The world of payments is changing, new technologies such as m-payments, e-payments, contactless cards and smartcards are changing the way consumers interact with retailers and the way they pay for goods.

The rate of change is increasing, across Asia many of these new technologies are now commonplace and Europe is catching up, recent developments include PayPal launching a mobile payment service, Royal Bank of Scotland are trailing contactless cards in Edinburgh. Hanau Transit system in Germany uses m-payments for travel and this is an ideal time for the providers/users of this technology to come together and evaluate what the new technology can offer them and how to utilise it to its fullest.

New Payment Channels 2006 will bring together leading experts from the world of payments, from areas such as banking, transit and retail to explore this ever changing world.