DigitalPayExpo 2023: Contactless Payment Takes Center Stage As Industry Experts Set Agenda For The Payment Industry
By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Bureau Chief, South West
The DigitalPayExpo 2023 is bringing industry-wide innovation into focus. The agenda features sessions on contactless payments, new technologies and the future of payment, cybersecurity, financial inclusion, and others.
The 23rd annual Payments conference will be held on the 7th and 8th of June 2023 in Eko Hotels and Suites, Plot 1415 Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. Attendance is free for both the conference and the exhibition.
“Technology evolves rapidly, and the payments space is no exception. If we focus on what’s happening now, we’re already falling behind,” said the Managing Director of Intermarc Consulting, the organizers of Africa’s most content-driven payment event, Yinka Adeyemi.
“This year’s DigitalPayExpo is moving the industry forward by showcasing the innovations and disruptors that are changing the way we transact. We’re giving professionals, from merchants to payments networks and everyone in between, a chance to explore strategies for quick and efficient adoption of new payment technologies,“ he enthused.
According to him, contactless payment is one of the most exciting new applications to be launched in the payment world. Contactless payment is a unique advancement that has completely changed how people transact goods and services on the go. With the popularity of mobile payments, contactless credit cards, and other payment systems taking off in recent years,
it is clear that this trend will not be slowing down anytime soon. There is no doubt that some of the biggest innovations regarding merchant products and services being utilized in the industry have been around contactless payment solutions.
DigitalPayExpo 2023 is therefore designed to explore the future of contactless, which is already here.
The conference will dimension this all-important theme from the global perspective of what contactless means to world commerce and how the race to be contactless can be nurtured sustainably by the relevant ecosystem and stakeholders.
The conference will host the industry’s best to ensure you have all the resources and notes required to expand your imagination, insight, and creativity for contactless payment.
The first day of the Payments Summit will include thought-provoking keynote sessions from significant players in the industry.
The lineup includes Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Bello Hassan, Director Payments System Management Department, Central Bank of Nigeria, Musa Jimoh, Managing Director/CEO Optimus Bank, Nigeria, Ademola Odeyemi, Managing Director eTranzact International Plc, Niyi Toluwalope, Managing Director/ CEO Remita Payment Services, Deremi Atanda , Regional Managing Director, West & Central Africa Network International , Chinwe Uzoho, and Head of Growth & Partnerships – West Africa BPC Banking Technologies, Emmanuel Obinne.
The second and final day of the event will feature Board Chairman, Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Singapore, Malik Kotadia, Managing Director Africa Fintech Foundry, Daniel Awe, Chief Executive Officer 9PSB, Branka Mracajac, Managing Director Jumia Pay, Nigeria Adedamola Giwa and Group Chief Executive Officer AppZone, Obi Emetarom,.
All payments industry leaders are encouraged to attend. This includes global and domestic payment networks, financial institutions, retailers, processors, mobile wallets providers, FinTech, and other payments industry technology and service providers.
