Obopay has announced that Carol Realini, its global CEO, will be speaking at two mega industry events in India this month. Carol has been invited to address sessions at this year's NASSCOM 2010 Product Conclave in Bengaluru. As the winner of WEF Technology Pioneer Award 2009, she has also been invited to a session to discuss the dynamics of financial inclusion via mobile banking and m-payments at the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2010 in New Delhi.
At the NASSCOM Product Summit, Carol will be speaking on the theme "Ride the New Mobile Solutions Wave Triggered by UID" She will stress on the importance of new methods for financial access using mobile-based solutions. Being an entrepreneur, Carol will share insights on innovation and discuss a plethora of opportunities that can be tapped by combining mobile infrastructure and UID platform. She will also focus on the ways of managing and scaling a technology company in an extremely complex environment.
Speaking about her forthcoming India visit, Carol Realini, CEO, Obopay, said, "Mobile payments will become a mainstream development with widespread international adoption in the next few years. The most important objective in developing a mobile money service is creating an ecosystem that brings to together the best partners to take the service to market and make it successful. We are at a tipping point for this adoption and for banks and mobile services providers to stay competitive they need to begin the process of selecting and deploying these solutions."
Analyst firm Gartner predicts that the number of mobile payment users worldwide will exceed 108.6 million in 2010, a 54.5-per cent increase from 2009, when there were 70.2 million users. In Realini's sessions, she will provide her perspective on the recent evolutions in mobile banking domestically and internationally, looking at early adopters of mobile banking, lessons learned, and opportunities ahead. Realini will also discuss effective strategies for banks and mobile carriers to attract and retain customers, meet tech-savvy customer demands and keep costs down.
