On Monday, April 23rd, Mobile Monday DC hosted a discussion focused on mobile payments and commerce. The event, which was held at Davis Wright Tremaine’s Washington, D.C. office, featured a distinguished group of panelists from the communications, financial services, and legal industries, including:
- Andy Lorentz, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine (Moderator)
- Paul Grill, Partner, First Annapolis Consulting
- Paul Moreton, Senior Business Director of Mobile Payments at Capital One
- Susan Pandy, Senior Director Internet & eCommerce at NACHA
- Lisa Peterson, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Neustar
- Todd Strickler, Commerce Leader at ISIS
- Chris Wuhrer, SVP Product and Emerging Services, Bank of America Merchant Services
For an audience of more than 80 members of the DC mobile community, the panel addressed a range of topics that included:
- The definition of mobile payments and mobile commerce
- What it will take to ignite the adoption of mobile payment and mobile commerce platforms by consumers and retailers
- Which players and what technologies will come out on top: banks or carriers? NFC or cloud?
- The role of traditional payment networks in the mobile space
- Privacy and security concerns
- Hot trends in mobile commerce for retailers
To read more about the event and MobileMonday DC, visit their website
