Full representation of the stakeholders will be sharing case studies and their vital views on how to develop and deploy innovative and sustainable mobile payments services at Mobile Payments & NFC World Summit 2012 which will be held from 19 to 20 April 2012 in Hong Kong.

The theme of this summit is ‘Winning Strategies to Profit from Innovative & Sustainable Mobile Payments Services’.

Singapore (January 17, 2012) / — Full representation of the stakeholders will be sharing case studies and their vital views on how to develop and deploy innovative and sustainable mobile payments services at Mobile Payments & NFC World Summit 2012 which will be held from 19 to 20 April 2012 in Hong Kong.

These are the full representation of the stakeholders at the summit :

Mobile Operators : China Mobile Labs, G-Xchange, Grameenphone & SK Telecom

Banks: Bank of Philippines Island, Citibank, Rabobank International & Union Bank of India

Payment Service Providers : Paypal & Western Union

Retailers – Australian Retailers Association

Govt & Public Transit Providers – Hong Kong Monetary Authority & Land Transport Authority of Singapore

Technology and Payment Platform Providers : BICS, eServGlobal & Nokia Mobile Payments Services

Handset Manufacturers – Nokia

The following key issues will be addressed in depth with necessary Real World Case Studies:

• Regulatory Issues & Collaborating with the Regulatory Authorities
• Future Trends of Mobile Proximity Payments
• Retail Payment Development Updates – Hong Kong Case Study
• New Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Banks in Delivering M-Payments
• For Banks – How to Successfully Align Financial Services with NFC and Mobile Payments Systems?
• Opportunities for Increasing Sales Volume for Merchants/Retailers in Deploying M-Payments
• Public Transit Provider’s Perspectives in Deploying Mobile Payments
• Innovative Mobile Payments Strategies to Capture New Market
• Innovation in mPayments: What’s Hot?
• Additional Revenue Generating Channels through Deployment of M-Payments
• Introducing G2C Initiatives
• Mobile Collections Service
• Critical Success Factors in Deploying Mobile Payment Services? – From Each Stakeholder’s Point of View
• Benefits and Business Case Drivers for Each Stakeholder
• Comparisons – Operator-Centric, Bank-Centric, 3^rd Party Centric or Collaboration
• Profitable and Sustainable Business Models
• International Mobile Money Transfer and Remittance Market
• Addressing Issues of Standardization and Interoperability
• Banking the ‘Unbanked’ – How to Capture the Mass Market?
• Strategizing Your Mobile Payments Plan through Analysis of Consumer Behaviour
• Effective & Sustainable Strategies to Encourage Active Consumer’s Usage of Mobile Payments
• Accessing Mobile Users Cost Effectively & Securely
• New Innovative Delivery Platforms for Mobile Payments Services
• The Potentials of Offering Micro-Finance Services in Developed Countries
• Innovation & Sustainability in Offering Mobile Payments Services
• Building A Robust and Sustainable NFC Infrastructure
• Handset Technology Development Updates
• Security Issues – How to Build and Keep Customer Trust in Mobile Payments?
• Management Issues Concerning Implementation and Cost Considerations

Companies/organisations representing the Mobile Payments Ecosystem will be speaking at this conference :

• Russell Zimmerman, Executive Director, Australian Retailers Association, Australia
• Frederick M. Faustino, Head, Mobile Banking Channel, Bank of Philippines Islands, Philippines
• Frédéric Schepens, Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Development, BICS, Belgium
• Jiffy Yang, Senior Business Development Director, China Mobile Labs, China
• Tonet Santana, Vice President-Treasury and Trade Solutions, Asia Pacific, Global Transaction Services, Citibank, Hong Kong
• Goulven Bescond, Product Director Mobile Money, eServGlobal, France
• Paolo J. Baltao, President, G-Xchange, Inc., Philippines
• Delwar Hossain Azad, Head, Financial Services, Grameenphone, Bangladesh
• Shu-pui Li, Head of Financial Infrastructure Development Division, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong
• Silvester Prakasam, Director (Fare Systems), Land Transport Authority, Singapore
• Jarkko Sevanto, Senior Manager, NFC Business Development, Nokia, Finland
• Gary Singh, MD/General Manager, Nokia Mobile Payment Services, India
• Sebastien Taveau, Astronomer/Principal, Mobile Ecosystems Integration, Paypal, USA
• Tom Wills, Managing Director, Secure Strategies, USA
• Yu-Shik Kim, VP, Head of Global Partnership, SK Telecom, Korea (tbc)
• Dan Armstrong, Consultant-Mobile Banking & Payments, Rabobank International, The Netherlands
• Lalit Sinha, General Manager, Alternate Delivery Channels & New Initiative Department, Union Bank of India, India
• Anuj Khanna, Asia Pacific Regional Head, Products and Business Development, Mobile Products, Western Union

The conference website is :  http://www.symphonyglobal.com/index.php/event/page/mobile_payments_nfc_world_summit_2012/overview

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