NEACH Presents Payments Insights 2007

“Charting the Payments Landscape”

Will Feature Industry Experts to Demystify What is Real and What is Not

Burlington, MA - October 10, 2007 – The New England Automated Clearing House (NEACH) is presenting its annual executive payments conference, Payments Insights 2007. This important conference will be held on November 5 – 6, 2007, at the Marriott Hotel in Burlington, MA. Program sessions include presentations, panel discussions, and roundtables focusing on the Payments Business, Strategic ACH initiatives, and Payments Strategy.

“We are delighted to have Marcie Haitema, from U.S. Central Bank, and Rich Oliver of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta as conference keynote speakers,” stated NEACH’s Breffni McGuire, Senior Director of Payments Strategy. “The 2007 conference builds on the foundation established with Payment Insights 2006 and continues its focus on key trends, topics, and issues in the U.S. payments industry.” 

The three-track program deals with issue of particular interest to NEACH membership:

• The Payments Business - covering hot topics in domestic payments including governance, remote deposit capture, and evolving payments systems
• Strategic ACH Initiatives - including a roundtable discussion on NACHA and payments innovation, conversion issues, and advice from the trenches on implementing new ACH initiatives
• Payments Strategy – insight into card strategies, best practices for financial institutions’ developing a payments strategy, and creation of a risk management strategy for payments

“Our members were asking for information about what is real and what is not in the domestic payments landscape,” continued McGuire. “In a continuing effort to serve current members and attract new ones, NEACH is presenting national industry experts from diverse viewpoints to give us the reality of what is happening today and what to plan for in the future.”

Senior executives and leaders from various payments arenas representing financial institutions, corporations, and regulatory bodies will share their views on directions, opportunities, observations, and results. Professionals from many areas will find the information helpful and thought-provoking. Bankers, cash managers, and technologists alike will benefit from the conference. For more detail about the conference and registration information, please visit www.neach.org/education/calendar.php?page_function=detail&event_id=186

About NEACH

The New England Automated Clearing House (NEACH) is a non-profit association that helps members originate and receive ACH transactions and provides products, services, education, and marketing to its member institutions and other New England entities engaged in the ACH in order to increase the acceptance, use, and quality of electronic transactions.

The ACH Network

The ACH Network is a processing and delivery system that provides for the distribution and settlement of electronic credit and debits among financial institutions. The ACH network is governed by the NACHA Operating Rules and guidelines developed system users.

Business contact:
Breffni McGuire

Senior Director, Payments Strategy

781-321-1011

bmcguire@neach.org

Press contact:

Ray Graber

Graber Associates LLC

781-221-0018

ray@graberassociates.net