ETA Announces Verifone CEO Paul Galant To Keynote TRANSACT 16
ETA announces Verifone CEO Paul Galant as a TRANSACT 16 keynote speaker. Galant joins the impactful keynote series of industry luminaries, including established industry giant Discover CEO David Nelms and payments tech leader PayPal’s Bill Ready. TRANSACT 16 connects more than 4,000 industry executives from global payments and technology companies in the celebrated event synonymous with opening doors and closing deals. TRANSACT 16 is April 19-21, 2016 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada – Registration is open now at https://electran.org/conferences-events/transact16/.
“ETA is excited to invite Paul Galant back to the TRANSACT stage, following his brilliant first-ever appearance as Verifone CEO at TRANSACT 14,” said Jason Oxman, CEO of ETA. “Industry change has accelerated exponentially over the past two years and VeriFone continues to meet FinTech inspiration with innovation, powering millions of global payments transactions.”
Paul Galant is Verifone’s Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Verifone, Galant served as the CEO of Citigroup Inc.’s Enterprise Payments business since 2010. In this role, Galant developed innovative digital payments services for Citi’s institutional and government clients, enabling them to expand into growth markets and helping them to meet their consumers’ current and future needs for secure mobile payments and commerce. Before that, from 2009, Galant served as CEO of Citi Cards, heading Citigroup’s North American and International Consumer Credit Cards business during a period of dramatic change in the industry and positioned it for growth.
“There has never been a more exciting opportunity for this industry to deliver payments and commerce innovation that seamlessly bridges the physical and digital worlds, and creates new and exciting experiences for merchants and consumers,” said Galant. “Verifone is an enabler of this evolution, and we are thrilled to share our experiences with our clients and partners at TRANSACT 16.”
TRANSACT 16 is the single biggest event tailored to the evolving needs of the payments ecosystem. This is where seasoned industry titans come together with the newest innovators to close deals and open doors. TRANSACT 16 is where business gets done, and where payments titans meet current and future business partners, venture capital invests in what’s next, growing companies build influence, and companies of all sizes launch new products.
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About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the global trade association representing more than 550 payments and technology companies. ETA members make commerce possible by processing more than $5 trillion in purchases in the U.S. and deploying payments innovations to merchants and consumers. For more information visit www.electran.org.