Mobile Payment Magazine

IFINTEC International Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition: April 8-10, 2014, Istanbul, Turkey

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IFINTEC International Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition is a dedicated conference focusing on technology solutions developed for the finance world. IFINTEC Conference serves as a platform to introduce and demonstrate system, hardware, software, consultancy, training, security and service solutions developed for financial institutions. An intensive participation is expected to the IFINTEC Conference and Exhibition from many countries.

At the conference, speakers will share with the visitors their experience, knowledge, visions, future forecasts, trends and new developments in the technology. At the conference exhibition area, sponsor/exhibitor companies will have the chance to introduce their solutions to conference attendees. For more information, please visit the event website: IFINTEC International Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition.

Mobile Payments – Law Seminars: Sept. 9-10, 2013, Washington, DC

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Law Seminars International Presents: A Comprehensive Two-Day Conference on Cutting Edge Issues for Mobile Payments: Regulatory Triggers, New Business Models And Technologies, Security And Enforcement

Who Should Attend
Attorneys, business executives, consultants and governmental officials involved in mobile payment regulation

There are close to 20 federal agencies monitoring or actively regulating the emerging mobile payments market. Add to that the laws and regulations of 50 states, the District of Columbia and several territories that may overlap federal jurisdiction or add additional legal issues. There are literally dozens of potential legal and regulatory issues that established players and new entrants alike must understand to shape their emerging businesses appropriately and avoid compliance issues and consequent claims or penalties.

Please join us at the center of the legislative and regulatory action, our nation’s capitol, this fall for two days of intensive dialogue with the leading regulators, attorneys, and experts in the field of mobile payments. The legislative, regulatory, and legal challenges and complexity of this new industry are daunting for the uninitiated, but not insurmountable. Our conference will help you spot and sort out the myriad of legal and regulatory issues around mobile payments. You will gain an understanding not only of the current landscape, but also insight into the future of this rapidly evolving industry.

~ Brooks E. Harlow, Esq. of Lukas, Nace, Gutierrez & Sachs, LLP and Jason Oxman, Esq. of Electronic Transactions Association, Program Co-Chairs

What You Will Learn

  • Mobile wallet systems and players
  • Regulatory issue spotting
  • Policing the mobile wallet
  • Primary regulatory structures and developments
  • Federal agencies update
  • Cyber security
  • Issues arising due to merchant verification
  • Strategy considerations for business and legal advisors
  • Anti-trust considerations
  • Future mobile payments players and venture capitalists

Date and Location
September 9 & 10, 2013
Columbia Square Building in Washington, DC

Information and Registration: Law Seminars

6th Mobile Commerce Summit ASIA 2013: March 19-20, 2013 – Singapore

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As Asia’s largest mobile commerce summit event, Neoedge the leading producer of original conferences and workshops for the corporate world, has announced the biggest names in the industry supporting the 6th Mobile Commerce Summit ASIA 2013 which is happening on the 19-20 March 2013 at the Hotel Novotel Clarke Quay Singapore.

The event is again expected to sell out fully, as in the last five years. The mobile commerce leaders at the event to date include Standard Chartered, Google, Digi Telecommunications, Mobile Accelerate, Vodafone, American Express, Telenor/Easypaisa, SingTel Group, Nokia (Finland), C-Sam, Mobile Monday Singapore, Indonesia Telecommunications Authority, Citi, Dialog Axiata, F1Soft International, Sprooki, Mastercard Worldwide, Zain Group, Du, National Payments Corporation of India, mcel, Taggo, eSewa, Olswang Asia, Indosat, Al Fardan Group, Habib Bank, Thomson Reuters Asia (Technology Division) and PCI Security Standards Council among others who will be featured at the event and bring to Singapore its latest mobile commerce technological innovations.

“We picked Singapore as our venue for two consecutive years now, primarily because it is considered to be Asia’s hub in terms of mobile technology.”, said Ricard Halim, Business Development Manager at Neoedge. “We are also delighted to welcome the executives from our Official Lanyard Sponsor, C-SAM, headed by Elizabeth Duke, the Head of Sales for Asia Pacific.” Halim added.

