Innopay Innsider

www.innopay.com | March 2010 | Issue 19

Expert sessions at the EPCA conference

Following last year's success, the pre-conference expert sessions are again part of the EPCA conference. These sessions offer an opportunity to exchange ideas with other professionals on specific industry topics. On March 22nd, Innopay will host four sessions on remittances, e-identity, payments in Europe and PSD. The program highlights are listed below.

Remittances: Is it a bank's business?

With high volumes, strong growth and resilience in the face of severe economic downturn, the global remittance market continues to gain new ground. This workshop provides insight into the opportunities of remittance services for banks. The workshop is chaired by Charles Bryant (Senior Adviser, EBA), hosted by Kevin Keen (Director Financial Services, Western Union) and is organised by Jaap Jan Nienhuis (Consultant, Innopay).
Highlights of the program:

Understanding the remittance market and the changing remittance customers
Examining the business rationale and value proposition for banks in this market
Analysing possible go-to-market strategies for banks

E-identity: A new business opportunity?

What are the commonalities between the e-payments and e-identity business and how they can benefit from each other? Together we will examine existing solutions and discover how to leverage your existing business assets towards an emerging e-identity market. The provided methodology will help you to analyse e-identity solutions from a business and market perspective. Soon you will realise that e-identity could become a next major extension to the transaction services market.
Highlights of the program:

Introduction of a generic e-identity business framework: Vincent Jansen (Innopay)
Case study 1: BankID, Semming Austin (BankID Norway)
Case study 2: FC2 , Jean-Claude Barbezange (Atos)
Group presentations & discussion

Payments in Europe: Practical strategies for bankers

The European payments expert session addresses the key opportunities in European payment systems. Central theme of the session is whether recent developments in processing, technology and regulation make it possible to execute an European payment strategy. Speakers include Tom-Uwe Stankiewicz (Atos), Zsombor Imre (eBIT Hungary), Gérard de Moura (Galitt) and Tonnis de Boer (Innopay).
Highlights of the program:

What are the key differences in Western European payment systems
What is happening with Central European payments
What are the latest developments in online payments
Break-out sessions on bank and corporate perspectives
Discussion: possible strategic directions and choices

PSD and EMD regulatory impact

The PSD provides legal foundations for the creation of an EU-wide single market for payments. The new entrants will be Payment Institutions - non bank state licensed organizations enjoying the right to provide services so far restricted typically to credit institutions (banks). Who will take the first-mover advantage? Which providers will have to absorb new regulatory burden soon?
Highlights of the program:

What are the obligations of Payment Institutions?"
What are the opportunities for Payment Institutions?
What new players are expected to enter the payments market?
Finally, what are market entry considerations for new entrants from outside EU?

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