Thursday, March 14, 6:00 – 8:15 p.m.

Mobile Payments:  Turning Your Cellphone into Your Wallet

The FCBA Wireless Committee will hold a CLE on Thursday, March 14, 2013 from 6:00 – 8:15 p.m. on Mobile Payments:  Turning Your Cellphone into Your Wallet.  This program will be held at Hogan Lovells US LLP, 555 13^th Street, NW, Fulbright Conference Center.

The mobile wallet is becoming a reality in the U.S., with network providers, applications developers, credit card providers, and manufacturers working together to bring new payment options to consumers.   Consumers are using their ever-present, ever-connected wireless devices to make payments, access coupons, take advantage of loyalty discounts, and many other new services.  This CLE will include speakers from the innovative business community and private and government leaders to explore the state of mobile payments today, what the future holds, and the emerging regulatory landscape.

AGENDA

6:00 – 6:05 p.m.         Welcome and Introduction

6:05 – 7:05 p.m.         Business Developments:  New Services, New Players

What are mobile payments and how does mobility upend the consumer financial transaction framework?  What applications have successfully been deployed in the field and what is in the pipeline? What are the platforms supporting these services and how do Near Field Communications, WiFi and licensed wireless services fit in?

Moderator:

Jackie McCarthy, Director, Wireless Internet Caucus, CTIA

Speakers:

Spencer White, General Manager, ISIS (invited)
Jenelle Tortorella, Corporate Communications, LevelUp (invited)

7:05 – 7:15 p.m.         Break

7:15 – 8:15 p.m.         Regulatory Issues: Understanding the Roles and Emerging Issues

What are the regulatory issues presented by mobile payment services? What are the consumer financial issues and what are the implications of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act/Regulation E and Truth in Lending/Regulation Z?  What are the privacy and national security issues and how do Gramm-Leach-Bliley and the USA Patriot Act apply? What is the role of the Federal Reserve?

Moderator:

Trey Hanbury, Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP

Speakers:

Pattie Allouise, Assistant General Counsel, Federal Reserve Bank – Boston

Jules Polonetsky, Director, Future of Privacy Forum

Jason Oxman, Chief Executive Officer, Electronic Transactions Association

Cindy Merritt Jenkins, Senior Director, NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association (invited)