Brad Hanson wins Paybefore Industry Achievement Award
Brad Hanson, President of Meta Payment Systems, was awarded the Paybefore Industry Achievement Award at the 2009 Prepaid Card Expo in Orlando, Fla. The Paybefore Awards are the oldest and most prestigious awards that recognize excellence in the worldwide prepaid and stored value card industry. The Industry Achievement Award is presented to the individual who has demonstrated leadership and contributed most to the success and progress of the industry during the past year or many years.
“This Paybefore Award spotlights the brilliant individuals using prepaid to provide innovative payment solutions. Brad Hanson continues to deliver innovative vision and leadership not only to the organizations he has led, but also to the prepaid industry as a whole,” said Marilyn Bochicchio, CEO of Paybefore. “He is a trailblazer in the world of prepaid, seeing the value and opportunity in the industry to the millions of people it serves.”
Under Hanson’s leadership, Meta Payment Systems has become the top prepaid card issuer, rebate card issuer and agent bank gift card issuer in less than four years.
In addition to his leadership at Meta Payment Systems, Hanson remains one of the industry’s top visionaries and innovators as he served as a founding board member for the influential, inter-industry Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA). He continues to provide vision and leadership in compliance and brings new tools and players to the market to serve consumers of all types. Prepaid payments have evolved to a strategic product category not only for financial service providers, but also for any organization that wants to extend and improve its customer relationships—much to Hanson’s credit.
Meta Payment Systems® based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is the world’s leading issuer of prepaid, credit and debit payment solutions as well as the largest sponsor of ATMs in the United States. Meta Payment Systems, a division of MetaBank™, delivers innovative financial products that are changing the way people use, borrow and manage money. Meta Payment Systems brings money to LIFE. Meta Financial Group, Inc.® (NASDAQ Global Market:® CASH) is the holding company for federally-chartered savings bank MetaBank. For more information, visit www.metapay.com.