Intermarc Consulting Limited just concluded arrangements to host the 15th edition of sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest Conference and Exhibition with special focus on Card, Mobile, Identification and Payment called CBN Cashless CardExpo. The event will hold at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island Lagos, from June 23-25, 2015.

The theme for this year is “INNOVATION: THE FUTURE OF ePAYMENT”. This conference will focus greatly on the future payment vision, the assumption that underlines the vision and how innovation will drive the process. The conference and exhibition will also focus on new users as well as the service delivery strategy that will deliver the future of payment.

While the financial technology and identification landscape has evolved rapidly over the past decade, due to flurry of innovation and regulation, expansive growth in electronic payments and the inclusion of new market entrants, industry research indicates that the next decade will yield a period of even faster changes.

This event is strategically structured into two segments the first is the ePayment technical forum where top card and epayment experts will be sharing inside strategies on positioning and enhancing your card business to ensure your spot in the rapidly evolving Card Ecosystem. Merchants, Issuers, Financial Institutions, and Solution Providers will hear first-hand, in insightful panel debates, a holistic idea exchange around the industry's most pressing issues on Cards, Mobile payment, MPOS, NFC, BVN, Square Mii, ATM, EFT, eGovernment payments at federal and state levels, Utility payments etc. This segment is free to delegates.

The second is the General Assembly forum where members of the public will learn from experts how epayment can add value to their lives. This segment is also free to attendees

CBN and NIBSS will also be rewarding bank customers that frequently use their cards on POS. Merchants and sales persons who promote and encourage the use of cards on POS will also be rewarded with various cash prizes under the CBN Electronic Payment Incentive Scheme (EPIS).

15 out of 35 shortlisted pitches will take part in the Demo Sessions featuring young developers of brilliant “out of the box” payment technologies. They will have the opportunity to present and demonstrate their innovative solutions during the conference. Cash awards of N250, 000 will be won by each of the best four epayment demo pitchers. Only solutions that have not been launched or are not currently in the market will qualify to be presented at our pitches. Voting for the top four has already commenced. This session is sponsored by Diamond Bank.

MasterCard Worldwide has also concluded plans to host a networking session at this event. The session is an interactive session to explore business opportunities with the stakeholders’ communities in Africa.
Other companies with plans to launch new products at this event include Chams mobile, Samsung, CWG, BSLI Nigeria, YPayCash and Mobikash.

Banks and card companies have the opportunity to win in different award categories in the 2015 CardExpo Awards. This is a fully automated award process incorporating online nomination and voting. The CardExpo Awards are supported by NIBSS and CBN and the awards will be given out by the CBN deputy Governor at the closing dinner. To vote, please visit the conference website: www.cardatmandmobilexpo.com and click on the ‘Card Expo Voting’ tab or go to http://cardatmandmobilexpo.com/voting/.

The ‘Double A Payment Innovation Prize’ provides catalyst funding for projects in their early stages of development; whether a pilot project, a new organization, or a nascent initiative. Work supported by the fund must involve a certain level of measured risk that ultimately leads to large-scale, transformative results.

Confirmed special dignitaries that will be present at the opening ceremony this year CardExpo include Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria; Mr. Uzoma Dozie, MD, Diamond Bank Plc; Mr. John Chaplin, Founder GPIJ; Mr. Ifie Sekibo, MD, Heritage Bank Plc; Mr. Ade Shonubi, MD NIBSS. The ceremony will mark an impressive turn out of various personnel from different sectors of the economy as it is a forum for necessary official contact and exchange in the spirit of business engagement. The closing ceremony will be graced with the presence of CBN Deputy Governor, Mr. Sulaiman Barau and Mr. Peter Jack, DG/CEO National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).

52 Confirmed International and local companies are ready to take part in this year’s CBN CASHLESS CARDEXPO 2015. They include: GTB, Fidelity Bank, Unity Bank, Shoptomydoor, AppZone, Skye Bank, Unified Payment, Verifone, Eco-Bank, Citiserve Ltd, ITex, First Bank, Structured Resource, Global Technology, Dermalog, Diamond Bank, Heritage Bank, Visa, Computer Warehouse Group, eTranzact, Access Bank, Chams Access, UBA, Global Accelerex , Sterling Bank, MainOne, MasterCard, Samsung, JCB, Systemspecs, Bluefish, Prepaygo, Chams Plc, SecureCard Manufacturing Ltd, NCR, BSLI Nigeria Ltd, Ypaycash, Tribeca and Mobikash.

CardExpo Africa Exhibition continues its tradition of showcasing the most exciting developments in the payment sector. With a variety of new innovative technologies, it has never been more important to keep pace with industry developments. With banks, cards scheme and newer entrants all vying for their place at the centre of the ecosystem, this must attend event will provide insightful takeaways from the industry.

Why attend:
• Hear about new technologies which could transform your business
• Meet with industry pioneers to discuss how they see the sector advancing
• Learn about how new entrants plan to grow their market share
• Network with major players and see what your competitors are working on

For further information visit: www.cardatmandmobilexpo.com