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• EBAday 2013: “Towards a Borderless World for Payments”

  21-22 May 2013 - Berlin, Germany

  EBAday 2013 will explore the paths "Towards a Borderless World for Payments" in Berlin's Estrel Convention Center. The conference will discuss the future challenges and opportunities in payments and transaction banking. Topics will include global regulation, e- and m-payments, supply chain finance, liquidity management, treasury payments as well as collaboration and partnerships. An influential panel of senior executives and practitioners from banks and corporates will lead the discussions and panel sessions alongside an exhibition of 45 banks, consultancies, vendors and service providers. The complete programme outline of the conference can be downloaded from the event website www.ebaday.eu. 

  

  Contact:
  
  Phone: +44 (0)20 3100 3670 - Email: 2013@ebaday.com

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• AXIOM GROUPE's Smart Cards and Payments 2013

  23-24 May 2013 - Barcelona, Spain

  Target: Managing Directors, Vice President and Senior Directors of Cards/Credit -debit cards, Electronic Payment, Cash & Operation, Investment Strategy, Strategic Business Development, Mobile, Information System & Risks, Credit Cards Fraud, on-line payment and Mobile...

  Content and key Points:

  • Developments and Growth for Cards and Payments in CEE
  • Emerging markets for Cards and Payments
  • Benefiting from an Online Payment Strategy
  • Explore the Online Payment Line Clients Behaviours and Mobile Payments.

   

  Contact:

  Phone (Véronique Calas on): +34/93 396 78 40 - Email: veroniquec@axiomgroupe.com

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• AXIOM GROUPE's Controlling & Reporting Management 2013

  23-24 May 2013 - Barcelona, Spain

  Target: General Managers, Presidents, President, Vice Presidents, CFOs, Directors of: Finance, Controlling & Reporting, Performance, Planning, strategic planning, Administration, Management, Financial Harmonisation... commercial planning, accounting, cash flow, controllers

  Content and key Points:

  Contact:
  • Getting the trust of the shareholders
  • Improving & controlling corporate performance and
  • Optimising BPO
  • Beyond Budgeting
  • Creating the right audit for maximising performance

  

  Contact: 

  Phone (Véronique Calas on): +34/93 396 78 40 - Email: veroniquec@axiomgroupe.com

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• AXIOM GROUPE's Enterprise Risk Management 2013

  23-24 May 2013 - Barcelona, Spain

  Target: Managing Directors, Vice President, CFO and Senior Directors of Finance, Financial Risks, Global Risk, Operation, Safety, Compliance, Strategic Risk...

  Content and Key Point

  • Business continuity and risk in time of crisis
  • Integrating risk management at all the levels of the company
  • Combining risk management, internal audit & compliance
  • Using business intelligence to turn risk into profit

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Véronique Calas on): +34/93 396 78 40 - Email: veroniquec@axiomgroupe.com

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• PLUS JOURNAL's 4th International Forum: 'Remote Services, Cards and Payments 2013'

  3-4 June 2013 - Moscow, Russia

  On 3-4 June 2013 in Moscow in the Forum Hall, PLUS Journal is to hold Remote Services, Cards and Payments 2013 4^th International Forum dedicated to the analysis of current issues of cashless payments, innovative projects, including distant personified public services, mobile and electronic payments and banking, and other promising projects in Russia, CIS and non-CIS countries.

  Recognized experts of the industry will speak during the conference and roundtables to share their own experience, inform about the results of the projects implemented by leading market players, discuss current problems and share their views on the prospects of further industry development.

  For more information about topics of the Forum and the list of sponsors, please go to the official web-page of the event at PLUS-forum.com.

  Register to participate in the Forum

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Konstantin Grizov on): +7 495 961 1065 - Email: konstantin@plusworld.ru

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• SMi's Contactless Payments 2013

  3-4 June 2013 - London, UK

  The conference will be covering various changes on the legal side, trade unions and organization involved in contactless payments such as collaboration between FSA and Ofcom. There have been significant steps made with contactless cards in transport following TFL's move to accept contactless debit and credit card payments on their buses and there's more to come across many other transport facilities across the world which we will study at the conference. We will also be focusing on the fact that MNOs are starting to get involved in the emerging payments and in particular our keynote fo2 are launching brand new initiatives concerning their brand.

