Karachi(Cliff News) Deputy Governor State Bank of Pakistan Saeed Ahmed has said that mobile commerce has become a driving force in banking sector and is progressing with the passage of each day.He was speaking as chief guest at the inaugural session of Second Annual Mobile Commerce, e-Banking Summit & Exhibition held by The Professional Network (TPN) in collaboration with Institute of Business Management (IBM) here on Thursday in Marriott Hotel. He appreciated event organizer TPN and emphasized that such events are very effective for promotion of business activities and bringing all stakeholders at single platform.Addressing to participants and later talking with media persons, Saeed Ahmed contradicted news item about shifting of State Bank of Pakistan and reaffirmed that it is not being shifted to any other city. Just few services are decided to be shifted, he told.Deputy Governor SBP said that future of islamic banking in Pakistan is very bright and is accepted in west too.Member Finance, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Tariq Salman said that use of mobile technology in banking sector is increasing tremendously which is a good sign.Founder & CEO TPN Mehmood Tareen, Founder & Coach at Planet N Group Nadeem Hussain, Country General Manager IBM Pakistan & Afghanistan Ghazanfar Ali, CEO Virtual Remittance Gateway Muhammad Abrar Ameen, CEO Jaffer Business Systems Veqar Ul Islam, Trends and Transformation Consultant GSMA Sophia Hasnain, Solutions Account Manager e-Banking and e-Commerce Gemalto UAE Alhmoud Bilal, Humayun Bashir of Startups, Advisory, Board of Governance, Program Director Aman Center for Entrepreneurial Development IBA Dr. Shahid Qureshi, Head of Strategy & New Ventures Wavetec Mahmood Mirza, Country Manager Pakistan, Microsoft Nadeem A. Malik, CEO Digital Branch Transformation, Wavetec Group Nofal J. Awan and Head Yayvo TCS e-Com Private Limited Adam Dawood also spoke.
Few participating companies show cased their products during the exhibition.