Among the international speakers lined up for 2013 is Biswas Dhakal the President of F1Soft International. They will hold a Post-Conference workshop entitled, “Mobile Financial Services in Under Developed Countries.” F1Soft is a leading company on transaction banking since its inception in 2004. It holds its principal offices in Nepal and regional presence in Singapore.

“What sets our event apart from the many mobile summits in Asia is that we seriously dedicate focus streams and panel discussions on topics which are currently shaking the mobile commerce space. Our agenda, while it is coherent, it aims to get as many players, if not all, in the ecosystem and it is designed to unveil what really is the future of mobile payments, mobile banking, mobile money transfer and NFC.”, Halim shared.

Neoedge’s 6th Mobile Commerce Summit ASIA 2013, after being hailed as one of the most important telecom events in Asia, it was shortlisted as Best Telecom Conference in the Asian Conference Summit & Awards 2012.

For more information and registration: 6th Mobile Commerce Summit ASIA 2013

 

 

About Neoedge:

 

Neoedge Pte. Ltd is a business media company that aims to serve the corporate world with integrity and excellence by providing cutting edge business intelligences and creating high value networking opportunities.

 

http://neo-edge.com/event-line-up/telecom-it/6th-mobile-commerce-summit-asia

Merchant Strategies for Mobile Payments: May 13-14, 2013 – Seattle, WA

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Law Seminars International Presents: An Advanced Two-Day Conference on Cutting-Edge Developments in Merchant Strategies for Mobile Payments: New business models and associated legal issues.

Who Should Attend
Attorneys; business executives and managers in the retail, wireless, mobile device, applications development, technology, venture capital industries and financial institutions; business consultants and governmental officials

Why You Should Attend
Merchants are being asked to accept and support a dizzying range of mobile payment products as technology companies, financial institutions, carriers, issuers, investors, consumers and other merchants all jockey for a position and future in the emerging mobile payment arena. Contactless technologies, such as near-field communication and remote payment solutions that allow for more rapid or advanced checkout, and a range of value-added services and value propositions, are rushing to market.

The business models and associated legal issues for these offerings can be unique, complex, and the roles of the many players are evolving. Such programs implicate financial services and payment system regulation, privacy and data security, marketing, telecommunications regulation, consumer protection, and many other legal and regulatory issues with few settled answers.

Just as important, the need for close collaboration among companies with widely varying cultures and approaches to compliance calls for a deep appreciation of the constraints under which the various participants in a mobile payment ecosystem must operate. As important is the new reality that merchants are questioning or seeking change in the traditional allocation of risks in the payment methods arena, including compliance risks.

This conference will explore these issues with a focus on the merchant’s perspective and risks. Given the gateway position held by merchants, understanding merchant concerns will be of interest to all participants and we look forward to a robust discussion.

~ Andrew J. Lorentz, Esq., Steve Mott, and Holly K. Towle, Esq., Program Co-Chairs

What You Will Learn

  • Who are the players and what are their technologies: A detailed look at mobile payments
  • What lawyers need to start thinking about
  • Mobile payments at point of sale: What should merchants be asking service providers
  • What merchants need to know about coming changes in clearing and settlements
  • Authentication: Card present vs. card not present
  • How the key players in the mobile payments services ecosystem relate to each other
  • Cellular carriers as essential players in the mobile payments services ecosystem
  • Privacy and data security challenges in targeted advertising for mobile devices: Issues from transmission of the offer to completion of the payment transaction
  • Practical tips for selecting or creating a mobile payments program that enhances your loyalty program

Information and Registration: Merchant Strategies for Mobile Payments

Mobile Banking & Payments for Emerging Asia Summit: Oct. 8-9, 2012 – Conrad Bali, Indonesia

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Clariden Global presents the inaugural Mobile Banking & Payments for Emerging Asia Summit to discuss the roles of m-banking and m-payments for emerging Asian markets, how industry stakeholders can move towards enabling implementation & adoption while managing regulatory & interoperability barriers.

