The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, a research center at the Columbia Business School, will host a 1 hour webinar as part of its digital financial services project.
Presenter: Simon Laker, VP Payments, Consult Hyperion
Webinar Overview:
This webinar will provide an overview of the technical components of payments, including the financial sharing component, Cards, to Point of Sale Technology, NFC and use in transit systems.
About Simon Laker:
Simon Laker leads Consult Hyperion's consulting practice across North America. He is a leading authority on the implementation of open payments systems in public transport, using payment cards as a token for travel. He worked with Transport for London and the major payment schemes to define the operational and transaction models to support the use of payment cards in place of transit tickets in the UK. His work has subsequently been adopted and deployed globally by the Payment Schemes.
He has extensive experience in the analysis of service distribution platforms, particularly in developing markets. He is also a recognized expert in the design, implementation and operation of secure retail payment services. He has helped organizations such as First Data to design and develop new services to support the deployment and use of Apple Pay & Android Pay services; Mastercard to analyze the impact of their Fraud Management tools; Motivate to review their card payment agreements and the bills levied by their Acquirers to identify potential areas for cost savings.
