With gross bookings of $37 billion for 2017 & a global reach of over 65 countries, financial forecasting & budget planning for an organization that touches the lives of so many people on a daily basis is an incredible challenge. Add an astounding rate of historical & current growth, & these tasks seem nearly impossible. Ubers Money Platform Engineering team has worked tirelessly on a next-gen payment platform, & is constantly innovating on payment features. During this meetup, were excited to share these achievements with you!

Agenda:

6:00PM - Doors Open
6:45PM - Introduction
7:00PM - Daniel Issen - Keynote
7:20PM - Nimish Sheth & Steven Karis - Payments at Uber
7:30PM - Doors Close
7:40PM - Gergely Orosz - Payments Integration - a (Short) Case Study
8:00PM - Paul Sorensen - To The Nines
8:20PM - Q&A
8:40PM - Mix & Mingle
9:00PM - Event Ends

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Payments at Uber
By: Nimish Sheth & Steven Karis

Ubers payments architecture is composed of two main parts: collections & disbursements. In this presentation, Nimish Sheth gives attendees a closer look at our high-level payments stack, core data models, & cash money movements.
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Payments Integration - a (Short) Case Study
By: Gergely Orosz

Uber supports 10+ ways to pay via different payment integrations: from credit cards through Venmo to more regional payment methods like Paytm in India or iDEAL in the Netherlands. In this talk, we'll go through the engineering process of building & rolling out a new payment method for Uber.
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To The Nines
By: Paul Sorensen

A peek into Ubers payment processing systems & the challenges of being correct in an industry where being wrong is so expensive.