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Keynote Speaker: Sven Gentner, Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America


Sven's bio:

Since October 2013, Sven Gentner is Counsellor in the Economic and Financial Affairs Section of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. He deals with EU-US regulatory issues and TTIP negotiations in financial services as well as transatlantic issues in key EU internal market policy fields like public procurement, services and IPR.
Sven joined the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, in 2004 and has served in various positions in its Brussels headquarters prior to joining the Delegation in Washington. From 2004-2006 he was responsible for the coordination of the EU-US Financial Markets Regulatory Dialogue, in 2006 he served as a member of the private office (cabinet) of Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, from 2007-2011 he was executive assistant to the Director General of Directorate General Internal Market and Services (with special responsibility for financial services). In 2011 he was also seconded for several months to the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa to advise the AUC on the building of an African internal market. From 2012 to 2013 he was head of unit for human resources and planning in DG Internal Market and Services.  Sven started his professional career with Allianz Insurance in Munich where he was executive assistant to the CEO of the Bavarian subsidiary of Allianz plc.
Sven holds masters degrees in economics from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, and the University of York, UK. He is married with two daughters and lives in Washington, DC.

 


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      Moderator and Arranger: Peter Ehmke, Director at Edgar, Dunn & Company

      Peter's Bio:

      Peter joined Edgar, Dunn & Company´s San Francisco from MasterCard in London. Peter combines previous experience as a strategy consultant for Edgar, Dunn & Company in Europe with hands-on experience as a senior executive in the payment industry. He has managed the turnaround/restructuring and sale of financial businesses as well as the design and implementation of country and regional strategies.
      Before rejoining EDC in San Francisco Peter worked for MasterCard International, London, as Head of Strategy Europe where he was responsible for creating new business models in response to regulatory  challenges, building out a European strategy to inform investment decisions, building competitor intelligence and for creating/managing the European M&A target identification process.  Before relocating to London, he was Managing Director for MasterCard’s German market operations.
      Prior to this, Peter managed the credit card business of Royal Bank of Scotland in Germany and acquired deep retail banking experience as CEO/CFO of Santander Direkt Bank.  Before entering the consumer space Peter worked as an international commercial and wholesale banker in London, Singapore, Zurich and Paris in diverse roles from sales, product management, commercial payments, treasury and trade finance.

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          Aix-en-Provence, 7th January 2015. Welcome Real Time, a leading provider of loyalty solutions, announces its set of services integrated on the Telium Tetra Marketplace (Ingenico Group’s fully integrated commerce ecosystem), providing merchants with added value business applications around the payment process. These new applications will be presented on Ingenico Group’s booth at the National Retail Federation (NRF) annual convention, held in New York City on January 11th-13th.

          Welcome Real Time is recognized for providing banks and processors with marketing and loyalty solutions dedicated to merchants. With proven global experience in delivering added value services around the payment act, Welcome’s technology has been deployed on the five continents.

          “We are very pleased to partner with Welcome to expand our Marketplace with loyalty and donation apps”, said Michel Léger, EVP Global Sales and Marketing at Ingenico Group. “With more value-added services available on our Marketplace, we bring more value on the terminals and enable merchants to create a new and enhanced consumer engagement experience”

          Welcome will provide the Telium Tetra Marketplace with two business applications for merchants : At Store for loyalty services and Heoh for donation services. This can create a new consumer experience with capabilities such as frictionless enrolment allowing customers to enroll in the merchant’s loyalty program, without the need for filling out lengthy application forms. The Payment Card becomes the loyalty identifier for the customer, removing the need to issue dedicated loyalty cards, which customers tend to forget! These applications offer merchants a set of features combining CRM, communication capabilities, campaign management, real-time earn and burn capabilities, KPIs follow-up at POS. With At Store, merchants increase in-store spending and repeat visits in their store.

          Philippe David, General Manager, Welcome Real Time, Collinson Group, said: “Welcome Real Time’s objective is to provide added value services for merchants. Working with Ingenico Group, worldwide leader in seamless payment, was a priority. Having now our At Store application in the Telium Tetra apps Marketplace is a great achievement. We look forward to a wider collaboration with Ingenico Group, to create more value for merchants, with this At Store app which is a combination of CRM, enrolment and loyalty solution”.

          About Welcome Real Time
          Welcome Real Time, a Collinson Group company, is a global provider of payment interaction solutions that drive value to consumers and deliver tangible returns for businesses involved in the payment ecosystem. Their solutions drive new customers into stores and increase both repeat visits and average transaction values by transforming the point of payment into a meaningful and enhanced interaction between customers and retailers. Established in 1996, Welcome has implemented solutions in over 20 countries worldwide, proving its ability to meet any business need. Further information can be found at www.welcome-rt.com

          For further information, please contact
          Florence TARDY, Welcome Real Time Communication +33 4 42 97 58 86 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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