Title: Citi Prepaid Services
1Citi Prepaid Services
- An overview to delivering better, electronic
payments
2Agenda
- Introduction to the Prepaid Industry
- Prepaid Solutions for State and Local
Governments - Key Benefits of Prepaid Solutions
- Case Studies
- Questions and Answers
3Introduction to the Prepaid Industry
4Prepaid 101 Open and Closed Loop Programs
- Closed Loop Prepaid Programs
- Person-to-person gift cards
- Merchant-specific acceptance
- Non-bank issued
- Open Loop (Network Branded) Prepaid Programs
- Corporate/government and gift card uses
- Re-loadable and re-usable (configurable)
- Issued by banks
- Accepted on global payment networks (Visa ,
MasterCard , Discover , American Express )
5Prepaid Program Types
1 Visa preliminary estimate based on approximate
segment sizes of demographic and industry
spending and disbursements where prepaid
products may provide payment solutions. Some
segment dollar amounts may overlap. Version Q1
2003.
6The Prepaid Market
- Network branded solutions had an overall increase
of 82.8 in 2006 - Open Network Branded Prepaid, 2006 growth
- Payroll 79
- Employee Partner Incentives 91
- Consumer Incentives 484
- Public Sector 1,000
- Mercator, September 2007
- Mercator, March 2008
- MasterCard Europe and Boston Consulting Group,
2007
7Citi Prepaid Services
- We provide organizations with electronic payment
solutions that - Replace paper check, cash and other inefficient
payment - Extend communications to reinforce behaviors
- 10 year history in industry (early entrant)
- Prepaid clients include 45 of the Fortune100
- Have launched over 1,400 programs
8Prepaid Solutions for State and Local Governments
9Prepaid Solutions for States
Replace existing check, voucher or cash payments
with a more efficient, effective, secure and
convenient prepaid program.
- Payroll
- Unemployment Insurance
- Pension Payments
- University Payments
- Financial Aid Payroll
- Law enforcement
- Juror, witness stipends
- Workers Comp
- Food Stamps WIC
- Child Support TANF
- Wellness Programs
- Catastrophe/ Disaster recovery claims
10Key Prepaid Program Components
- Custom-designed Visa/MasterCard prepaid card
- Re-loadable and re-usable
- Good everywhere Visa/MC debit cards are accepted
- Plastic and virtual solutions
- ATM or debit only cards
- Payment Delivery Options
- ACH (Direct Deposit)
- Proprietary Bulk file
- Individual Payments (Web-based tools)
- Customer Support
- IVR
- Live Representatives
- Website
- Email
11Key Program Components
- Reporting
- Operational
- Business Reports
- Infrastructure and Security
- Redundancy
- Scalability
- Implementation Methodology
- Speed to Market
- Focus on Quality
- Training and Education
12Key Benefits of Prepaid Solutions
13Benefits of Prepaid to Clients
- Better Financials
- Lower cost delivery
- Improved Funds Management
- Fraud Protection
- Payment Reversals
- Streamlined Operations
- No lost stolen/stolen checks
- Eliminate administration associated with
checks/cash - Outsource payment fulfillment to full service
provider - Powerful reporting, better auditing capabilities
- Powerful Communications Tool
- Comprehensive communication/notification package
- Ongoing communication with recipients
- Spending visibility
14Significant Financial Benefit
- Example Client ROI for Paperless Payment Solution
- 105,000 total employees on monthly pay cycle
receiving a check - Assumptions
- 1.00 cost per check/per pay period (105,000 X
1.00 x 52 5,460,000) - 0.10 cost per payment / employee
- Potential of 90 cost reduction
15Benefits of Prepaid to Recipients
- Greater convenience
- No checks to deposit or cash
- Universal Visa/MasterCard acceptance
- Worldwide ATM access
- No lost or stolen checks
- Zero Liability protection for lost and stolen
cards - Better communication and service
- Detailed payment history online
- 24/7/365 support (web, IVR, live reps)
- Email/Text Message Alerts
- Special Transfers
- Improved financial management
- No need to carry cash
- Online account management
16Underserved Population in the US
Approximately 80M Underserved (Population in
Millions)
- 80 million consumers in the US without a
