| | | Dear Subscriber, As the first week of April draws to a close, so does Money20/20 Europe. We saw a lot at this year’s event: we got a live demonstration of Diebold’s cardless, biometric ATM and the head of Amazon Payments told us that the home could be the next great payments frontier. This sentiment was echoed by Wirecard’s SVP, Christian von Hammel-Bonten who told us that “most commerce is happening at home” – something that we explore in the lead article of this newsletter.
We also gauged the mood towards the looming EU referendum in the UK. Droplet’s CEO, Steffan Aquarone was “deeply concerned” by the current political climate and said Brexit “would be an absolute disaster for a fintech startup” – something echoed by nearly everyone we spoke to. We also picked up a lot of concern about the regulatory implications of an outsider Britain.
Elsewhere, the event threw up some exciting industry news such as Alipay’s expansion into Europe, Samsung’s expansion into…well everything, a slew of new products and Google’s position on the momentum of contactless technology.
In between the interviews and track sessions we managed to have a game of table tennis, play with Oculus and enjoy the sight of attendees enjoying our Payments {R}evolution Magazine!
| | Wirecard’s EVP Global Product Strategy, Christian Von Hammel-Bonten. One of the key things we heard at this year’s Money20/20 is that the Home will be the next big hub of commerce and Wirecard’s Christian Von Hammel-Bonten explains why. | | | In their first, exclusive module for PaymentEye, the experts from ONPEX explore how payments have changed — and what that means for all sides of the industry. | | | In this guest post Sid Vasili, CEO of Invapay, discusses the results of a recent survey revealing how payments providers can increase efficiency without losing visibility and control. | | | From the giant of Asia, Alipay, looking to the West for newer and bigger opportunities to a live demonstration of a cardless ATM, here are the five things we noticed on the second day of Money20/20 Copenhagen. | | | Adyen, one of Europe’s most-valuable payments companies is launching a new product designed to help customers like Uber, Spotify and Facebook maximise credit card transaction success rates and make more money on payments. | | | | |