December 17, 2014
ETA Announces MCX CEO Keynote for “TRANSACT℠ 15: Powered by ETA
TRANSACT Attendees to Learn Opportunities From Merchant-led Mobile Payments Platform
WASHINGTON, DC ─ The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA), the global trade association representing the payments technology world, announced today the newest keynote speaker for “TRANSACT 15: Powered By ETA,” the industry’s largest event. Dekkers L. Davidson, CEO of the Merchant Customer Exchange LLC (MCX), will deliver insights on the mobile payments marketplace for the 4,000+ payments and technology professionals who attend this global event. TRANSACT 15 will take place in the innovation hub of the nation, March 31 – April 2 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, and registration is open today with limited early-bird rates available at www.transact15.com.
“As the mobile payments market takes off, competitors will be stepping up their game to gain mobile market share,” said Jason Oxman, CEO of ETA. “The nation’s largest retailers will launch CurrentC, a new mobile payments platform in 2015, and everyone in the payments industry needs to learn about this important new marketplace development. Dekkers Davidson is a true mobile payments pioneer and will give TRANSACT 15 attendees valuable insight into the competitive landscape ahead for the next generation of payments technology.”
Davidson has been a leader in the financial services and mobile industries for more than 25 years. Prior to taking on the role of CEO of MCX , Davidson served as Managing Director at Barclaycard US, where he launched the first cloud-based mobile commerce wallet in the U.S. specifically designed to be merchant friendly, creating deals and partnerships with more than 50 retailers, along with card issuers, processors, and technology partners. MCX’s owner-members include leaders in the big-box, convenience, pharmacy, fuel, grocery, quick- and full-service dining, specialty-retail and travel categories. Collectively, these companies operate more than 110,000 retail locations and process more than $1 trillion in payments annually.
“CurrentC is rapidly progressing toward bringing its customer-focused and securely-delivered mobile payments solution to market,” stated Davidson. “TRANSACT is the perfect venue to share our vision for the future of mobile commerce, and to help the payments industry understand what CurrentC means for the mobile future of the payments ecosystem.”
TRANSACT 15 is the must-attend event to access all the industry’s players – where payments titans meet current and future business partners, venture capital invests in what’s next, growing companies build influence, and where companies of all sizes launch new products.
For more information about TRANSACT 15, visit www.transact15.com. For media inquiries, contact Meghan Cieslak at 202-677-7406, or [email protected].
About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the global trade association representing more than 500 payments and technology companies. ETA members make commerce possible by processing more than $4.5 trillion in purchases in the U.S. and deploying payments innovations to merchants and consumers.