Understanding the Iranian Opportunity

 
Most financial and economic sanctions against Iran have now been lifted

 
Iran will be able to trade more freely with the rest of the world, making it one of the biggest new market opportunities
 

 

Key facts:

• 80m population with 17m in Tehran
• 35 banks with 20 being retail banks
• 20,000 branches
• 45,000 ATMs with big growth expected
• Currently 4.2m POS terminals, expected to be 5m by end of year
• Cash is still king
• EU trade with Iran currently stands at around $8bn and is expected to quadruple in the next 2 years
• Hungry for payments, banking and authentication solutions to help diversify and innovate it’s economy

 
 

The future is about collaboration and connecting the Iranian cards and payments ecosystem with their international peers to enhance both citizen and consumer experience.

The event will bring together the entire ecosystem to develop partnerships, share knowledge, collaborate and do business.

Creating an Iranian market place where sales are made, leads are generated and new ideas are rich and flowing.

Iran is the biggest growth market for payments in the Middle East and international vendors need to get in there now or face being too late.



The Payments Iran conference will be where the C-suite, influencers, leaders and disruptors from Iran and across the globe will assemble to debate, deliberate and explore the future of the payments industry.

 

The conference format has been designed to enable Iranian banks, government, telecom operators, vendors and Fintechs to learn from the champions of the payments industry from around the world.

 

Learnings will come from international visionary keynotes, in-depth CEO panel discussions and 20 minute case study presentations from those at the forefront of change.
 

At Payments Iran you’ll discover how to:

    Connect Iran with the world and develop a truly interoperable payments network
    Create attractive seamless omnichannel payments experiences
    Use predictive analytics to do more than simply collect transaction data
    Handle security, risk and fraud in the digital age
    Maximise on mobile payments
    Harness blockchain technology and new digital currencies
    Embrace new innovative FinTech technologies
    Integrate loyalty into the payments experience