This 2012 event will discuss the roles of m-banking and m-payments for emerging Asian markets, how industry stakeholders can move towards enabling implementation & adoption while managing regulatory & interoperability barriers in the drive to provide anytime, anywhere banking services to the emerging Asian population.

The Mobile Banking & Payments for Emerging Asia Summit 2012 brings together Asia’s mobile banking & payments stakeholders to discuss the roles of m-banking and m-payments for emerging Asian markets, how industry stakeholders can move towards enabling implementation and manage regulatory & interoperability barriers, in order to penetrate the emerging markets in Asia.

Key Highlights for the conference:

  • 3 Day Dedicated Mobile Banking & Payments Summit
  • 5+ Key Emerging Market Case Studies: Indonesia, Philippines, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya
  • 18+ Mobile Banking and Payments Ecosystem Frontrunners
  • 20+ Solutions Driven Presentations for Mobile Channel Stakeholders
  • 24+ Hours of Professional Learning & Networking Opportunities
  • 2 Industry Practitioner Led Workshops to Maximize Your Mobile Banking & Payments Deployments in Emerging Asian

More information: Clariden Global.

Glenbrook Payments Boot Camp 2012

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Glenbrook’s Payments Boot Camp is now open for registration, with classes available in New York in October, and in California in October and December.

This intense, two-day “deep dive” into the world of payments covers both the “basics” (value chains, flows, economics, players, trends – for all the major payments systems) as well as emerging payments.  Day Two of the Payments Boot Camp provides an up-to-date, comprehensive tour of emerging payments, and creates frameworks within which to understand the actions of incumbents and challengers.  What is the story with Google Wallet, V.me, Isis, PayPal, Square, LevelUp and Braintree?

This is a small-group session, providing ample time to network with other attendees and with the instructors.

In New York only there is a “Day Two Only” registration option – for alumni and other payments professionals who want only the recent developments. In California, there is a special one-day session on December 6th on “Payments 2013” – a look at what Glenbrook thinks will happen in the year ahead.

The Agenda

Day One: The Payments Systems

  • Overview – payments systems designs, functions and uses; payments systems volumes and the dramatic shifts in actual and projected payments usage; key trends and issues in payments systems in the United States; how payments systems compare by economic model, regulatory environment, processing support and risk management
  • Perspectives – how each of the key constituents of the industry view payments; economic and other motivations; how behavior is changing and why. Constituents include consumers, banks, merchants, billers, enterprises, networks, processors, service providers, regulators, and investors
  • International Payments – how other country payments systems compare to the U.S.; major trends in payments systems worldwide; cross-border payments

Day One asks the questions:

  • What are the core payments systems in the U.S.?
  • Who owns them?
  • Who controls them?
  • Who profits from their use?
Day Two – Emerging Payments
  • Framework – what are emerging payments; success factors for payments start-ups
  • Building Blocks– technologies and business concepts used for emerging payments products and solutions
    • The Decoupled Business Model
    • The Prepaid Account
    • Payments Cards and CHIPs – EMV and Contactless
    • NFC
    • Payments Platforms
  • Thinking Mobile – ways to think about payments in a mobile world; key questions across the domains of payments
  • Emerging Payments Topics
    • Online and Mobile Wallets – Major Players
    • Online and Mobile Wallets – Emerging Players
    • Mobile Wallets – Single Merchant
    • P2P (Person to Person) Mobile and Online Payments
    • Mobile Payments Acceptance
    • Mobile Marketing and Payments
    • Virtual Currencies
    • “Faster Money”

Day Two asks the questions:

  • What’s significant in emerging payments?
  • What’s the balance between incumbents and newcomers?
  • Which business models look the most promising?
  • What does it take to start a successful payments company?

