Steve McLaughlin, Managing Partner of Financial Technology Partners ("FT Partners"), to Deliver Keynote Speech at the 2011 Investment Community Forum During the Electronic Transactions Association Annual Meeting

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial Technology Partners LP and FTP Securities LLC (together, "FT Partners"), is pleased to announce that Steve McLaughlin, Founder and Managing Partner of FT Partners, has been selected to deliver the opening keynote speech during the Investment Community Forum at the Electronic Transactions Association 2011 Annual Meeting & Expo. The event takes place on May 10, 2011 at the San Diego Convention Center.

The Investor Community Forum brings together CEOs and other senior executives of payments companies and leading private equity executives in the dynamic payments sector.  It provides a unique opportunity for investors and payments executives to interact within an event that includes the entire payments universe.

Steve McLaughlin was recognized as Dealmaker of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by the M&A Advisor, recognized by IDD as one of the most successful "40 Under 40" on Wall Street's tech finance scene, and ranked by Institutional Investor as one of the most influential bankers in Online Finance in 2006, 2007 and 2008.  FT Partners was named "Investment Bank of the Year" in 2004 and 2006 and has received multiple transaction awards highlighting the outstanding achievements and results obtained for clients.  

Selected FT Partners Payments / Fin Tech Industry Transactions:

• Mercury Payment Systems' approximately 60% Strategic Investment by Silver Lake
• The $525 million sale of Lynk to The Royal Bank of Scotland
• The $325 million cash sale of Verus Financial Management to Sage Group PLC
• The $300 million acquisition of iPay Technologies by Jack Henry
• The $370 million sale of Custom House to Western Union
• The $177 million Initial Public Offering for VeriFone
• The $292 million debt recapitalization for VeriFone
• The $60.5 million acquisition of Goldleaf Financial by Jack Henry
• The $245 million cash sale of Corillian Corp to CheckFree
• The $40 million Series C financing for ViVOtech
• The $42.5 million sale of Alogent to Goldleaf Financial
• The $56 million sale of Majestic Research to Investment Technology Group
• The sale of TheMarkets.com to Capital IQ
• The $138 million IPO for Accretive Health
• The $680 million sale of ATD to Citigroup

About Financial Technology Partners LP and FTP Securities LLC

FT Partners is the only investment banking firm focused exclusively on providing strategic and financial advisory services to CEOs in the dynamic financial services and technology sector.  The firm offers strategic advisory services in mission-critical transactions including mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, LBOs, refinancings, recapitalizations and private capital raisings.  FT Partners' Managing Partner, Steve McLaughlin formerly was a senior investment banker in Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s Financial Technology Group and was the senior investment banker in the Financial Institutions Group in San Francisco before leaving the firm to form FT Partners in late 2001.  Any securities related transactions contemplated by or acted upon hereunder are conducted by FTP Securities LLC, a FINRA broker-dealer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Financial Technology Partners LP. For additional information, please visit www.ftpartners.com.

About Electronic Transactions Association

The Electronic Transactions Association is an international trade association representing more than 500 companies who offer electronic transaction processing products and services. For additional information, please visit www.electran.org.

SOURCE Financial Technology Partners