ACCEO Solutions and Its Affiliate Tender Retail Invite All Players in the Payment Industry to Attend the Payment Landscape 2013 Conference

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 11, 2013) - Tender Retail, an affiliate of ACCEO Solutions Inc., a leading IT firm in Canada, will welcome the payment industry to a day-long conference called Payment Landscape 2013, which will be held in Las Vegas on April 22, 2013. Selected based on their industry leading expertise, influential speakers will address POS value added resellers and retailers to shed light on major challenges that will reshape the payment industry in the United States, notably with the application of the EMV standard ("Chip and PIN").

Speakers come from key organizations in the payment industry, including Visa, PayPal, Chase Paymentech, First Data, TD and KPMG, and will share their expertise and perspective on hot topics such as mobile technologies, security, alternative payment methods and customer loyalty.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear presentations by speakers from Visa and Paypal, who will address (respectively) the future of payment and how it can enhance the consumer/merchant experience and the evolution of payment in the retail sector. There will also be a panel of experts discussing the industry's path to EMV and presentations covering various other aspects of the payment world.

"We felt the need, in the U.S. market, to unite various players from different sectors, in the interest of sharing our knowledge and discussing the inevitable changes that will impact the payment industry in the coming years," commented Joey Vaccaro, Regional Vice President, Tender Retail. "We also hope to expose merchants to key partners and to the information they will need to successfully face these future challenges."

To register and view the complete conference schedule, visit the event website at: http://paymentlandscape.com/.

About ACCEO Solutions

Leading Canadian IT company ACCEO Solutions (formerly GFI Business Solutions) specializes in the design, implementation, integration, and support of management software; e-business development; and payment, professional, and technical services. ACCEO Solutions, which is currently experiencing an active growth phase, boasts nearly 1000 employees, approximately 55 000 clients, and annual revenues of over $100 million. Its most recent acquisitions include Tender Retail, activeMédia Développement, Fortsum Business Solutions, and Bell Business Solutions. These acquisitions have enabled the company to break into new and promising vertical markets and extend its product and service offering to businesses of all sizes and to municipalities and other public service organizations. For more information, please go to www.acceo.com.

About Tender Retail

Founded in 1985, Tender Retail has always been at the forefront of the industry, offering innovative and fully secure payment solutions. The company was the first in Canada to adopt EMV standards and roll out a complete encryption solution for merchants in an integrated payment environment. Today, Tender Retail solutions are integrated into more than 90 000 cash registers throughout Canada and the United States. Find out more at www.tender-retail.com.