More information: Glebrook

WIMA NFC USA: Nov. 27-29, 2012 – San Francisco, CA

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In 2012 WIMA NFC USA will highlight success stories and use cases that are growing rapidly now phones are beginning to deploy in volume. At the other end of the spectrum as new platforms and tools for developers are emerging this will lead to a new wave of innovative applications being created by the developer community.

Each day will begin with Plenary Keynotes from leading NFC industry and end user experts discussing the state of the market in the NFC ecosystem in both payment and non-payment scenarios.

Sessions will highlight current case studies from both the US and around the world offering a clear view on where NFC is today and that it’s not just about Payment! Social media, location based marketing, gaming, healthcare, access control all offer a simple user experience, which can very quickly multiply to mass deployment. These and other use cases will be addressed through a number of on going success stories, presented by end users or co-presented by solution providers and their customers.

Interactive panels will tackle the issues that are surrounding NFC today: How to monetize, the role of the carrier, the importance of where and what the SE is, arming the retailer to educate the consumer, marks that will be used for driving consumer attention, interoperability.

The conference is for developers, product manufacturers, carriers, merchants, and other service providers.

More information: WIMA NFC USA 2012

Glenbrook Payments Boot Camp: May 16-17, 2012 – Palo Alto, CA

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The Glenbrook Payments Boot Camp is an in-depth view of the payments landscape. The program provides an intensive, two day “deep dive” into payments systems in the U.S. – providing a unique cross-payments system view of this important industry. Throughout the two days, the Payments Boot Camp will focus on ensuring an understanding of how current trends and issues will affect the status quo and on how new and emerging players may complement – or threaten – the industry incumbents.

The program uses the U.S. payments industry as the basis for the course, but will also explain how other country payments systems differ from those in the U.S.

What’s on the Agenda?

The two days are divided into four sections. Each section is designed to encourage interactive participation by the audience.

  • Day One: The Payments Systems
    • Overview – Payments systems designs, functions and uses; payments systems volumes and the dramatic shifts in actual and projected payments usage; key trends and issues in payments systems in the United States; how payments systems compare by economic model, regulatory environment, processing support and risk management
    • Perspectives – How each of the key constituents of the industry view payments; economic and other motivations; how behavior is changing and why. Constituents include consumers, banks, merchants, billers, enterprises, networks, processors, and service providers
    • International Payments – How other country payments systems compare to the U.S.; major trends in payments systems worldwide; cross-border payments

 

  • Day Two – Emerging Payments
    • Framework – What are emerging payments; success factors for payments startups; key “building blocks” used for emerging payments products and solutions
    • Thinking Mobile – Ways to think about payments in a mobile world; key questions across the domains of payments
    • Emerging Payments by Domain
      • The eCommerce Domain – This has been the focus of innovation over the past 10 years in the U.S .payments industry.  Includes an overview of the global eCommerce marketplace; eCommerce market segmentation; a PayPal case study; other online wallet providers; bill-to-mobile providers; virtual currencies and social payments
      • The POS Domain – Where the action will be for the next 10 years!  Includes chip cards and the U.S. shift to contactlesss and EMV; mobile at POS (both NFC and other technologies); mobile card acceptance; mobile marketing
      • Bill Payments – Multiple consumer options, all growing at the expense of check; a surprising set of emerging payments solutions and related PFM (personal financial management) solutions
      • P2P Payments – Bank and non-bank offerings; business model challenges; cross border remittances
      • B2B Payments – New ACH and card products; why checks are still important; handling cross border payments
      • Income Payments – Payroll cards and direct deposit onto prepaid cards

More information: Glenbrook Payments Boot Camps — Payments Essentials

Glenbrook Payments Boot Camps: April 10-11, 2012 – New York, NY

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The Glenbrook Payments Boot Camp is an in-depth view of the payments landscape. The program provides an intensive, two day “deep dive” into payments systems in the U.S. – providing a unique cross-payments system view of this important industry. Throughout the two days, the Payments Boot Camp will focus on ensuring an understanding of how current trends and issues will affect the status quo and on how new and emerging players may complement – or threaten – the industry incumbents.

