BWI: Mumbai Mobile Payments Conference attracts Eminent Speaker line-up

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: SWIFT
Monday, April 18, 2011 12:20 PM IST (06:50 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Banking & financial services, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Telecommunications; Technology
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Mumbai Mobile Payments Conference attracts Eminent Speaker line-up
Global industry leaders, local experts and thought-provoking innovators will convene at Innotribe Mumbai to discuss how mobile technology can enable greater financial inclusion

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, April 18, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,500 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, today announced the line-up of global and local industry influencers set to take part at its upcoming event, Innotribe Mumbai: Mobile payments - Connecting the unbanked on June 1-2.

Eminent speakers from Citi, Standard Chartered Bank, ICICI, Western Union and Obopay will join industry heavyweights like Computer Associates (CA) and Nokia to explore how to craft the future of mobile technology to enable greater financial inclusion.

Innotribe Mumbai - Mobile Payments: Connecting the unbanked will take place from June 1-2, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai.

The speaker line-up will include:

-- A.P. Hota, Managing Director & CEO, National Payments Corporation of India
-- Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman, Computer Associates India
-- Sachin Khandelwal, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Home Finance
-- David Yates, Senior Vice President e-Channels, Western Union
-- Aditya Menon, Executive Vice President, Global Alliances, Obopay
-- Gerhard Romen, Director Mobile Financial Services, Nokia
-- Neal Livingston, Global Head Client Access Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank
-- Nick See, CEO, NCore Systems
-- Udayan Goyal, Founder and Managing Partner, Anthemis Group and Founder and Managing Director of FT Advisors
--Sam Ghiotti, Director, Anthemis Edge
-- Kartik Kaushik, Managing Director and Global Head of Business Development for Treasury & Trade Solutions, Citi
-- Jennifer L. Schenker, founder of informilo.com.
-- Patrick de Courcy, Head of Markets, SWIFT Asia Pacific
-- Venessa Miemis, author of "The Future of Money" and leader of the project on "The Future of Facebook"
-- Representative from Ashoka, The Global Association of the World's Leading Social Entrepreneurs
-- Ben Lyon, Vice President of Business Development for Kopo Kopo, Inc.
-- Roy Sosa, CEO of mPower, (named by Fast Company as one of the10 most innovative companies in financial services)
-- Sanjay Swamy, Specialist in Mobile Payments and Identity Authentication, formerly CEO of mChek and Volunteer at UIDAI
-- And many more.....

Innotribe Mumbai will explore the ways in which mobile technology is enabling greater financial inclusion - an especially hot topic in India, where 'banking the unbanked' is a national priority. Throughout the event, participants will learn about the latest state of play with mobile financial services for the unbanked. Not your typical conference, Innotribe Mumbai will stimulate new ideas via deep-dive debates about the key issues and challenges we face in this area.

Peter Vander Auwera, Innovation Leader, SWIFT, says: "The probable impact of mobile financial services should not be underestimated. Some 1 billion people worldwide have access to traditional banking services. But there are more than 5 billion mobile users across the globe. So mobile is clearly key to reaching the unbanked. But what do we have to do to unleash the power of mobile banking to enable financial inclusion?"

From which industries will the main drivers of this revolution come - banking, telecoms, others? What innovative solutions will be required to make this happen? Do we have the tools we need already, or do we have to invent new ones to do the job properly? Do we even have a clear enough understanding of the needs of the unbanked to effectively meet their needs? These and other questions will be at the heart of discussions at Innotribe Mumbai - Mobile Payments: Connecting the unbanked. If mobile payments are on your agenda, then you need to be there.

For more details on the line-up of speakers that include innovation leaders from across and outside the spectrum of financial and telecoms industry, sign up today at www.swift.com/innotribemumbai

About SWIFT

SWIFT is a member-owned cooperative that provides the communications platform, products and services to connect more than 9,500 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 209 countries. SWIFT enables its users to exchange automated, standardised financial information securely and reliably, thereby lowering costs, reducing operational risk and eliminating operational inefficiencies. SWIFT also brings the financial community together to work collaboratively to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest.

About Innotribe

Launched by SWIFT in 2009 at Sibos, the world's premier financial services event, Innotribe is an initiative designed to enable collaborative innovation in financial services. It is built around an energising mix of education, new perspectives, collaboration and facilitation. Innotribe brings together strategists, business and technology leaders, trend-setters and trend-watchers as well as thinkers interested in shaping the future as well as doers looking to implement it. Innotribe events - like Innotribe Mumbai - are one of the tools Innotribe has developed to facilitate collaborative innovation.

Innovation was at the heart of SWIFT's invention in 1973 when its founding members came up with an ambitious idea: connect correspondent banks around the world to replace the telex. Innovation remains central to SWIFT's proposition today and Innotribe fosters collaborative innovation within the SWIFT eco-system.

About Sibos

Sibos is the world's premier financial services event. Every year Sibos brings together influential leaders from financial institutions, market infrastructures, multinational corporations and technology partners to do business and shape the future of the financial industry. Facilitated and organised by SWIFT for the SWIFT community, Sibos is much more than a conference and exhibition. It is a unique forum to collaborate and take collective action in payments, securities, cash management and trade. With the power to draw over 8,000 participants from across the globe, Sibos is unparalleled in its reputation to reach the entire financial services industry. Sibos 2011 will take place in Toronto, Canada on 19-23 September

For more information, please refer to www.swift.com, www.sibos.com


CONTACT DETAILS
Sandra Gavard, Head of Public Relations, SWIFT Asia Pacific, +65 6347 8068, sandra.gavard@swift.com
Ameya Sirur, Bite Communications, +91 9899931853, ameya.sirur@bitecommunications.com

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, BANKING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY

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