GSMA Announces Speakers for Mobile Money Summit 2010 in Rio (May)

    LONDON, April 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

    Highlights:

    - Speakers include, Richard Mwami, MTN Uganda; Pablo Montesano,
      Telefonica and Elizabeth Buse, Visa

    - Sessions include, 'Financial Agents; Coverage, Liquidity and
      Profitability', 'Emerging Business Models' and 'Untapped Areas of
      Growth and Opportunities for Mobile Money'

    - Leadership Forum - the GSMA's invitation-only final-day forum
      will bring together a large number of decision makers

    Additional information in the release:

    - Listed event speakers

    - Supporting quotes from the GSMA's Director Mobile Money

    - Links to supporting materials

    - Contact details for additional information and press registration

    Full release below

    Contact GSMA at [email protected]

    For more information please visit the Mobile Money Summit website:
    http://bit.ly/IgwX1

    Access the Mobile Money Summit media centre here:
    http://bit.ly/9Klbwl

GSMA Announces Speakers for Mobile Money Summit 2010 in Rio

Industry Executives to Highlight How Mobile Money is a Powerful Return on Investment

The GSMA today announced speakers for the Mobile Money Summit 2010 (http://www.mobilemoneysummit.com/), which will be held 24-27 May, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Intercontinental Rio Hotel. The agenda http://app.en25.com/e/er.aspx?s=667&lid=10973&elq=7d0fb38a5ceb4318bc05cecac86 92087 features thought-leading conference sessions addressing areas such as 'Financial Agents; Coverage, Liquidity and Profitability', 'Emerging Business Models' and 'Untapped Areas of Growth and Opportunities for Mobile Money' and includes visionary presentations and speeches from mobile money industry leaders such as:

    - Antony Belpaire, General Manager, Mobile Wallet, Alcatel-Lucent

    - Satish Menon, Executive Vice President and Venture Leader, Citibank

    - Staffan Ljung, Director of Analytics and Payments, Ericsson

    - Geoff Iddison, Group Executive, e-Commerce and Mobile, Mastercard

    - Richard Mwami, Head of Mobile Money, MTN Uganda

    - Gerhard Romen, Director of Financial Services, Nokia

    - Roberto Rittes, General Manager, Oi Paggo

    - Pablo Montesano, Director of New Businesses, Financial Services,
      Telefonica

    - Elizabeth Buse, Group Executive, International, Visa

    - Roberto Lima, CEO, Vivo

    - Khalid Fellahi, Senior VP, Head of Africa, Global Head of Mobile
      Transaction Services, Western Union

    - George Held, Group Marketing Director, Products and Innovation, Zain

"The Mobile Money ecosystem continues to advance at an unprecedented pace, creating fresh opportunities and introducing new participants across the entire value chain," said Gavin Krugel, Director Mobile Money, GSMA. "More than ever, the Mobile Money Summit is an important platform for discussion and showcasing the latest developments and solutions in this rapidly evolving and dynamic marketplace."

There will be free 'Mobile Money Accelerator Classes' each morning before the main conference sessions, with content tailored to that day's conference topics. Bankable Frontier Associates will be hosting the 'Executive Regulatory Training for Mobile Operators' event, a one-day, invitation-only workshop held on the Monday which explores how to assess the available mobile money business models, understand the regulatory environment and choose the best model for a given country. On the last day of the event, the GSMA's invitation-only Leadership Forum will bring together a large number of decision makers from mobile operators and Central Banks to discuss how to remove regulatory hurdles for mobile money.

The exhibition and extensive conference programme has VISA as Platinum Event Sponsor and is co-organised with, CGAP, an independent microfinance centre based at the World Bank, and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, as co-organizers. In addition to the outlined activity, the event will also include the industry's premier forum for Mobile Money networking with C- level leaders of financial services institutions, mobile operators, development aggregator organisations and solutions providers, as well as regulators and policy makers

About the GSMA

The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA is focused on innovating, incubating and creating new opportunities for its membership, all with the end goal of driving the growth of the mobile communications industry.

For more information, please visit Mobile World Live, the new online portal for the mobile communications industry, at http://www.mobileworldlive.com or the GSMA corporate website at http://www.gsmworld.com.

For further information on the Mobile Money Summit 2010, please visit the website at http://www.mobilemoneysummit.com

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