Mobile point-of-sale platforms are an ideal cost-effective solution especially for the small-mid sized merchants and independent businesses in Asia which accept credit and debit payments. However, current low card usage does pose a hurdle for the mPOS market, as Asia’s developing markets still have a culture of using cash for payments. The continual prevalence of “dumb” phones poses another challenge in the mPos market.

Despite the aforementioned problems, a plethora of players persists in rolling out mPOS solutions in Asia’s emerging markets.

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By downloading this ebook you will discover:

• The leading mPOS solutions providers who have ventured into Asia
• The entrance of new mPOS solutions providers
• The new advanced offerings provided by existing solutions providers
• How solution providers differentiate themselves in Asia’s competitive mPOS market

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Total Payments Asia 2013, will be held in Bangkok from October 8-9, gathering the key influencers and innovators driving this region’s growth. If you would like to get involved as a potential sponsor or exhibitor, please contact Colin Carter at (65) 6322 2776 or email colin.carter@terrapinn.com for a customised proposal. Alternatively,you may download the sponsorship brochure here.

Branchless banking allows banks to better serve a variety of mass consumer segments, whether they are those with limited access to bank branches or those with low account balances.

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According to a 2012 study by Gallup, Inc. and the World Bank, an estimated 2.7 billion people in emerging markets — almost 40 percent of the world’s population — are without access to even basic financial services, meaning they remain “unbanked” and don’t use formal or semi-formal financial services. The lives of these unbanked could be improved through access to the most basic array of banking services, such as deposits, savings, installment loans, simplified and secure remittances and bill payment.

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Asia’s emerging economies in the Indochina region are set to become the biggest sources of payments growth in the next few years.

In this e-book, the following individuals were chosen for recent or past achievements in making a difference to the industry in general, whether through market innovation, or by making a difference within their organisations or their respective countries.

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By downloading this ebook you will learn:

• Who the top 20 influential people driving payments in Indochina are
• What companies they work for and who the real powerhouse company is
• The strategies used to help push them forward
• What sets them apart from everyone else in the industry

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Total Payments Asia 2013, will be held in Bangkok from October 8-9, gathering the key influencers and innovators driving this region’s growth. If you would like to get involved as a potential sponsor or exhibitor, please contact Colin Carter at (65) 6322 2776 or email colin.carter@terrapinn.com for a customised proposal. Alternatively,you may download the sponsorship brochure here.

With 58 million eBankers in Africa –  Secure and convenient eBanking is an essential factor in the future of banking.

As the world leader in digital security, Gemalto has contributed to large-scale strong authentication roll-outs from more than 150 financial institutions in more than 30 countries, with 50 million eBanking devices delivered directly to clients’ customers.

Through their knowledge and experience, they have identified the key success factors in launching a successful eBank, and would like to share them with you.

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What you’ll learn from this eBanking security guide:

• A step-by-step approach towards a more reliable and strategic online banking security solution
• Gives you an overview of the process
• Helps you identify key success factors
• Shows you how to avoid the pitfalls
• Realise the possibilities of a flexible eBanking security programme
• See how it benefits your customers and provides future business opportunities

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If these opportunities represent a significant business development platform for you then you need to be at Futurebank Africa 2014.

Contact me to discuss how you could utilize Futurebank Africa and Cards & Payments Africa to showcase the forefront of innovation and technology and more efficient development of Africa’s banking and emerging payments sector throughout Africa.

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Zebra Technologies Corporation, a recognized global leader in solutions that extend real-time visibility into business operations, recently announced the addition of the ZXP Series 7 to its portfolio of card printers. Using the latest in Zebra card printing technology and new features, the printer offers increased productivity, adaptability and cost efficiency. The ZXP Series 7 is ideal for customers that require high quality and secure card printing, such as government and enterprise, and high-volume applications including education and service bureaus. The ZXP Series 7 delivers fast, efficient performance and easy printer integration with enterprise applications while lowering the printer’s total cost of ownership. The card printer supports numerous encoding and connectivity options, along with single or dual-sided lamination for extra security or durability. Pairing the ZXP Series 7 with Zebra’s Virtual PrintWare Suite optimizes large-scale deployments of multiple ZXP printers and remote printer management.

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Zebra Technologies is a sponsor at our upcoming Cards & Payments event taking place from 24 – 25 April 2013 at the Marina Bay Sands Convention & Expo Centre. Visit them at booth 4L01. For more information, visit www.cardsasia.com.sg

Thanks to new technology, companies and institutions now have the opportunity to move from 20-year-old physical-access controls, to cutting-edge, secure, contactless technology and Next Generation fixed and mobile platforms that not only offer greater security, but can also serve as a conduit for everything from cashless vending to logical access.

