Sponsors

DonRiver Inc.

DonRiver is a leading business and technology consulting company that serves the global telecommunications and mobile financial services industries. DonRiver is the lead organizer and sponsor of Mobile Money Canada 2011. DonRiver’s Mobile Financial Services Consulting & Technology practice provides mobile financial strategy, software development, and system integration services to the world’s leading mobile operators, financial institutions, and financial services providers. For more information, please visit the following website: www.donriver.com

BOKU Inc.

BOKU is the global leader in online payments, allowing consumers to purchase goods and services with their wireless number, and charge to their mobile operator bill. BOKU brings bank–grade payments technology and mobile users together on the web, creating a trusted, accessible market for consumers, merchants and carriers alike. Based in San Francisco with offices in Europe and Asia, BOKU reaches over 3 billion consumers worldwide. With localization and support in 32 different languages, BOKU operates in 65 different countries, across 230 different carriers globally. Leading Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists fund BOKU including Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures. The company has invested more than 84 human-years in development of the BOKU Payment Platform™, with experienced developers from state–of–the–art companies like Apple, Amazon, AT&T, Bank Of America, First USA, Google, Paypal, Visa and Yahoo!. Additionally, BOKU processes transactions in 40+ currencies, collection in 10+ currencies and offers VAT/TAX management across 65 different countries while maintaining a 24x7 on–call response team for platform issues and customer support.

CIBC

CIBC (TSX, NYSE: CM) is a leading Canadian-based financial institution with a market capitalization of $30.7 billion and a Tier 1 capital ratio of 13.9%. We have two major businesses &ndash: CIBC Retail Markets and Wholesale Banking – focused in Canada and around the world. CIBC Retail Markets comprises CIBC’s personal banking, business banking and wealth management businesses. We provide a full range of financial products services and advice to nearly 11 million clients in Canada and the Caribbean, as well as investment management services globally to retail and institutional clients in Hong Kong, Singapore and the Caribbean.

Kony

Kony enables enterprises to offer consumers and employees feature–rich mobile applications in less time and at lower costs than any other solution. Leveraging a single application definition, applications are designed and developed just once, in a device-independent manner, and deployed across multiple channels, including native applications, device–optimized mobile web, SMS, web gadgets, kiosks, and tablets without compromises. Kony’s unique platform is proven to future–proof a company’s mobile investment by enabling applications to be changed once for all channels, ensuring faster adoption of new operating systems and standards as they are introduced, while eliminating maintenance, upgrade and future development costs. For more information, please visit www.kony.com. Connect with Kony on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

KPMG Enterprise

Rogers

Rogers Wireless provides wireless voice and data communications services across Canada to 8.5 million customers under both the Rogers Wireless and Fido brands. Rogers Wireless is Canada’s largest wireless provider and the only national carrier operating on both the global standard GSM and highly advanced 3G HSPA+ technology platforms. Rogers Wireless is Canada’s leader in innovative wireless voice and data services, and provides customers with the best and latest wireless devices and applications. In addition to providing seamless wireless roaming across the U.S. and more than 200 countries internationally, Rogers Wireless also provides wireless broadband services across Canada utilizing its 2.5 GHz fixed wireless spectrum.

Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) and its subsidiaries operate under the master brand name RBC. We are Canada’s largest bank as measured by assets and market capitalization, and among the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, corporate and investment banking and transaction processing services on a global basis. We employ approximately 74,000 full – and part–time employees who serve close to 15 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 55 other countries.

Visa

Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable digital currency. Underpinning digital currency is one of the world’s most advanced processing networks––VisaNet––that is capable of handling more than 20,000 transactions a second, with fraud protection for consumers and guaranteed payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank, and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa's innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. For more information, visit www.corporate.visa.com.

ACT Canada

ACT Canada is the internationally–recognized authority, trusted knowledge resource and catalyst for change in payments and secure identity. We serve stakeholders from around the world, to shape the future of mobile, NFC, loyalty, leveraging EMV and secure payments. For 22 years, ACT Canada has been providing members with insights, networking opportunities and visibility in this ever–changing market. ACT Canada supports our members, protects their interests, and helps them grow the market and their business.