  2012 was significant due to the Olympic Games, and also for contactless cards and emerging payments as it was heralded "the contactless games", but what was the outcome? Can we learn lessons from the contactless card adoption at such a prestigious event? While the adoption of contactless really took off at this large scale event, the concept of contactless payments at festivals was starting to catch on too and we will be exploring this at the conference.

  All in all, this conference is going to cover the newest developments in the payments sector including transport, mobile payments and large-scale events.

  

  Contact:

  Email: awilliamson@smi-online.co.uk

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• EAST FCS Forum 2013

  13-14 June 2013 - The Hague, The Netherlands

  The EAST Financial Crime & Security Forum will bring together global stakeholders with the objective of sharing knowledge, the latest trends, innovations and modus operandi in the ATM Security field, as well as the impact of international financial crime, and seek practical and strategic measures to respond to ever-evolving threats.

  The European ATM Security Team (EAST) has national members representing 29 countries, with a total deployment of 625,776 ATMs.  In a European ATM Crime Report covering the first six months of 2012 EAST reported over nine thousand ATM related fraud attacks with losses of €131 million (€128 million from card skimming and the remainder related to card trapping, cash trapping and transaction reversal fraud). 

  In 2011 EAST embarked on a long term strategic planning process designed to take the group to the next stage of its development.  As threats evolve and continue to migrate EAST has made a strategic decision to reach out to additional stakeholders. The new EAST Associate Membership and the annual EAST FCS Forum will help to further improve flows of information to ensure a more coordinated and effective response to fraud. The first EAST FCS Forum will be held in June 2013 in The Hague with an Agenda set by national members and with contributions from regional and international stakeholders.  The event is co-organised with LiquidNexxus Ltd.
  
  Confirmed speaker include: USSS (USA), BKA (Germany), Link (UK), REMA (Russia), Europol, Automatia (Finland), Atos Worldline and KBC Bank amongst others.

  

  Contact:

  Phone: +44 207 433 2543 - Email: info@liquidnexxus.com

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• CLARION's PayExpo 2013 - Where payments markets converge

  18-19 June 2013 - London, UK

  The UK's only dedicated payments innovation event

  PayExpo is the must attend industry event that keeps banks, merchants and other payment providers in the know about the latest product innovations, new payment business models and regulatory changes that are transforming the way we pay.

  It combines 3 successful conferences: Prepaid 2013, Mobile Money Europe and Advanced Payments Summit covering smartcards, mobile payments, contactless payments, security, ID, loyalty, e-commerce, bill payments, transport ticketing, with on-floor seminars, thousands of visitors and over 60 exhibitors showcasing the latest innovations, technologies and services from across the world of cards and payments.

  PayExpo in numbers

  • - An audience of 2000+ card and payments professionals
  • - A large scale exhibition of 60+ stands showcasing all areas of payment innovation
  • - 3 dedicated conferences: Prepaid 2013, Emerging Payments Summit, and Mobile Money Europe.
  • - PLUS! PayExpo is totally free to attend for visitors from banks, merchants, government agencies, transport operators, gaming operators and mobile network operators.

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Verity Gibbons on): + 44 (0) 20 7384 7912  - Email: Verity.Gibbons@clarionevents.com

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• Informa Telecoms & Media's Digital Services World Congress 2013

  18-19 June 2013 - London, UK

  Informa Telecoms & Media is delighted to announce the new Digital Services World Congress, taking place on the 18th and 19th June 2013 in London.

  Reflecting the move amongst leading international operators to maximise ROI from services beyond their networks, strengthening their 'digital strategy', we are pleased to respond to changing industry trends and address the key opportunities and challenges faced by the whole ecosystem, in three co-located two day agendas.

  Bringing together mobile and fixed operators, OTT players, device manufacturers, solution, platform and application providers, with consumer and enterprise end users, Digital Services World Congress dedicates two days to exploring the key services and products which will secure new revenue streams beyond mobile networks.

  Combining two of our legacy events with a timely stream drawn from consultation with current senior operator representatives, Digital Services World Congress is the only event to give a 360 degree view of today's operator digital service roadmap.

  Join this unique, interesting and innovative event to ensure you are one of the first to define your solutions for the operators' changing business models and IT demands!

