Whatever you sell
Whatever you sell
You need to be at this free event on 14th October:
The WaiPay Project Launch
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MORE ways for MORE people to give you money
If you're a retailer in the 'Rapa, come along and find out:
* The WaiPay plan to lift the entire Wairarapa into the future of payments
* How a new generation of consumers shops (hint: they don't carry a wallet!)
* How businesses overseas are flourishing in a competitive market filled with online retailers
* Why Wairarapa is a payment black hole to massive numbers of Chinese and other international visitors
Two hours of action-packed presentations from banking and business leaders, brought to you by the Wairarapa Regional Economic Development Strategy team and supported by the Featherston, Carterton and Martinborough business associations, and Business Wairarapa.
To see the future of your business, you have to be there!
October 14: 9am-11am at Carterton Events Centre
October 14: 130pm-330pm at Martinborough Waihinga Centre
More information below - check back often as we update our list of speakers.
Welcome from the Wairarapa Economic Development Strategy
Intro from the Chair of the WEDS Governance Group - how this fits and why you're such an important part of the strategy
Dame Margaret Bazley
The Future of Retail: Who's coming, when will they be here and what do they want?
Overview of the changing consumer demographics for the Wairarapa, what tech they expect, and demystifying devices
Andy Kerr, Wai-Pay Project Leader
Rates and Devices: ASB
Hear a local bank's pitch to Wairarapa retailers on their rates for contactless payments, as negotiated by WEDS
Haylee Gurr, Merchant Sales Manager, ASB
Centrapay: A digital society needs digital currencies - the evolution of money
Now people can be paid in digital currency, they'll want to spend it. At your shop! Learn how.
Jerome Faury, Managing Director CentraPay
Windcave: (was Payment Express) - integrated EFTPOS and payment solutions
What's changed in the device world, what's on offer to Wairarapa Retailers
Timothy Cornish, Partner Relationships Manager, Windcave
FlexiGroup: The largest credit/debit card issuer outside the NZ banks
How NZ consumers want to pay you; 2019 research results and FlexiGroup's answer for the future
Wayne Simeon, Chief Distribution Officer, FlexiGroup
AliPay: The world’s largest payment platform
With 600 million active users, its also a huge marketing platform for kiwi businesses. How can you get involved?
John OLoghlan, Director of AliPay, Australia and New Zealand
AfterPay: loved by the world's most valuable consumers, Millennials and Gen-Z
With 4.3 million active customers as of May 31, is this how you take on the chainstores?
Alex Janjic, Head of NZ Market Development and Sales, AfterPay
Monday October 14th 9am - 11am
WaiPay Launch: Option 1 Carterton
9am - 11am
Carterton Events Centre,
Holloway Street, Carterton
Monday 14th October 130pm - 3:30pm
WaiPay Launch: Option 2 Martinborough
130pm - 330pm
Waihinga Centre
The Square, Martinborough