traditional deposit account or with limited
access to credit. - These consumers received almost 1 trillion in
payments from employers, states, government
entities, insurance companies and others - Over 1.5 billion in fees are paid to cash
checks
Underserved Consumers
Unbanked (no banking relationship) Underbanked
(low/ no credit score) Recent Immigrants
..with almost 1T in Income ( Billions)
Source Study commissioned by Visa and performed
by Bearing Point in 2004/2005
17Case Studies
18Case Study State of Maryland
- State of Marylands Need
- Maryland currently delivers paper checks to
recipients of unemployment benefits - Issuing paper checks involves significant
costs, administrative overhead and risk - An electronic delivery method is ideal for the
State
- Citis Solution
- Citi is providing a fully electronic solution
to deliver and communicate unemployment
benefits via our Prepaid Services platform. - Citis customizable solution eliminates the
need to issue paper checks while providing
beneficiaries with flexible access to funds and
comprehensive customer support
19National Guard Case Study
- Client Objectives
- The National Guards goal was to drive a large
scale recruitment campaign - The National Guard and its partner Docupak
desired an effective incentive to motivate
existing troops to refer and recommend new troops
- Citis Solution
- Citi Prepaid Services provided our
industry-leading Referral Program, featuring
a
fully customized prepaid debit card - Results
- The program was so successful it was expanded to
the Air National Guard
20 Case Study Stein Mart
- Situation
- High fashion, off-price retailer with about 300
stores, coast-to-coast in 30 states, 18,000
active associates - Expensive and inefficient process of in-house
printing and distribution of pay checks and paper
pay stubs bi weekly - Ongoing delivery issues associated with
uncontrollable forces over the past several years
(9/11, hurricanes, strikes, etc.) - Less than 50 direct deposit adoption
- Results
- Savings of approx. 100K annually
- Eliminated checks within 2 weeks of rollout
- 100 electronic paperless pay
- Redeployed payroll resources to other areas
- Significantly reduced payday disruptions
21Chicago Parks Case Study
- Client Needs
- The Chicago Park District (CPD) is responsible
for enhancing the quality of life throughout
Chicago. - CPD wanted to decrease the payroll expense
related to delivering checks and reduce the
expense for employees to access their pay - Citi Prepaid Solution
- A customized Citi Prepaid Program helped the
CPD significantly reduce employer costs
associated with payroll expenses, as well as
reduce banking expenses for the employee. - Results
- From the start, we had confidence in Citis
ability to implement the solution. Citi assured
us that implementation and adoption of their
payroll card program would be transparent not
only was Citi able to seamlessly work with our
existing Oracle payroll system, the pay card
implementation did not create additional or
extensive work for the payroll manager or our
employees.
22Citi Prepaid Solutions Healthcare
- Replace premium discounts, checks, gift cards and
direct deposit with a branded, powerful incentive
- Perfect for
- Wellness Incentives
- Disease Management
- Weight Loss Programs
- Smoking Cessation
23Case Study Citi for You
- Situation
- Citi was looking to engage their workforce in
Health Risk Assessments online surveys
developed to establish a health profile of each
employee so programs can executed to help reduce
healthcare premiums. - They needed a compelling and universal reward
that was easy to manage. - Solution
- Citi combined an online assessment with a fully
branded prepaid program. The prepaid card was
chosen because of its universal popularity and
simple execution. - Results
- Citi distributed the health survey to all
domestic employees. With the prepaid incentive - Citi received nearly 125,000 completed surveys
with participation 60 above forecast, and
payments and communications delivery cost
reduction of 10. - .
24Questions
Jason Tiede Citi Director, Global Prepaid
Services Jason.Tiede_at_citi.com