Payment Systems 2008

11-12 September 2008

Brussels, Sheraton Airport Hotel

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Session 1: Payments in Europe Today

Future of cash
by Alfred Kraxenberger (Giesecke & Devriendt)
European banks' strategy towards cash & cashless
by Diederik Bruggink (Mastercard)
European consumer's view on payment
by Jean-Philippe Ducart (Test-Achats)

Session 2: Cash or Cashless?

An Operator's experience with mobile & credit card payment
by Markus Egger (Selecta)
Closed site cashless: a concrete experience
Challenges with coins and the EVA & WVA work
by Klaus Meyer-Steffens (NRI)
Issue of coin variability in a growing Euro area
by Andrew Yellop (MEI)

Session 3: Banknote readers in European Vending?

Banknote reader in vending: an operator's experience
by Fioravante Allegrino (Sogeda)
Accepting all payments in unattended points of sales
by Kelvin Reynolds (British Parking Association)
Optimising banknote validation, the role of EVA & WVA
by Andrew Yellop (MEI)

Session 4: Trends: tomorrow and beyond

How will payment look like tomorrow? (mobile, biometrics)
by Stefano Bertoldo (Coges)
Vending is facing new payment technologies
by Csaba Szalai (Microtronic)
Plans of the card schemes to replace cash
by Omar Rifaat (Visa Europe)
An operator's experience with telemetry
by Garry Lewis (VMSL, New Zealand)
Biometrics in automated payment
by Eric Le Berder (Ingenico)