{"72607":{"#nid":"72607","#data":{"type":"event","title":"\u0022The Technology Behind the Google Wallet\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECorFire President Keith Smith (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.corfire.com\/our-company\/leadership.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.corfire.com\/our-company\/leadership.php\u003C\/a\u003E) to address at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECorFire offers mobile technology platforms to financial institutions, mobile network operators (MNOs), payment processors, card issuers, retailers, and other technology innovators that enable delivery of mobile commerce to the mobile phone today.\u0026nbsp; Headquartered in Atlanta, CorFire is a wholly owned subsidiary of SK C\u0026amp;C Co., Ltd., a leading global payments technology provider and systems integration company.\u0026nbsp; SK C\u0026amp;C is a major stockholder of a holding company (SK Holdings) of SK Group, an $80 billion conglomerate.Shoppers around the world are expected to spend about $119 billion on goods and services purchased via mobile phones by 2015, according to ABI Research estimates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoogle will play a major role in mobile commerce adoption in the United States with the launch of its Google Wallet and Google Offers earlier this year. The services will combine coupons and discounts and payments at the time people buy things through their phone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECorFire is one of the major players in the mobile ecosystem and is the technology platform behind the Google Wallet. CorFire\u2019s president and COO, Keith Smith, will discuss mobile commerce and mobile payments trends, including what we\u2019ll likely see, as consumers, in terms on mobile commerce adoption in the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also will discuss the role of Atlanta\u2019s technology community in the emerging mobile space. Refreshments will be provided.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEvent Contact(s):\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExternal: Jackie Parker\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EArketi Group\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ewhere marketing generates revenue\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.arketi.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.arketi.com\u0022\u003Ewww.arketi.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.929.0091 x220 office\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.321.3397 fax\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E678.576.5888 cell\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInternal: Alicia Richhart\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExecutive Assistant to the Associate Dean \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdministrative Manager, College of Computing \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E801 Atlantic Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0280\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOffice 404-385-0805\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFax 404-385-0965\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alicia@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealicia@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2011-11-10 11:32:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:37","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-11-14T17:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-11-14T19:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-11-14T19:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-11-14 22:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-11-15 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-11-15 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlicia Richhart\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOffice 404-385-0805\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFax 404-385-0965\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alicia@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealicia@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}