This year I'm being very selective with my travel but one event I'll definitely be participating in is Net.Finance 2009.

The location for this years event is the JW Marriott Resort, Las Vegas

The agenda is topic-notch including a mobile banking panel discussion on Day 2 featuring:
Doug Brown (SVP - Bank of America)
Ginger Schmeltzer (SVP - SunTrust)
and myself titled "In the Hot Seat."

Other speakers include:
Steven Kietz (CEO - Mobile Money Ventures)
Ilieva Ageenko (SVP - Wachovia)
Mark Middlebrook (SVP - City National Bank)
Helen Loh (VP - Charles Schwab)
Jim Van Dyke (President & Founder - Javelin)
Mickey Mencin (VP - Key Bank)
Matt Wilcox (VP - Zions Bank)

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The fall conference schedule is beginning to take shape. To the right I've added:
* Net.Finance 2008 (New York) October 28-29
* Finovate 2008 (New York) October 14
* Mobile Commerce (San Jose) September 17-18
* Plus, I know of at least two other events being held in NY - more to come...

Other News:
Mobile Money Ventures and Citibank Hong Kong
"Mobile Money Ventures LLC (MMV), a joint venture of Citi and SK Telecom, today announced its first customer implementation with Citibank Hong Kong. Citibank will use the MMV platform to deliver mobile financial services to its customers in Hong Kong in Q3 2008."

Pay on the Go - Consumers and Contactless Payment
"The Federal Trade Commission and the Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic at the University of Washington will host a Town Hall meeting on July 24, 2008, to explore the growth of contactless payment systems and their implications for consumer protection policy. This Town Hall, titled “Pay on the Go: Consumers and Contactless Payment“ follows up on the FTC‘s November 2006 hearings, “Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade,“ which examined key technological and business developments that will shape consumers‘ experiences over the next ten years."

I just wanted to take a minute to thank the folks at WBR Research for the great work on the Net.Finance conference last week. If you have not attended I recommend placing it at the top of the calendar for next year. The Hyatt Regency Gainey Ranch (see image above) was absolutely amazing, but more importantly the speakers and content were truly top-notch.

The executives I had the opportunity to meet include:
Chuck Hall (CTO, e-Commerce - Capital One)
Christopher Cox (SVP - Wachovia)
Patrick Reetz (VP - M&I Bank)
Hiroshi Taniguchi (Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi)
Bob Homer (VP - Checkfree/Fiserv)
David Dalka (Fellow Blogger)

As for content - here's a taste of what you missed:
* Wachovia's browser solution is growing at a rate of 20% monthly w/o advertising
* Wachovia's downloadable solution is growing at a rate of 50% monthly