BBPOS WISE Friends Competition Awards Ceremony

BBPOS Limited hosted the WISE Friends Competition, and the awards presentation ceremony was at Holiday Inn Golden Miles Hong Kong on 17 December, 2015… Read More

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BBPOS WISE Friends Competition Awards Ceremony

BBPOS Limited hosted the WISE Friends Competition, and the awards presentation ceremony was at Holiday Inn Golden Miles Hong Kong on 17 December, 2015.

The competition recruited participates from local universities to create an app for merchant that would serve as a payment application on the BBPOS WisePOS mPOS device.

The award presentation ceremony took place with the presence of BBPOS Limited managements included Mr. Alex Choi, President and CEO, Mr. Ben Lo, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer and Mr. Damien Chow, Senior Software Manager. The ceremony began with a welcome speech by Mr. Alex Choi. “We are here today among friends, some new and some old to celebrate innovation. Thank you for participating in this competition and encourage you to continue to innovate, to think out of the box, and be out of the ordinary”, he said.

During the award presentation ceremony, 5 prizes were presented, including grand prize, second prize, third prize and two merit prizes, where Dr. Terence Cheung, Assistant Professor and Miss Tania Lau, Instructor I, Department of Information Systems, College of Business - City University of Hong Kong presented the merit prizes as Guests of Honour.

The competition aims to foster local creative culture bringing innovative ideas to the payment industry, cultivating the creativity of students and designers, as well as giving them a chance to understand more about the payment industry.

For more information, please contact marketing@www.bbpos.com.

# Prize Team Name School
1 Grand Prize HK$100,000 Le Camion Gourmand HKUST
2 Second Prize HK$50,000 Fixmart HKUST, CUHK, HKU and CB - CityU
3 Third Prize HK$30,000 POSfinder CB - CityU
3 Merit Prize HK$10,000 CLABS CB - CityU
3 Merit Prize HK$10,000 Smartpay CB - CityU


The Opening Ceremony began with a welcome speech by Mr. Alex Choi, President and Chief Executive Officer of BBPOS Limited


From Left to right: Mr. Damien Chow (Senior Software Manager, BBPOS Limited), Mr. Ben Lo (Chairman, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, BBPOS Limited), Mr. Alex Choi (President and Chief Executive Officer, BBPOS Limited), Dr. Terence Cheung (Assistant Professor, Department of Information Systems, College of Business - City University of Hong Kong), Miss Tania Lau (Instructor I, Department of Information Systems, College of Business – City University of Hong Kong)


Merit Prize: Smart Pay
Angel Yeung, Henry Wan, Roy Suen and Grace Ma (CB – CityU)


Merit Prize: CLABS
Lyle Li, Cherrie Ng, Chan Chun Yuen, Silver Pang and Brian Wong (CB – CityU)


Third Prize: POSFinder
Nora Gan, Mirana Yang and Lesley Ji (CB - CityU)


Second Prize: Fixmart
Stephanie Hung (CB - CityU), Flora Law (HKU), Yody Chiu (CUHK) and Kelvin Chik (HKUST)


Grand Prize: Le Camion Gourmand
David Ren (HKUST)


Champion Presentation


Presentation of Certificate of Appreciation to Guests of Honour

About WISE Friends Competition
WISE Friends Competition aims to provide an opportunity to university students to showcase their ability and develop their potential in innovation, technology and design through the promotion of WisePOS platform not just only a payment device. The ultimate goal of the competition is to enhance awareness how creative education and creative industries can cross over with our daily life in 21 century.