GS Advisory Board Member Craig Millington Dies

Craig Millington, a member of our Advisory Board and a former ETA President, died March 3, 2003 in Huntsville, Ala. Most recently, Craig was Senior Vice President of Compass Bank; he was President of the ETA from 2000-01.

Craig was an active, eloquent participant in our Advisory Board, and you could readily feel his passion and dedication in his responses. For example, in response to a question last year about the problem with "bad ISOs," he wrote:

"This is always a hot spot with me. YES! There are still BAD ISOs, unfortunately; most of the bad ones are the same old bad ones that never seem to go away. They sustain a bad image for our otherwise great industry. I have personally had situations where I have terminated the same bad guys twice and they still continue to find new unsuspecting banks to take advantage of."

In announcing Craig's passing, ETA Executive Director Ken Bowman wrote, "Not only was Craig a friend of ETA but of our industry. His involvement with ETA began 13 years ago at its very first meeting in San Diego as a speaker representing MasterCard International. ... Craig was always available to help ETA in any task that was asked of him. He truly is going to be missed."

Craig's family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Heart Association or St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

You Read It Here First

I don't know if you know this, but Transaction World magazine is getting its topics from your Forum on www.greensheet.com. No kidding.

For example, in its January 2003 issue TW has subjects such as "Certifying Agents and Rating Processors." In February 2003, it has a poll asking about agent associations and training, etc.

These have been hot topics on your board for a couple of months or so. As far as I know, TW has no forum for agents and ISOs to participate in and bring up these discussions.

Just wondering what you thought about the use of your board in this way.

Anonymous ISO Subscriber

Dear ISO:

To paraphrase an ancient proverb - plagiarism is the highest form of flattery!

Although we host and monitor the ISO Forum on The Green Sheet Online, we do not "own" or copyright the text posted therein. Nor are we responsible for what is posted, although we monitor and remove "flaming" that can be detrimental to the economics of our industry.

Most of the participants in the ISO Forum are avid readers of our publications, and we truly appreciate their support of The Green Sheet. We do monitor the registrations to this space to do our best to limit participation to ISOs in the payment-processing industry. We will be revoking and refusing registrations for people we can identify as writers for other companies.

For now, let's close with another botched proverb: "Beware ISOs bearing polls!"

Good Selling!^SM

The Green Sheet Staff

Delivering Money Orders

Hi, Paul,

I've been in the credit card industry for years, and I work with many convenience stores that rely on me for many of their services (ATMs, credit card processing, check guarantee, etc.). Many want to be set up to take money orders, and I would like to know if you know of anyone I can hook up with to sell for them. Please help me find this out.

Best Regards,

Tom Griffith

Merchant Payment Services

Tom:

We don't have any information on hand regarding this service. We will publish your letter in the Forum in The Green Sheet to see if our readers have any information for you. I also suggest that you post this to the ISO Forum online: www.greensheet.com/forum/

Good Selling!^SM

The Green Sheet Staff

CORRECTION

The WRG Services, Inc. profile in the February 24, 2003 issue of The Green Sheet (issue 03:02:02, Page 59) incorrectly reported the status of one of the company's offerings. In the future, WRG plans to offer rechargeable prepaid cell phone time at the ATM, but it does not provide that feature at this time.