Sponsors

 

Conference sponsor

 

The St. Petersburg joint-stock commercial Bank Tavrichesky
was established in 1993 by a number of industrial and commercial enterprises, oriented to production and implementation of highly technological output.

Since 2000 the Bank has been working over the mass electronic bank payments adoption, which is straightly related to mobile commerce. Within the framework of this activity – development of electronic prepayment financial products, construction of mobile commerce business models and their promotion in the market.

Bank Tavrichesky (general license CB RF №2304) has 16 departments in Saint-Petersburg and 7 branches in other cities.

www.tavrich.ru

 

Round table Legislative Provision for Mobile Commerce in Russia sponsor

CyberPlat OJSC is the leading Russian Internet company offering its services in the e-commerce segment, including payment processing and secure online document interchange. The company’s product CyberPlat®, the universal multibanking integrated internet-payment system, is the absolute leader in the payment acceptance market.

Currently, the CyberPlat® cash acceptance network consists of approximately 430,000 points of sale worldwide, accepting cash payments for the benefit of the leading telecommunication service providers, commercial television and numerous service providers nation-wide, including Beeline, MTS, MegaFon, Tele2, NTV-Plus and many others. CyberPlat also accepts payments in favour of Russian operators via the partners in more than 200 countries. The major partners are Western Union and Fixed & Mobile.

The total turnover of the system comprised 120.7 billion rubles (or 4.74 billion US dollars) in 2007, which is over 20% of all Russian operators’ turnover. In 2007, the system processed over 1.25 billion transactions.

CyberPlat conducts the international operations accepting payments in favour of mobile operators of Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Austria, Germany.

CyberPlat electronic payment system is an associate member of GSM Assiciation. CyberPlat OJSC is also an associate member of the Infocommunication Union of Russia. BDO Unicon is the official auditor of CyberPlat®.

www.cyberplat.com



Conference partners


Mobey Forum is a global non-profit organisation, driven by the finance industry. We promote secure and convenient mobile banking and payment services. Our mission is to facilitate banks to offer mobile financial services by creating sustainable business models through cross-industry collaboration.

Mobey Forum organizes four two-day Plenary Workshops per year, each specially designed to address the most challenging current issues, facilitated by recognized leaders within the industry. Our Workshops are highly interactive with opportunities for strategic learning, networking and sharing of peer experiences. Additionally Mobey fosters ongoing Workgroups and Task Forces in order to promote the exchange of expertise, insight and solutions.

Mobey Forum is a global organisation with more than 50 member companies, each an important player in the mobile financial services ecosystem. Mobey Forum members include leading financial institutions, mobile handset manufacturers, telecom operators, payment processors as well as leading technology vendors and other companies actively involved in mobile financial services.

www.mobeyforum.org



The Near Field Communication Forum was formed to advance the use of Near Field Communication technology by developing specifications, ensuring interoperability among devices and services, and educating the market about NFC technology. Formed in 2004, the Forum now has 150 members. Manufacturers, applications developers, financial services institutions, and more all work together to promote the use of NFC technology in consumer electronics, mobile devices, and PCs.

The goals of the NFC Forum are to:

  • Develop standards-based Near Field Communication specifications that define a modular architecture and interoperability parameters for NFC devices and protocols
  • Encourage the development of products using NFC Forum specifications
  • Work to ensure that products claiming NFC capabilities comply with NFC Forum specifications
  • Educate consumers and enterprises globally about NFC