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Bernadett Nagy on): +44 (20) 337 73226 - Email: bernadett.nagy@informa.com

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• Informa Telecoms & Media's Mobile Wallet & Retail Innovation 2013

  18-19 June 2013 - London, UK

  After 15 successful years of delivering the Mobile Financial Services Summit, Informa Telecoms and Media is proud to again reflect the changing industry focus and announce the Mobile Wallet and Retail Innovation event. The wide agenda addresses the mCommerce ecosystem's critical business, partnership, technology and security questions, as both operators and OTT players begin to implement different approaches to securing ROI through their m-payment propositions.

  Additionally, the programme draws together perhaps the most significant players in the mCommerce value chain: the retailers. With couponing, location based services, loyalty schemes, SMS and QR codes now being adopted to extend brands' reach to consumers and enterprises, Mobile Wallet and Retail Innovation comes at an exciting but yet still nascent stage for mobile marketing and advertising, to break down the 'mobile obstacle' currently confronted by retailers and brands.

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Bernadett Nagy on): +44 (20) 337 73226 - Email: bernadett.nagy@informa.com

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• Informa Telecoms & Media's Global Messaging World Congress 2013

  18-19 June 2013 - London, UK

  We're pleased to see the return of the Global Messaging World Congress. Now in its 13th year, it is still the only messaging event which takes stock of the market annually, and brings an in depth examination of the intense competition SMS and MMS platforms are facing from instant communication and email on many smart devices.

  Join us in 2013 and take the discussion further! Growing our vast speaker alumni, we will be returning with more OTT and operator case studies, to help you take your messaging revenues and plans to the next level!

  Meet with OTT and operator leaders to determine your future role in the messaging market. 2012 speakers included: Skype, Pinger, Telefonica Digital, AT&T Mobility, Vodafone, Google, GOGII, Palringo, KPN, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Turkcell and more!

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Bernadett Nagy on): +44 (20) 337 73226 - Email: bernadett.nagy@informa.com

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• Informa Telecoms & Media's M2M & Internet of Things 2013

  18-19 June 2013 - London, UK

  M2M & Internet of Things will answer the key questions surrounding M2M and connected consumer devices. M2M is predicted to significantly change the way services are delivered and open up new revenue streams but key obstacles still remain for the ecosystem, including:

  • Technical complexity
  • Regulation
  • Fragmentation

  Join this two day event, packed with case studies from insurance telematics, smart metering, mHealth, connected vehicles, supply chain and fleet management, and more, to answer the crucial question: What exactly should operators and their partners be doing to leverage telcos' core capabilities to monetise services beyond their network?

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Bernadett Nagy on): +44 (20) 337 73226 - Email: bernadett.nagy@informa.com

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• EFMA's Innovation in Retail Banking 2013

  20-21 June 2013 - Barcelona, Spain

  Overview:
  Efma has been nurturing innovation in retail financial services for over 40 years, by fostering debate and discussion amongst banking and insurance executives. This year's 'Banking on innovation' conference is organised with and hosted by La Caixa. It provides a forum where delegates can discuss innovative ideas; network; and learn from their peers. There will also be presentations on innovation in other retail sectors.
  
  Efma's research shows that innovation is increasingly important to banks, both for delivering a superior customer experience and for enhancing channels. In particular, banks have been investing in digital channel innovation: from different mobile payments through to online personal financial management and planning.
  
  Customers have embraced remote channels and social networks. They are better informed, educated and more demanding. Their benchmarks for all providers (including banks) are the leading Internet and mobile companies.
  
  Key questions:

  • What changes are needed within the bank? What is the best way of organising the innovation process? Banks need to decide who is in charge, the associated budgets, the decision processes, potential partnerships and market tests. How can they generate ideas and incorporate innovation as part of their DNA?
  • What changes are needed within the channels? How can banks integrate innovation effectively within existing channels? They also need to start exploiting new channels.
  • What changes are needed to the customer relationship? How can innovation be used to create the 'wow' effect? How can the Internet be leveraged to refocus the customer relationship and how can banks manage the customer dialogue through the social media?

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Anna Jozan on): +33 1 47 42 52 72 - Email: marketing@efma.com

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• Informa Telecoms & Media's SIMposium Global 2013

  25-26 June 2013 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  The security, identity and mobility challenges of the internet connected world, as well as the opportunities leveraged by the secure element, will remain at the core of SIMposium 2013.

