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Mobile Ubiquitous Banking and the Future of Money

ia-podcast-icon.gifNearly half the world's population now has a mobile device and more than a thousand cell phones are being activated every minute. The ubiquity of mobile devices will make new services available to billions of people worldwide who have not had access to traditional banks or credit cards. In developing countries such as Kenya - where nearly 80% of the population is excluded from the formal financial sector - text messaging is being used to transfer money to friends and family living in other countries. Moreover, new forms of currency are being created - trading cell phone minutes for goods and services, for example. This panel will explore the challenges and opportunities as banks go mobile, and how the revolution in mobile financial services will change the way we think about money.

Tom Limongello  Sr Dir Business Dev,  Crisp Wireless

Sacha Tueni  Group Mktg Mgr Social Networks & Strategy,  Vodafone

Ajay Revels  Design Researcher,  Politemachines

Guillaume Lebleu  Sr Principal Systems Architect,  Diebold Inc

Kyle Outlaw  Sr Information Architect,  Razorfish

Katherine Maher UNICEF

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