The 5th edition of Mobile Money & Apps LATAM 2012 (formerly Mobile Commerce Americas) will analyze the role of each player of value chain: financial institutions, mobile operators, banking and credit issuers, retailers and merchants, developers of mobile apps, platforms providers, integrators, etc. The conference will explore the real extent of the integration of mobile commerce with geolocalization, advertising and marketing, through the the deep knowledge of the consumer.
Mobile Money & Apps LATAM will allow you to understand why sectors such as retail are becoming a key partner to find and capture the consumer in real time and generate business models and promising partnerships within the mobile commerce chain. It will allow you to evaluate and anticipate the changes in and joint ventures which will define the present and future of the business.
The development of mobile applications specifically geared toward this vertical of the mobile industry will be have its own standing in this seventh edition. The importance of developing products with payment tools integrated to the mobile applications will be crucial to push forward mobile commerce and online purchases with mobile. The Gartner Group predicts that in the year 2014, there will be more than 7 billion downloads of mobile applications from retail stores.
Nevertheless, business barriers are still delaying its growth. Trust issues, maintaining privacy and fear of fraud are examples of barriers that will have to be overcome in Latin America. Regulation and standarization are also important aspects for the optimal operation of the business. These are important topics that will be addresses at MMAP 2012.
The mobile payments and mobile commerce business is continuing its ascending path in Latin America . With each step new players, partnerships and challenges are appearing, displaying and claiming their participation in this vast market, which already has important initiatives and projects in the medium and long term in the Region.
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The consumer is once again the starting and arrival point for launching and enhancing technologies, business models and strategies possible in Latin America. Leveraging an increasingly mobile customer, is the spearhead to any organization looking to position itself in the payments, banking and money transfer industry.
Mobile apps, mobile couponing, mobile ticketing, loyalty programs, price comparison, communities and social networks are some of the tools which are already being utilized in Latin America, and not only are monetizing this business but also
are generating future business which would only will be possible by enhancing industry partnerships and customers loyalty. Juniper Research says that in the next 4 years the couponing mobile business will reach $43 billions by 2016.
And 85 % of the most important retailers said that the mobile commerce is a goal for this year, according to Retailing Group.