Monday 7th Sept 2009 – Mobile Payments!
Monday 7th Sept 2009 – Mobile Payments!

Monday 7th Sept 2009 – Mobile Payments!

Monday 7th Sept 2009 – Mobile Payments!

Posted on: September 2, 2009 – Filed under: Sydney

:: 6.30pm for 7pm start, Mon 7th September 2009
:: Level 3 @ The Blacket Hotel
:: Entry on King Street via the Blacket Hotel. (Here’s a map)

Mobile Payments!

Its time to focus in on that bridesmaid of the Mobile sector, m-payments – at least in Australia, and find out how the market is evolving as we move towards internet-device ubiquity.

Joining us on Monday will be:

mHitsmHITs

mHits is a multi-award winning SMS payment service which has justlaunched its pay for coffee by SMS service in the Sydney CBD with rollouts underway for other capital cities. Other applications include vending, parking, mobile content, MP3 and other electronic downloads, charity donations and cash back offers. mHITs was the 2009 Winner of the ACT Governments Canberra BusinessPoint Award for Innovation and Commercialisation.

Harold Dimpel is the founder and CEO of mHITs Limited. A serial entrepreneur, Harold has experience in the ICT industry across a broad range of sectors. This includes mobile data communications, mobile content service provisioning, application development, Internet Service Provision, Television, GPS telematics, location based technologies and fibre optic telecommunications systems. He is highly active and respected member of the Australian mobile community and is a mentor for the Mobile Enterprise Growth Alliance (MEGA) industry education program.
paybysnap PAYbySNAP
PAYbySNAP is an innovative mobile payments product that allows businesses to offer mobile payment options to consumers at a fraction of the cost of existing services, opening up mobile opportunities to companies that were previously unimpressed by the high cost and poor accessibility of existing offerings.

Chris Noone is a Director of Nitro Media and Grabber Pty Ltd and is spearheading the launch of the PAYbySNAP mobile payments product. Following a successful career in marketing, Chris became involved in the digital industry in 1995, when ‘digital’ pretty much meant ‘video games’. First joining Roadshow Interactive and then managing the Asia Pacific business for video games publisher MicroProse, he then moved to London to manage the international business for Hasbro Interactive. In 2001 he established the mobile games business for Vodafone in Europe and later became Head of Business Development & Content. Chris was Managing Director of Gamer.tv in, an innovative television production company that pioneered the production of made for mobile video. In 2005 Chris returned to Australia as Group Mobile Director for ninemsn where was responsible for the company’s diverse mobile interests including Hotmail, Messenger, 5th Finger, HWW entertainment guides, mobile advertising and content services.

Don’t forget to bring your business cards because it’s proving to be another big night for Mobile Mondays! We look forward to seeing you there! RSVP here.