  However, if one thing was concluded at the end of the 2012 SIMposium, it was that a lot of discussion is still needed and work to be done to combine the technology with the opportunities in the market.

  Now is a 'defining period' (Sony) in the market, with different business models being tested against each other and case studies exposed.  The price of connecting to LTE and the eUICC is a big concern for the cost aware, fragmented and massive M2M market.

  SIMposium 2013 will bring more end user case studies looking at how the secure element is enabling connectivity in automotive, health, utilities, retail and more.

  We will also bring more stories of success from the crowded and fiercely competitive mCommerce space, giving insight from disruptive players, operator partnerships and the secrets of success from leading TSMs.

  Handset manufacturers need to support their operator and vertical end user customers, a difficult task in an ever-changing market! We will bring you best practice from those leading with Sony!

  With Cloud still a growing buzz world in telecommunications, SIMposium 2013 will break down the role the secure element plays in Cloud and online ID access.

  The secure element will always be critical to mCommerce and M2M success, and we are already excited about working towards an even better SIMposium in 2013 which recognises secure element innovation!

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Bernadett Nagy on): +44 (20) 337 73226 - Email: bernadett.nagy@informa.com

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• ICBI's European Payments Conference 2013 - Managing Regulatory Challenges

  4-5 July 2013 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  The payments world is entering a period of profound change.  Regulation; legislation; new technologies; more competition and new market players all mean that the pace of change is quickening.  Regulatory developments are undoubtedly one of the biggest concerns facing transaction banks. The idea for this highly practical two day conference came from delegates at our flagship International Payments event.  International Payments brings together hundreds of senior level payments executives from across the globe and they told us that what they needed was an event that examined the real issues around changing regulations in the payments arena.

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  Don't miss the ONLY event in the market that focuses on these vitally important issues. This practically focused event will help you to identify next steps, understand the business dynamics and spot the market opportunities. So please book early... 

  

  Contact:

  Phone: +44 (0) 20 7017 7200 - Email: info@icbi.co.uk

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• MVNOs Industry Summit CEE 2013

  10-11 September 2013 - Poland

  MVNOs Industry Summit CEE is the newest addition, as one of 7 regional events from our market leading MVNOs Industry Summit Series.

  A few years ago we launched MVNOs Industry Summit Latam because of market de-regulation, and interest in the region. CEE is in much the same position now - the main Russian telco operators have been actively reviewing and also signing up MVNOs in 2011/2012. Deutsche Telekom and MTV discussed a potential CEE venture at MVNOs Industry Summit in 2010 and then announced their launch into Poland at MVNOs Industry Summit 2012. Alan Gow, the co-founder of Virgin Mobile, announced MVNOs Industry Summit that in late 2012 his new team would be launching an MVNO in Poland. There is also a good bedding of MVNE ventures throughout Romania, Croatia and beyond.

  As such, we have listened to industry feedback and added in this regional event to the series.

  MVNOs Industry Summit CEE will cover:

  • How is the MVNO market developing in CEE?
  • Are the operators open to partnerships or hostile?
  • Which wholesale deals offer the most future proof value as a partner?
  • Will the MVNO model present sufficient value to adapt to CEE market conditions?
  • Which market segments should be targeted and which are already covered?
  • What are the opportunities for MVNOs and content owners to develop content services for target markets?
  • How will MVNEs also sub-segment to meet the needs of ever-refined MVNOS?
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• AXIOM GROUPE's Working Capital Management 2013

  19-20 September 2013 - Barcelona, Spain

  Target: General Managers, Vice President, CFO and Senior Directors of Finance, Capital Management, Taxes, Taxes and Cash, Performance Management, Business Control, Financial Planning and Analysis..

  Content and key Points:

  • Defining and implementing a company capital management concept/model
  • Building the necessary support for strategic decision making
  • Improving companywide transparency and standardisation
  • Joining forces of finance, controlling and IT for improved Capital management

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Véronique Calas on): +34/93 396 78 40 - Email: veroniquec@axiomgroupe.com

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• AXIOM GROUPE's Shared Services 2013

  19-20 September 2013 - Barcelona, Spain

  Target: General Managers, Presidents, President, Vice Presidents, Managers CFOs, Finance, Administration, Management, Financial Harmonisation...Global / Regional Shared Service Centers, Site Directors. Business Integration, Harmonisation, Systems Harmonisation, Outsourcing , Business processes, Shared Services..

