FinovateSpring 2011 / ChargeSmart
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: ChargeSmart is an alternative payment solution enabling card acceptance at no cost to the biller, allowing businesses to meet their customers’ card payment preferences without the expensive fees and technical challenges associated with traditional card acceptance programs.
How they describe their product/innovation: ChargeSmart will demo the first online bill payment service to enable customers to use gift cards from third-parties as a form of payment.
Contacts:
Bus. Dev.: Paul Warrin, VP Business Development, pwarrin@chargesmart.com, 415-974-5100
Press: Sarah Wroble, William Mills Agency, 678-781-7236
Sales: Tim Brinkman, CEO, tbrinkman@chargesmart.com, 415-974-5112
Website: www.chargesmart.com
Blog: blog.chargesmart.com
HQ Location: San Francisco, CA
Company Founded: January 2008
Product Being Demoed: Gift card funding of online bill payments
Product Launched: May 2011
Metrics: 300,000-plus users, total payment volume will hit $160 million this year, up from $60 million to $70 million in 2010 and $8 million in 2009
- Key Executives
Tim Brinkman (Chief Executive Officer), Philip Mikal (CTO), Paul Warrin (VP Business Development), Jake Cunningham (VP Operations)