Annual E-Payment Breakfast Forum
Theme: “Payment Systems and the 2010 Scenario”

Date: March 30th 2010
Venue: Eko Hotel & Suites, VI, Lagos

Chairman of Ocassion: Dotun Suleiman (Chairman, Interswitch)
Special Guest of Honour: MR. Tunde LEmo (Deputy Governor, Operations CBN)
Sponsors: SEcureID, CHAMS Access

Payment services are constantly evolving. In recent years, electronic cards and ATMs have experienced high growth rates and these are forecast to continue for the foreseeable future. There are many factors that drive growth in electronic cards, and all work together to drive market development. However, the dynamics of the industry are so predominant that stakeholders need to consistently look into the horizon to determine trends and directions so that changing landscapes do not slide the other way unexpected and unnoticed.

Factors are as diverse as the influence of multinational corporations, technology, organizational structure, roles of the government as well as data availability. The benefits of automating payments and the entire procure-to-pay process are unarguably significant for all organizations involved.

Consequently on the above, emerging scenarios need to be properly forecasted and dissected. We need to constantly ask the right questions to elicit the probable answers. For instance:

Is the growth experienced in the cards and ATM sector real or a flash-in-the-pan?
What is the outlook for cards and ATM in 2010? Will mobile money ever take off in Nigeria?
What is the next “e” in e-banking? Will POS ever be big business here?
What about the direction of legislation and government policy?
Is e-fraud going to escalate in 2010? How will the current restructuring in the financial/ banking sector affect recorded growth in e-banking?
Will banks continue to invest in e-platform and why?
Is the emerging cooperation of banks at infrastructure level, healthy?
What is the future of international cards in Nigeria?
Did the global credit crunch of 2009 really affect credit card issuance?
What do we expect in 2010, will the credit crunch bite harder in Nigeria?

This event will also provide ample opportunity for Solution Providers to unfold new products/ services directly to the decision makers in the Banks, initiate networks and create possible business alliances.

The e-payment breakfast forum is a platform created by Intermarc Consulting Ltd, where seasoned experts provide insightful analysis of industry events and happenstances of the previous year and project into the New Year with razor sharp precision to forecast scenarios that will play out.

Stakeholders from different sectors of industry will attend the event; which promises to synergize efforts as customers and service providers trace routes that will support intermediary and value added services.