Top 10 influencers in European emerging payments
Who do you turn to for your mobile, contactless and card payment blogging fix? Obviously omitting #totalpayments here, I set about thinking about who I turn to in my hour of need. That got me nowhere, so i turned to the wonderfully geeky world of market analytics instead! And although I came away utterly discombobulated, I also miraculously came away with this top 10 list. I defy you to disagree with me (if you do, i reserve the right to blame it wholly on the analytics)!
Remember this is European only!
1. Dave Birch
“A quarter of a century in consulting around the world, newspaper and magazine author, book editor and media tart”
LinkedIn 500+ followers
twitter 2799 followers
wefollow.com not on wefollow.com
Blog http://www.dgwbirch.com/DGWB/Welcome.html
Klout score 62
2. Jonathan Jensen
Head of Core Products at Ukash
“Innovator who is passionate about simplifying consumer payments”
LinkedIn 500+ followers
twitter 1652 followers
wefollow.com payments clout 64
Blog http://www.sevendotzero.com/
Klout score 55
3. Dominic Higgins
Vice President Operations at VistaMoney LLC
“Working on #Payments, Physical & Virtual #Prepaid #Cards, Pay-in, Pay-out, #Remittance, Payroll & Travel, controlled from #mobile phone or online payments hub”
LinkedIn 500+ followers
twitter 2869 followers
wefollow.com payments clout 38 (prepaid 53)
Blog http://www.dominichiggins.com/
Klout score 41
4. Gareth Lodge
Senior Analyst, Celent
“Providing actionable insights and analysis, covering Payments”
Linked in 500+ followers
twitter 1748 followers
wefollow.com payments clout 83
Blog http://bankingblog.celent.com/2012/11/notes-from-sibos/
Klout score 43
5. Steffan Aquarone
CEO at Droplet
“Specialties: Making things happen and getting things done”
LinkedIn 500+ followers
twitter 1430 followers
wefollow.com not on wefollow.com
Blog http://blog.dropletpay.com/
Klout score 54
6. Caroline Deleuze
Director of marketing and communications at Mobey S.A.
“Mediterranean & epicurean, working passionately on building the best payment solution ever, never go to sleep without a song of Chet Baker.”
LinkedIn 500+ followers
twitter 1704 followers
wefollow.com payment clout -
Blog http://about.me/carolinedeleuze
Klout score 60
7. Robert Roessler
Associate Director, MHP Communications
“I work in Public Relations. Technology, payments, security, social networks, music and other stuff in own views”
LinkedIn 500+ followers
twitter followers 1721
wefollow.com payments clout 49
Blog http://about.me/rroessler
Klout score 50
8. Andrew Darling
Business Development, E Payments Processing (5 months)
Managing Director, Westpier Media (W.P. Communications Ltd) (10years 10 months)
“Get about a lot and swear a bit. Malcolm Tucker of Mob”
LinkedIn 500+ followers
twitter 16285 followers
wefollow.com -
Blog no
Klout score 55
9. Denis Vacher
Market Intelligence senior analyst, France Telecom
“mobile addict”
LinkedIn 448 followers
twitter 1087 followers
wefollow.com payment clout 100
Blog http://insiden.blogspot.com
Klout score 45
10. Mikael Chr Carlsen
Regional Sales Manager at PayEx. PayEx are the foremost experts in payments within the Nordic region.
“Almost 15 years’ experience in handling payments”
LinkedIn 500+ followers
twitter 1259 followers
wefollow.com paymentprocessing clout 45
Blog no
Klout score not on Klout
If you wish to contest your own position on this list, please do so. If you feel the market analytics has overlooked your European emerging payments influencer prowess, then please appeal by submitting your own stats. For those who are simply dizzy with excitement about all the new wonderful information resources they have just discovered, please ignore the above list and remember to only utilise #totalpayments
