Éric Paquet

Mr. Paquet is President and a shareholder of Motion Pay Technology Inc., the company responsible for launching Alipay and WeChat Pay in Canada. Motion Pay now has thousands of retailer clients across the country. He has been leading the company since July 2017 with his Chinese partners.

Mr. Paquet is a payment professional and a lawyer with 20 years of experience in the payments and loyalty industry, including 10 years in banking. He has been an executive at National Bank of Canada, a member of INTERAC’s board of directors and a member of the board of Ficanex Services Corp. He also had the privilege of participating in groups focused on the future of payments in Canada such as the Canadian Payment Task Force, the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada, and the Reference Model for Mobile Payments in Canada. Mr. Paquet has an enlightened perspective on the global payments ecosystem, including a practical understanding of expectations and issues for consumers and merchants.