ETA Announces MCX Keynote for “TRANSACT 15: Powered by ETA”

December 17, 2014 – TRANSACT 15: the global event for payments technology, is proud to announce our latest keynote speaker, Dekkers Davidson, CEO of Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX). Davidson will deliver insights on the mobile payments marketplace for the 4,000+ payments and technology professionals who attend this global event.

“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, the global stage for payments innovation, features 3 full days showcasing new payments products and services from hundreds of exhibitors, dozens of education programs and training for those new to payments or seeking to expand payments technology knowledge, and networking and partnership opportunities with 4,000 executives from 1,000 companies representing 24 countries.

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