Canadian Payments Association

The Canadian Payments Association (CPA), created by an Act of Parliament in 1980, operates Canada’s national clearing and settlement systems; facilitates their interaction with other systems involved in the clearing and settlement of payments; and facilitates the development of new payment methods and technologies. It promotes the efficiency, safety and soundness of the clearing and settlement systems, taking into account the interests of users. Its current membership comprises virtually all of Canada’s bank and non–bank deposit–taking financial institutions.

Roshan

Roshan (Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Ltd) is Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications provider, with coverage in over 230 cities and towns and approximately 5 million active subscribers. Roshan directly employs more than 1,200 people and provides indirect employment to more than 30,000 people. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is a major shareholder of Roshan and promotes private initiatives in building economically sound enterprises in the developing world. Also owned in part by Monaco Telecom International (MTI) and TeliaSonera, Roshan brings international expertise to Afghanistan and is committed to the highest standards of network quality and coverage for the people of Afghanistan.

Safaricom

Safaricom is Kenya’s leading provider of converged communication solutions, operating on a single business driver that has a peerless understanding of voice, video and data requirements. We are a “one stop shop” for integrated and converged data and voice communication solutions. Safaricom, with its countrywide network, is the only network that can provide broadband high–speed data to its customers through its 3G network, Wimax and fibre.

Telepin Software

Telepin Software is a leading provider of mobile transaction platforms, providing mobile operators the most efficient and cost-effective way to control their distribution network, maximize revenues from mobile financial services, and deliver innovative mobile financial applications. Telepin’s Cayman Transaction Platform enables a full suite of electronic, transaction-based applications for mobile subscribers to recharge their mobile airtime without the use of physical cards or vouchers, facilitate P2P money transfers, allow for electronic bill payments, and more, using multiple channel interfaces. Telepin’s customer base includes tier-one operators in the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. For more information,visit www.telepin.com or  www.mobilemoneytransactions.com.

WIlliams McGuire AML Inc.

Williams McGuire AML Inc’s mission is passionately protect our clients and country from the harms of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crime through tailored and informed risk and compliance solutions. We do this do this by analyzing risk, creating effective controls and assessing existing compliance regimes and controls. Learn more at www.amlcompliance.ca

MobileSyrup

MobileSyrup.com is an independent resource on mobile technology in Canada – connecting to those who are mobile enthusiasts, professionals and shoppers.  All content is Canadian – and written by Canadians. We provide daily market and industry news & reviews.

Payments Business Magazine

Payments Business magazine is a Canadian bi-monthly B2B publication which reaches more than 13,000 readers across Canada. As the nation’s leading magazine for merchants, financial executives and payments industry decision makers,  Payments Business delivers news, insights, features, commentary, developments, trends and technology updates which helps our readers make better and more informed decisions about their transactions, cards and EBPP (electronic billing presentment & payment) strategies.

The Paypers

The Paypers (www.thepaypers.com) is the leading independent source of news and analysis for professionals in the global payments industry. Our products are created by payment professionals and cover all significant developments in financial transactions, with a special focus on online payments, online banking, mobile payments,e-invoicing, e-identity and SEPA. The Paypers targets a very specific readership: the global payments professional.  Payments professionals including analysts, CEOs, business managers, consultants, product managers, business development managers, sales and marketing professionals  in over 120 countries already stay up to speed by reading news and analysis by The Paypers.

The Smart Sense

The Smart Sense, www.thesmartsense.com, is a dedicated news platform that published news, articles and interviews regarding smart technologies. With mobile and contactless technologies concerning payments anchored as our forte, our readers and contributors include industry high profiles (C–Level Executives), market movers, decision makers, associations and end–users that shape the industry. Like the sixth sense, come and experience the smart technology industry in a whole new way! Contact us at info@thesmartsense.com