CONFERENCE PROGRAM TRACKS

Automated Clearing House (ACH) 
Sponsored by

This track addresses the core issues surrounding the ACH Network and its users, encompassing traditional and emerging applications and approaches. Sessions examine operational issues, audit, rules compliance and enforcement, risk management, fraud prevention, security, authentication and authorization, best practices, trends, and more. A full mix of topics and perspectives will satisfy the aspiring novice and the seasoned ACH professional alike.

Card Solutions

This track focuses on the trends and developments associated with card-based solutions for payments and payment-related business needs. Industry experts address challenges and opportunities within the card industry from both a business process and payment operations viewpoint. Sessions examine business, operational, and technological innovations from both the issuing and acquiring sides of the credit and debit card environments.

Check Electronification
Sponsored by

This track is composed of sessions dealing with the issues, challenges, experiences, opportunities, trends and developments associated with check electronification, encompassing conversion and truncation methodologies, as well as convergence issues. Subject matter includes the conversion of a paper check to an ACH debit, the use of a check as a source document for Internet and telephone-initiated ACH debits, as well as truncation, imaging, remote deposit capture, and clearing methods. This track features case studies of application and process integration across payment silos from financial institution and customer perspectives.

Corporate Payments Solutions 
Sponsored by

This track speaks to the payment and treasury interests of corporate users—billers, retailers, merchants, trading partners, etc.—businesses large and small from across industries that are seeking to learn from their colleagues’ experiences in selecting, implementing, operating, and evaluating solutions provided by the financial services community. Sessions by and for corporate practitioners analyze best practices, metrics, challenges, trends, and practical experiences.

Global Focus

This track examines the latest in strategic thinking and solutions confronting the global payments sector today from both the corporate and financial institution perspectives. Leading issues and major challenges are examined by global payments experts. Sessions feature insights and perspectives from the U.S. community and stakeholders from around the globe, offering a truly international vantage point on the issues that matter most.

Risk & Compliance 
Sponsored by

Sessions in this track examine the potential risks surrounding all payments mechanisms along with the rules and laws governing compliance. Emerging trends in fraud and fraud prevention, along with thorough examinations of laws, rules, and regulations are featured topics.

The Payments Biz

This track focuses on the issues that matter most for financial institutions and non-bank providers that are in the business of developing and offering payment solutions—organizations that are competing for market share, revenue, and positioning in the payments field. Sessions explore trends, observations, opportunities, challenges, and strategies in today’s market.

Pre-Conference Workshops 

Pre-conference workshops offer a variety of electronic payments and eCommerce related subjects. These two hour workshops allow the speaker to reach a limited audience using a variety of interactive training techniques. Speakers provide meaningful, take-away value to the audience, such as checklists, resource papers, or other tools.