The program uses the U.S. payments industry as the basis for the course, but will also explain how other country payments systems differ from those in the U.S.

What’s on the Agenda?

The two days are divided into four sections. Each section is designed to encourage interactive participation by the audience.

  • Day One: The Payments Systems
    • Overview – Payments systems designs, functions and uses; payments systems volumes and the dramatic shifts in actual and projected payments usage; key trends and issues in payments systems in the United States; how payments systems compare by economic model, regulatory environment, processing support and risk management
    • Perspectives – How each of the key constituents of the industry view payments; economic and other motivations; how behavior is changing and why. Constituents include consumers, banks, merchants, billers, enterprises, networks, processors, and service providers
    • International Payments – How other country payments systems compare to the U.S.; major trends in payments systems worldwide; cross-border payments

 

  • Day Two – Emerging Payments
    • Framework – What are emerging payments; success factors for payments startups; key “building blocks” used for emerging payments products and solutions
    • Thinking Mobile – Ways to think about payments in a mobile world; key questions across the domains of payments
    • Emerging Payments by Domain
      • The eCommerce Domain – This has been the focus of innovation over the past 10 years in the U.S .payments industry.  Includes an overview of the global eCommerce marketplace; eCommerce market segmentation; a PayPal case study; other online wallet providers; bill-to-mobile providers; virtual currencies and social payments
      • The POS Domain – Where the action will be for the next 10 years!  Includes chip cards and the U.S. shift to contactlesss and EMV; mobile at POS (both NFC and other technologies); mobile card acceptance; mobile marketing
      • Bill Payments – Multiple consumer options, all growing at the expense of check; a surprising set of emerging payments solutions and related PFM (personal financial management) solutions
      • P2P Payments – Bank and non-bank offerings; business model challenges; cross border remittances
      • B2B Payments – New ACH and card products; why checks are still important; handling cross border payments
      • Income Payments – Payroll cards and direct deposit onto prepaid cards

More information: Glenbrook Payments Boot Camps — Payments Essentials

Mobile Contactless Payments Summit: Oct. 17-18, 2011, Chicago, IL

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Strategic Solutions Network (SSN) will welcome an estimated 400 executives from leading retailers, banks, carriers and technology companies to attend the Mobile Contactless Payments Summit  October 17-18th, 2011 at the W Chicago City Center.

The 3rd Mobile Contactless Payment Innovations Summit is part of the Alternative Payment Systems Innovations (APSI) series of conferences featuring the top visionaries in the mobile space who will examine the disruptive nature, promises and challenges of the rapidly evolving mobile payments industry.

“We have developed the agenda to focus on the most advanced and value-added developments within mobile payments. This has resulted in over threefold audience growth since our Inaugural event last October,” comments SSN CEO, Aron Barkan. “This illustrates that contactless payments is not just a trend, but will soon become a ubiquitous and universally adopted global solution.”

Conference organizers note that  senior executives should incorporate a sophisticated mobile payments strategy into their overall business plan. The World Payments Report 2011 projects that mobile payments will grow globally from 4.6 billion to 15.3 billion transactions between 2010 and 2013 – at a rate of 48.8 percent per year.

Additionally, a new study from Juniper Research has determined that the total value of mobile payments for digital and physical goods, money transfers and NFC (Near Field Communications) transactions will reach $670 billion by 2015, up 178% from the $240 billion estimated for 2011.

The two-day conference features best practice case studies, keynote presentations, panel discussion and networking sessions delivered by executives from leading companies such as Paypal, Google, Walgreens, Best Buy, Groupon, MasterCard, Bank of America, Nokia, The Home Depot, Polo Ralph Lauren, Jamba Juice, Discover Network, RadioShack, National Retail Federation, Barclaycard US, Citigroup, Verizon, National Restaurant Association, American Express and others.

For more information:  Payment Innovations