New GSMA event to focus on convergence of financial and mobile services
Naguib Sawiris, CEO of Orascom Telecom, Christina Gold, CEO of Western Union, Hans Wijayasuriya, Group CEO of Dialog Telekom, Rizza Maniego-Eala, President of Globe Telecom’s G-Xchange, and Dr. Tarek Mohamed Kamel, Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, will be among the speakers at the GSMA’s Mobile Money Summit in Cairo, Egypt on May 14th and May 15th. The GSMA is hosting the event in partnership with IFC (International Finance Corporation), which is part of the World Bank, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, a global resource for microfinance, and the U.K. Government’s Department for International Development.
A new event dedicated to the convergence of financial and mobile services, the Mobile Money Summit will bring together leading representatives of mobile operators, financial services companies, vendors, regulators and international development institutions and government agencies to debate how mobile money services can be nurtured to the benefit of individuals, companies and national economies. As mobile money services gain momentum around the world, the summit will host conference sessions on new business models, the regulatory hurdles, the development of a global cross-border infrastructure and other pressing issues.
“The Mobile Money Summit is a key element of the GSMA’s strategy to accelerate the convergence of mobile and financial services to the benefit of the world’s mobile phone users of which hundreds of millions live beyond the reach of the traditional banking infrastructure,” said Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board of the GSMA, the global trade association for the mobile industry. “By bringing together leading players from across the globe for a series of intensive discussions, the Summit will be a major milestone in the development of both domestic and international mobile money transfer and mobile payment services that migrant workers, business-people and holiday makers will be able to access via their handsets wherever they travel.”
Confirmed speakers at the Mobile Money Summit include:
- Naguib Sawiris, CEO and Chairman of Orascom Telecom
- Christina Gold, President and CEO of Western Union
- Hans Wijayasuriya, Group CEO of Dialog Telekom PLC
- Rizza Maniego-Eala, President of Globe Telecom’s G-Xchange
- Dr. Tarek Mohamed Kamel, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egyptian Government
- Farida Khambata, Vice President, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa- IFC
- Mohsen A. Khalil, Director, Global Information and Communication Technologies Department, IFC/World Bank
- Gautam Ivatury, Head of CGAP’s Technology Program
- Nick Hughes, Head of International Mobile Payment Solutions, Vodafone
- Hiroshi Tamano, Managing Director, DoCoMo Europe Ltd.
- Hannes van Rensburg, CEO of Fundamo
- Adhiruth Thothaveensansuk, Managing Director of True Money
- Dominic Peachey, Policy Advisor, FSA
- Mr. Massimo Cirasino, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, FSOPD, World Bank
Notes to Editors:
The GSMA’s Mobile Money Summit will take place at the InterContinental Cairo Citystars, Heliopolis on the 14th and 15th May.
For more information please see: www.mobilemoneysummit.com
About the GSMA:
The GSM Association (GSMA) is the global trade association representing more than 700 GSM mobile phone operators across 218 countries and territories of the world. In addition, more than 200 manufacturers and suppliers support the Association’s initiatives as key partners.
The primary goals of the GSMA are to ensure mobile phones and wireless services work globally and are easily accessible, enhancing their value to individual customers and national economies, while creating new business opportunities for operators and their suppliers. The Association’s members serve more than 2.5 billion customers – 85% of the world’s mobile phone users.
For more information please contact:
Mark Smith or David Pringle
GSMA
Email: [email protected]