NACHA Going Global With Payments Education

Recognizing the global nature of commerce and electronic payments, NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association is expanding its educational offerings on international payments. The first Institute of International Payments will be held from November 29 – December 2, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The annual Global Electronic Payments Conference will be held on January 16-17, 2006 in Rome, Italy.

“International electronic payments are becoming increasingly important in the payments business, and professional education on this topic is the next level of payments professionals’ careers,” said Elliott C. McEntee, President and Chief Executive Officer of NACHA. “NACHA’s educational programs will provide payments professionals with the knowledge they need to understand and compete in this market space.”

The Institute of International Payments is modeled on The Payments Institute, NACHA’s annual, week-long intensive course on the U.S. payments system. The purpose of launching the Institute of International Payments is to provide financial institution and corporate professionals who have a command of domestic payments concepts the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of the key principles, concepts, infrastructures, practices, issues, and developments in global payments.

The curriculum for the International Institute is being developed by NACHA’s Global Payments Forum. The Institute will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Additional information is available at http://www.nacha.org/conferences/InstIntlPmts.

The 2006 Global Payments Conference is NACHA’s annual conference on the strategies, business opportunities and latest market developments in international electronic payments. The conference will feature a keynote address by Lorraine Hricik, Executive Vice President of JP Morgan Chase, who will speak on payments globalization and the changing payments environment.

Complete conference information is available at http://www.nacha.org/conferences/Global2006.