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Consumers and Mobile Financial Services – Free Report

Mobile phones have increasingly become tools that consumers use for banking, payments, budgeting, and shopping. Given the rapid pace of developments in the area of mobile finance, the Federal Reserve Board began conducting annual surveys of consumers’ use of mobile financial services in 2011. This 78-page report, “Consumers and Mobile Financial Services” (March, 2015) examines trends in the adoption and use of mobile banking, payments, and shopping behavior and how the emergence of mobile financial services affects consumers’ interaction with financial institutions.

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

March 9, 2013 by Mobile Payment Magazine

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 6^th 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 6^th 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

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