  Content and key Points:

  • Shared Service Centres Strategy: Local, Regional or Global? In-or outsource, where?
  • Business Partnering within the Shared Services
  • Managing performance and deliver more efficient service with external partners
  • Tax and control of SSC 

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Véronique Calas on): +34/93 396 78 40 - Email: veroniquec@axiomgroupe.com

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• NFC World Congress 2013

  Business and Strategies for the NFC Market and Ecosystem Conference & Exhibition

  24-26 September 2013 - Nice, France

  As the leading event for NFC business, NFC World Congress gathers the full value chain of NFC services, from start-ups to leading players, including all the vertical implementers. Over three days, in the "NFC city" of Nice French Riviera, NFC World Congress offers a unique platform to network, develop business and exchange knowledge with over 700 conference delegates from 65 countries. The exhibition hosting 50 booths benefits from the added audience and content synergies of the co-located conferences within World Smart Week. Over 1700 expected participants will take advantage of this global meeting of contactless, e-ID, M2M and digital security industries.

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Lénick Perron on) + 33 (0) 6 79 70 17 98 - Email: lperron@strategiestm.com

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• Chip-to-Cloud Security Forum 2013

  Smart Trusted Technologies & Services for the Networked Society

  25-27 September 2013 - Nice, France

  Created in 2011 from the former e-Smart and Smart Mobility conferences, Chip-to-Cloud Security Forum is a wide-ranging technical event covering all aspects of all assets protection in embedded, mobile and cloud technologies. Its scope ranges from the cryptographic foundations up to the latest developments of trusted services delivery on smartphones or in the Cloud, including societal aspects issues. Part of World Smart Week, the Forum offers to its 300+ delegates from Academia and Industry a platform to exchange with a total of 1700 expected participants from the NFC, e-ID, M2M and digital security industries.

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Lénick Perron on) + 33 (0) 6 79 70 17 98 - Email: lperron@strategiestm.com  

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• Joint ECB/Banque de France conference: "Retail payments at a crossroads: economics, strategies, and future policies"

  21-22 October 2013 - Paris, France

  The European Central Bank and the Banque de France are hosting this conference to improve the general understanding of retail payment economics based on recent academic research and, more specifically, to help identify possible developments and dynamics that will shape the future retail payments landscape. Furthermore, they aim to provide a forum for debate among market participants, policy-makers, regulators and researchers.

  Topics:

  To this end, the conference organisers invite authors - whether from academia, public authorities (including central banks), special interest groups or the private sector - to submit original, theoretical and empirical papers covering at least one of the following related themes:

  • recent and future developments in retail payments and retail payment economics;
  • impact of the economic crisis on retail banking and retail payments;
  • payment habits and the use of different payment instruments;
  • integration of retail payment markets;
  • consolidation, economies of scale and efficiency in the retail payments industry;
  • cost, pricing and network externalities relating to retail payments;
  • competition versus cooperation of market participants in payment services and other network industries;
  • governance and (self-) regulation in the field of retail payments;
  • financial inclusion of under- and unbanked people;
  • payment innovations, including virtual currencies, e-identity and internet/mobile payments;
  • security (including fraud, counterfeiting, and cyber-attacks), trust, and data protection in retail payments;
  • lessons learnt from other two-sided markets and network industries and their applicability to retail payments.

  The deadline for submissions to the conference is 15 May 2013.

  Contact:

  Email: payments-conference-2013@ecb.europa.eu and payments-conference-2013@banque-france.fr

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• AXIOM GROUPE's Innovation Excellence 2013

  21-22 November 2013 - Barcelona, Spain

  Target: General Managers, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Head of Research and Development, Innovation, Business Development, Strategy and Corporate Development, Competitive Intelligence, Market Insights, Product Management, New Product Development, Research and Development, Scientifics, Strategic and Development...

  Content and key Points:

  • Gain competitive advantage through innovation
  • New areas for growth in technologies
  • Strategic Innovation: Identifying and developing future value
  • Excellence in R&D and innovative Centers

  

  Contact:

  Phone (Véronique Calas on): +34/93 396 78 40 - Email: veroniquec@axiomgroupe.com

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