In this Member Update:
- Biometrics Webinar for Members Only – Workgroup Kick-Off
- Opportunities to Exhibit at Mobey Day
- Call for Hosts 2015
- Introducing the New Board of Directors
- Update from Las Vegas Member Meeting
- Save the Dates for Vienna Member Meeting
- Discounts to Industry Events
Biometrics and Security Workgroup Kick-off Webinar
Mobey Forum will be hosting a kick-off webinar to launch a new workgroup: Biometrics and Security. The chairs of the group, Susanna Turunen from Nets and Mario Maawad from Caixa Bank will present the focus areas that the group will be concentrating on as well as some background to biometrics. You are welcome to attend the webinar even if you are not planning to join the group but you’re interested in learning more about the topic.
Time & Date: 2 Jun 3pm CET
Register to attend: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8416930094320667393
You are also welcome to join Mobey’s other workgroups
- HCE Workgroup (Chair: Zaf Kazmi, CaixaBank)
- Mobile Corporate Banking Workgroup (Chair: Petra Bunschoten, ING)
- Mobey Marketing Workgroup (Chair: Kristian Sorensen, NETS)
Opportunities to Exhibit at Mobey Day
This year will mark the third annual Mobey Day. Following the success of the last two years, Mobey Day has become the must-attend event in the industry calendar. Mobey Day is a member meeting, which is spiced up by inviting non-member participants. Non-members have an entrance fee.
There are some exciting exhibition opportunities, with first pick reserved for Mobey members. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Elina or Sirpa (Elina.mattila@mobeyforum.org or Sirpa.nordlund@mobeyforum.org ). We have CaixaBank and Monitise as partners at the moment.
Thanks to CaixaBank, Mobey Day 2014 will take place 7-8 October in CosmoCaixa in Barcelona, and the workgroups meeting on Monday 6 Oct. The main themes for the event will be Host card emulation, wearables and biometrics.
www.mobeyday.com site is open. Thanks for spreading the word of this event for example in LinkedIn, Twitter or other media.
Call for Hosts 2015
Are you interested in hosting a Mobey Forum member meeting? Get in touch with us – we are now looking for hosts for next year’s member meetings. The companies that host a meeting get the exclusive opportunity to invite the Mobey membership to an unforgettable meeting. Branding, keynote speeches, inviting delegates and influence over the agenda are only some of the benefits of hosting. Contact us to find out more.
Introducing the New Board of Directors
A new board of directors was elected at Mobey Forum’s annual general meeting at the end of March. In addition to the nine existing directors, Mobey’s board got three new directors: Kevin Faragher from CIBC, Oriol Pons from Erste Bank and Andreas Schauer from Giesecke Devrient. Warm welcome to all new members!
In addition to the abovementioned, the new board includes Sean Barton from First Direct (HSBC), Petra Bunschoten from ING, Veronica Lange from UBS, Juha Risikko from Nordea, Kasper Sylvest Olsen from Danske Bank, Kristian Sorensen from Nets and Amir Tabakovic from PostFinance.Jordi Guaus from Caixa Bank was re-elected as the Chair of the Board and Bent Bentsen from DNB Bank ASA as the Vice-Chair.
News from Vegas
Mobey members have just come back from another insightful and interesting member meeting. The meeting was hosted by Fiserv in Las Vegas, where we heard some very thought provoking presentations from TowerGroup, Fiserv, MasterCard, Metaforic and PostFinance among others. All the presentations can be found in the members’ area of Mobey’s website https://mobeyforum.org/members-area/presentations-archive/may-2014-las-vegas/
If you haven’t registered for the members’ area yet, you can do so here mobeyforum.org/register<https://mobeyforum.org/register.
Save the Dates for Vienna Member Meeting
Mark 9 – 11 Dec in your calendars for the Vienna member meeting, hosted by BeeOne/Erste Bank. More details on the meeting will follow soon!
Discounts to Industry Events
| June | 2-6 | Money 2020 | Las Vegas | Discount code 2570MF for $100 USD off |
| June | 19-20 | Mobile Wallet Wars | New York | Discount code MOBEY202 for 20% off |