CEE and CIS Card Markets and Future Payments Solutions

CEE and CIS Card Markets and Future Payments Solutions

9^th – 10^th April 2014

Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, Sofia, Bulgaria

Sluggish economies, challenged infrastructure, and an enduring preference for dealing in cash are just some of the challenges facing card issuers and payment solutions providers of all types across CEE and the CIS, particularly away from the major conurbations of the region. However, successful players in the market are delivering what some consumers want in the form of payment kiosks and pre-paid offerings.

SMi’s 9th annual CEE/CIS Card Markets and Future Payments Solutions conference will set out how the market, with a combination of the creative use of legacy and new technology, is set to meet the payment needs of consumers.            

But how is innovation to be rewarded and are contactless and mobile payments set to remain the preserve of urban populations? Is a two-tier marketplace approach set to be the strategy of choice of banks, card issuers, and new market entrants? Additionally, who are the new market entrants set to disrupt the card markets? Discover all this in Sofia in April, 2014. 

Keynotes from outside the region will in combination with major local players set out what is to come and how to deal with the present to deliver the payment solutions that the region’s populations need.  This conference includes the following case studies:

•Credit Europe Bank MasterCard PayPass

•TURKCELL CUZDAN

•PayPass (BONbon Voyage)

Benefits of Attending:

Delegates to the conference will gain a comprehensive understanding of market and technology developments for the card services and payment solutions sector in the CEE/CIS region by hearing from experienced product, strategy, and innovation leaders giving presentations on the following:

1. How to mature consumers from cash to greater card usage

2. Delivering the appropriate technology for urban and rural populations

3. Advances in CEE/CIS m-payment and m-commerce programmes

4. Overcoming challenges related to internet access and payment terminal uptake

5. Consumer insight and research: implementing the right marketing strategy for your product offerings

Key speakers include:

•Victor Dostov, President, Russian Electric Money Association

•Fiona Duncan, Vice President, Prepaid EU & CIS, Western Union

•Melike Kara, Head of Mobile Payment Solutions, Turkcell

•Ugo Bechis, Chairman - Cards Working Group, European Payments Council

•Antim Stefan Iordache, Head of Card Product Management, Banca Comerciala Romana/Erste Bank Group

•Artur Turemka, General Manager, Balkans, MasterCard Europe

•Krassimira Raycheva, Country Manager, Bulgaria, Visa Europe

•Francesco Burelli, Partner, Value Partners

•Jon Matonis, Executive Director, Bitcoin Foundation

•Erwin Petsch, Managing Director, Petsch Card Consulting

•Michael Formann, Head of Central and Eastern Europe, SWIFT

•Kevin Smith, Independent Consultant, Kevin Smith Consulting

•Baris Cosan, ADC Project and VISA / MasterCard Relationship Management, Credit Europe Bank

•Najada Xhaxha, Head of Funds Transfer and Correspondent Banking, Tirana Bank

For more information about the conference please visit the website http://www.smi-online.co.uk/2014cee-ciscards13.asp or contact Mohammed Malik on +44 (0) 20 7827 6166 or email mmalik@smi-online.co.uk

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Movers and Shakers in the Card and Payment industry - w/c Jan 27th 2014

This week's Movers and Shakers are:

• Chantal Williams joins Skrill as VP, E-commerce Business
• Jody Latimer joins AnywhereCommerce for mPOS push
• Emerging Markets Payments appoints Murat Ozulku CEO of Bank Processing division
• Sungard hires Marianne Brown as COO 
• Steve Revill appointed VP Marketing at Skrill

Congratulations to all on their new roles from www.cardandpaymentjobs.com

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If you have any roles in the Card and Payment industry or you would like to share your latest Movers and Shakers with us,  then please send an email to info@cardandpaymentjobs.com 

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Movers and Shakers in the Card and PAyment industry - w/c Jan 20th 2014

This week's Movers and Shakers are:

• Michele Burns joins Bitcoin's firm Circle's Board
• Calastone appoints Cristobal Conde a non-exec Director
• Joe Garner ex-HSBC joins BT OpenReach

Congratulations to all on their new roles from www.cardandpaymentjobs.com

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If you have any roles in the Card and Payment industry or you would liek to share your latest Movers and Shakers with us,  then please send an email to info@cardandpaymentjobs.com
 

Visa Launches "Everywhere You Want to Be"

Visa Inc. have launched "Everywhere you want to be," a multi-stakeholder communications platform reflecting their ambition to deliver universal access to Visa's digital payments.

"We recognized that, for the first time in Visa's 55-year history 'everywhere' is now within reach of 'everyone,'" said Antonio Lucio, Visa's chief brand officer. "New innovations, like mobile and e-commerce, are extending the value and reach of secure Visa payments to new people and places around the world. At this important inflection point in Visa's history, connecting to our heritage and vision was a powerful and irresistible idea."

In the 21(st) century, "everywhere" transcends card usage at physical locations. It's about realizing potential and achieving dreams. "Everywhere" now is relevant for a farmer in Rwanda paying school fees on his mobile phone, a jewellery designer in California selling to a global online customer base or a government official in Brazil rebuilding a village using a Visa prepaid card.

"We will express our vision to each of our audiences in ways that are directly meaningful to them," Lucio said. "This platform speaks to our dedication to change how we engage with all our partners, and helps underscore the defining characteristics of our business: convenience, reliability, security and access, that together deliver Visa's true value."

New Visual Identity, Advertising

With a new tagline, as well as a refreshed brand logo, Visa is introducing a new visual identity for one of the most recognized and powerful brands in the world.

The first external expression of the new platform debuts today with a new Olympic-themed television commercial airing in the United States, and then expanding to reach key audiences through variety of other traditional and digital channels in the coming months.

"The new platform is compelling because it encompasses strengths of Visa, past, present and future," continued Lucio. "'Everywhere' includes the tens of millions of merchant locations that accept Visa today. It's also the new ways and places people want to pay, including mobile and e-commerce. 'Everywhere' is also a celebration of everyone's aspirations, from an athlete achieving her Olympic dream to a single mother accessing her first bank account on a Visa card." 

What are your thoughts on the strap line ? 

 

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Movers and Shakers w/c Jan 13th 2014

This weeks' Movers and Shakers in the Card and Payment industry are:

• Rick Savard is appointed chairman and CEO of Rushcard

• Ron Totaro becomes General Manager Financial Services for Pitney Bowes

 

• Kamran Zaki is appointed President of Adyen , North America

 Congratulations to all in their new roles.

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