Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
First Data Corporation (FDC)
EU Transparency Register
519393415904-86 First registered on 04 Feb 2015
Goals / Remit
First Data enables global commerce and delivers innovative payment technology and services solutions. Our company is anchored in the EU and works with clients in 20 Member States. First Data's engagement with EU institutions seeks to promote growth across the EU market.
Main EU files targeted
Digital Single Market, Payment Services Directive, Interchange Fee Regulation, General Data Protection Regulation
Address
Head Office
5565 Glenridge Connector NE Suite 2000
Atlanta 30342
UNITED STATES -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Other colleagues engaged include Phil Curtis (phil.curtis@firstdata.com) and Geoff Crang (geoffrey.crang@firstdata.com)
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Gerard Lysaght (Director, Global Government and Public Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Michael Neborak (Executive Vice President, EMEA Region)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
European Payment Institutions Federation, American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
Member organisations
Not applicable
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
Not applicable
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Not applicable
Other activities
Not applicable
- Meetings
Meetings
10 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 08 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject DSM strategy, geo-blocking Regulation, e-commerce Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services & Payments Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Aare Järvan (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Dec 2016 Location Brussels Subject Electronic payments in Greece Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Ioana Diaconescu (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Data for e-commerce DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Thibaut Kleiner (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
- Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject e-commerce DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Cross-border electronic retail payments Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Role of electronic payment solutions, data and dat protection Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market, MIF Regulation and PSD II DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Service Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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