National Merchants Association CEO Heather Petersen to Speak at the ETA's Transact 16

TEMECULA, Calif. - April 18, 2016 - PRLog -- National Merchants Association CEO Heather Petersen will be a featured speaker at the MagnaCarta executive briefing on the future of payments, entitled "Great Leap Forward: Making the Case for Small Business EMV," at the Electronic Transactions Association's Transact 16 event on April 20^th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. A merchant advocacy group and leader in merchant services, National Merchants Association is a silver sponsor for Transact 16. Visit booth Number 444.

A longtime expert in the electronic payments industry, Petersen will bring more than 12 years of experience to the table during her speaking engagements at Transact 16. Petersen's proficiency in sales, underwriting, risk, and regulatory compliance for all risk levels has been the foundation for National Merchants Association's success since 2004.

Focused on payment processing done right across all levels of risk, National Merchants Association's participation at Transact 16 includes:

• "Great Leap Forward: Making the Case for Small Business EMV" executive briefing featuring Heather Petersen, CEO, hosted by MagnaCarta (by invitation only)
• "Art and Science: The Ever-More-Difficult World of Processing for Higher Risk Merchants" panel featuring Heather Petersen, CEO
• "How EMV Is Affecting CNP Business" panel featuring Heather Petersen, CEO, and Jacob Bennett, VP, Risk and Underwriting

National Merchants Association will also showcase its new TransAction Program and residual portfolios acquisition program for low-risk agents as well as its ProAgent Partner Program fpr independent sales agents of all risk levels.

For more about National Merchants Association, visit Visit www.NationalMerchants.com (http://www.nationalmerchants.org/) or call 866-509-7199