Banknet Master Class at Sixth Annual Conference on Payments on the 22nd January 2010 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai is designed to build on participants abilities, know how & skills and provide them with hands on experience in a practical learning environment. It will use a formal lecture/ presentation combined with practical & interactive case studies.HCL Technologies is Master Class Partner.

Master Class will focus on pragmatic approach for migrating towards a Payment Hub with case studies from Europe, US & Asia

Master class will discuss the topic of a Payment Hub from an evolutionary and pragmatic perspective. It will take hereby into account existing systems and processes and illustrate using a rich set of case material how individual implementations can differ, dependent on the business requirements of the bank. It will also explain the key principles and critical success factors to be followed and provide a framework that can help the bank to maximize re-use of their existing assets such as systems, processes and people.

Master Class will address topics such as:

• Current challenges in the payments business?
• What is the Payment Hub concept and why is it so important?
• What are the key principles behind a Payment Hub?
• Why are payment economics so important?
• How can you prove an excellent return despite a multi-year, multi-million programme?
• How do you obtain maximum reuse of existing investments?
• How do you plan a pragmatic approach that can support an evolutionary migration strategy?

Speaker: Drs. Patrick Maes – Principal Consultant Transaction & Investment Banking, HCL Technologies

Drs. Patrick Maes is frequently engaged as Strategic Advisor and Senior Architect for large scale re-engineering programs in the Trade Management (Securities and Derivatives) and Payments space. He heads the Payment Centre of Excellence which is consulting leading financial institutions around the globe in payments and cash management. Patrick is a regular speaker at international conferences on payment related topics and is the architect of a Unified Payment Architecture.

Banknet MasterClass is exclusive for the delegates of Banknet Payments Conference.

For further details, please mail us at conference@banknetindia.com or call us at 91-22-67102091/26204181/32543912