The Payments Next Zone at Transact 14 (April 8-10, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas) will provide startups the opportunity to demonstrate their innovative new electronic payments technology product or service to an audience which includes media, venture investors and potential industry partners. The new product or service being demonstrated are designed to bring innovative financial services to unserved and unbanked markets around the world.

Also, generously funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), ETA and BMGF will again provide the opportunity for payments startups to demonstrate their products and be eligible to win the E-Pay Innovation Award. The E-Pay Innovation Award winner will receive a check for $50,000!

Daniel Chatelain, managing director at the BayPay Forum, is the Master of Ceremony for the Payments Next Zone and Moderator for all events on the Investment Track on Wednesday April 9th

Schedule:
10:45am-11:45am Start Up Roundtable- Investment Track-
Moderator: Daniel Chatelain

1:30pm- 2:30pm    Payments Next Zone Pitch Session One- Investment Track- 
Moderator: Daniel Chatelain

Pitching companies:

Raspberry

InVenture

Mowoza

IdentaChip

MobaComm/Integrity Prospers

2:45pm- 3:45pm    Payments Next Zone Pitch Session Two- Investment Track-

Moderator: Daniel Chatelain

Pitching companies:

Cyclos

Medagate

Pulse Wallet

Money2Ethiopia

Pangea

The Judging Panel that will select the Exhibit Scholarship winners and the E-Pay Innovation Award winner consists of the following individuals:

• Andrew Barnes, Payments Industry Consultant and ETA Advisor
• Steve Chu, Regional Sales Manager, LayeredTech
• Thomas Cornelius, Senior Vice President, InComm
• Janine Firpo, Deputy Director, Financial Services for the Poor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Dan Rosen, Partner, Commerce Ventures
• Allen Weinberg, Glenbrook Partners