SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China is a country on the rise and it has succeeded to create a big interest of the world with its development and success in cards and payments area. More recently the Chinese banking system has shown true leadership in the development of smart cards and EMV migration while the Chinese consumers seem to show an unlimited enthusiasm for these new products. Moreover, based on the aggressive promotion of 3G mobile networks and support of the Chinese government, China will soon be the largest mobile payments market in the world. Under this situation, China is now in booming period of card and payment market demand and usage. A series of new regulations and business actions in 2011 have caused waves in cards and payments industry in China. 2011 is a year of innovations for payments and cards applications and is envisaged to be a year of extreme importance. That's why we define this years' theme as "What A Market, What A Year. Releasing The Power Of Payments".
With these developments and know-how, we cordially invite you to Shanghai, the financial center of China to participate in this conference which will allow you to meet with senior executives from the payments, transport, telecommunications, retail, government and health sectors to discuss the latest regulations, technologies and case studies in these industries. World Cards and Payments, China Focus 2011 is the most important annual gathering from across the Asia Pacific looking at how to maximize opportunities in the booming Chinese cards and payments sector.
Our featured guest speaker will facilitate and open roundtable discussion relating to topics including (but not limited to):
Retail financial services
Online payment channels
Smart cards and payments security
Contactless technologies
Payments solutions
Commercial prepaid cards
Mobile payments and NFC
Highly-Regarded expert speakers representing the payments industry from:
Government agencies and industry association
Zhang Qi, Deputy Director of Electronics Science and Technology Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
Huang Chengqing, Vice President, Internet Society of China
Koichi Tagawa, Chairperson, NFC Forum; General Manager of Global Standards and Industry Relations Department, Sony Corporation
Sirpa Nordlund, Executive Director, Mobey Forum
Cao Honghui, Director, Financial Markets Division, Chinese Academy of Social Science
Telecos and financial institutions
Huang Gengsheng, Senior Project Manager, China Mobile Research Institute
Jin Yongzhe, VP, SK Telecom China
Xu Luode, President, China Union Pay (CUP)
Chai Hongfeng, Deputy President, China Union Pay (CUP)
Ji Wenjun, Senior Manager, Product Innovation Dept, China Unionpay
Liu Jing, Vice Director of Personal Financial Headquarters, Bank of China
Gilbert Arira, Global Head of Cards, BNP Paribas
Zhu Xiaohuang, VP, China Construction Bank (CCB)
Amy L. Johnson, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo
Wang Bing, Head of Electronic Banking, Bank of Communications
Third-party payment companies and solution providers
Yu Chen, CMO, YeePay
Yi Tao, Managing Director, China Union Loyalty
David C. Stewart, Senior Expert, McKinsey & Company
Malcolm Vernon, Director - Market Development, Nokia Mobile Financial Services, Nokia
Retailer chains and transport operators
Yuan Jianguo, General Manager, Ningbo Citizen Card Company
David Anstee, Innovation Manager, 7-Eleven
Mark Fabes, IT director, McDonald
For more information, please contact:
Event Website: http://www.szwgroup.com/2011/payments/
Contact: Miss Viola Yan
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Fax: +86 21 5831 1668
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