benefits, but how to leverage them to improve key portfolio profitability drivers such as account acquisition, activation, usage and retention. For more information about these webinars and others being held in the first quarter, download the calendar on the Connect website. Remember - these webinars are FREE OF CHARGE - and are MasterCard's way of thanking you for being a valuable partner and promoting the MasterCard brand! Please contact your Elan customer service representative if you have any questions. ------------------------------------------------- To ensure that you continue to receive email from us, please add us to your Address Book (announcements@elan-client-communication.com). Thank you. Please do not reply to this message. If you wish to unsubscribe or change your email address, send us an email at: information@elanfs.com You are receiving this email as a client of Elan Financial Services. View the Elan Privacy Policy: http://www.elanfinancialservices.com/atm-debit/privacy/index.aspx Our Web site address is elanfinancialservices.com: http://www.elanfinancialservices.com Elan Financial Services 225 West Station Square Drive Suite 620 Pittsburgh, PA 15219