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The paper addresses aspects of migration that every organization should consider, these include:

· Why: Greater security may be one objective, but how much greater? What level does an organization need and what other benefits can be gained in the process of increasing security?

· When: When is the right time to migrate? Due to concerns about budget and the impact on workflow, organizations often delay any changes, but there are several key indicators that help determine when to migrate.

· How: What’s the best process to manage the workforce impact and make efficient use of the migration

investment? This includes installing multi-function readers and options for re-badging the workforce.

· What: Of all that’s available, what does the organization need today and what might it need over the lifetime of this new system?

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HID Global offers a variety of identity assurance solutions, including strong authentication devices and software applications.There will be two HID speakers; Director of sales, Lee Wei Jin will be presenting on the topic “Key elements to successful high volume distributed card issuance” and Sales Manager, Andy Yeo will be presenting on the topic “ Converged cards for physical and logical access- a glimpse into the future” at our upcoming Cards & Payments Asia 2013 expo taking place in Singapore from 24 – 25 April 2013. If you are interested in registering, you can sign up here.

China’s booming economy has led the country to invest more on traffic its infrastructure, which has created the need for traffic management and security monitoring systems overseen by video wall displays in control rooms. Amongst all these traffic monitoring systems, those monitoring traffic safety in highway tunnels are both mission, and life, critical.

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Advantech’s turnkey solution has helped a large system integrator customer in China render a proposal, which provided industrial-grade stability and reliability with the highest cost/performance ratio among competitors, for a highway tunnel surveillance control room project.

The case study focuses on:

• How Advantech successfully provided and implemented a surveilance solution for China
• What a fully-integrated surveilence system compromises of
• How to tailor a security system to offer exactly what you or a client could want

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Advantech is a leader in providing trusted and innovative products, services, and solutions. Its product sales manager, Edwin Teo will be speaking on the topic “From traditional signages to interactivity services” at our upcoming Cards & Payments Asia 2013 expo taking place in Singapore from 24 – 25 April 2013. If you are interested to register, you may sign up for it here.

NFC projects are gaining popularity. One can feel the pressure in the mobile and banking industry to bring full functioning NFC capable mobile phones to consumers, to educate them how to use these and to establish a quality service that will quickly gain sufficient market share ahead of competition.

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This white paper highlights:

• Tips and tricks on testing NFC projects
• The importance of testing within NFC projects. Important roles and responsibilities like Test Authority, Test Organization and Test Execution
• A phased approach with Component, Interoperability and Ecosystem Testing

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UL Transaction Security will be  at the Cards & Payments Asia 2013 from 24-25 April 2013 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore and hear from Barry Meiklejohn, Sales director of UL Transaction Security who will be sharing on “ Key success factors for a successful NFC implementation”.  Do download the full details here.

“According to representatives at VISA, this m-card would be the first of its kind in the world. We saw it as an opportunity to solve an unfulfilled need amongst our subscribers.” Said Victor Markelov, Products Director for Beeline.

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Electronic purchasing is still in its infancy in Russia and the new m-card will advance the concept of consumer e-payments while helping Alfa-Bank grow its customer base. Because Alfa-Bank had installed SmartVista nine years prior, the end-to-end e-payments system was used to create the new card product. According to Mikhail Fridman, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and principal founder of the Alfa Group Consortium, “We are leveraging our investment in SmartVista to bring online payment services to millions of people in Russia who are not currently served by any card product.”

Some highlighted SmartVista features include:

•    Efficient management of customer relationship
•    Elimination of multiple data entry points, additional manual entry and streamlining of the card production process
•    Easy assembly of product parameters
•    Ease of building a custom solution

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SmartVista is just one of the products that BPC Banking Technologies will be showcasing as an exhibitor at our upcoming Cards & Payments Asia 2013 expo taking place in Singapore from 24 – 25 April 2013. They will also be speaking at an on-floor seminar at the expo on “Payment services in transformation – A call to action”. If you are interested to attend this free seminar, you can sign up for it here.

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In this e-book, we gathered four varying perspectives of NFC professionals from different industries that are applying NFC technology through various applications. We asked them about the progress of NFC, and what it would take to propel NFC technology onward. The people we spoke to include:

1. Seung-Hyun Jack Lee, Head – Mobile Planning Team, eB Card
2. Ed Pasion, Loyalty Programs Head, Jollibee Foods Corporation
3. Wahyudi, Founder, Yotomo
4. Char-Shin Miou, Project Director, Chunghwa Telecom Co.

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These individuals will be making an appearance alongside many other NFC experts as speakers at the NFC World Asia conference in April this year, which is co-located with Cards & Payments Asia 2013. If you’d like to hear from them, join us at the conference by downloading the brochure here.