AGENDA

WACHA’s annual Electronic Payments Conference is among the largest of its kind in the industry.  Last year, more than 350 individuals participated from throughout the United States .  Each year we receive high praise on our conference...we’re confident that Electronic Payments Conference 2008 will be no exception. 

For detailed information on the conference (agenda, conference pricing, hotel information, registration), click here to view the conference brochure (3MB pdf).

WACHA's conference will feature new environmental meeting practices that will provide benefits for all parties.  The WACHA Board of Directors believes that implementing a set of relatively small changes in meeting practices can go a long way toward a cleaner tomorrow.  Handouts will not be distributed at the Electronic Payments Conference.  Session handouts are available to conference attendees via a pre-conference webpage.  If you have not been notified of the link, please contact WACHA immediately.

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
April 7, 2008 – 9:30am - 4:00pm

Concurrent Workshop Topics:

• ACH Basics
• ACH Origination
• Checks
• Risk/Regulatory Update/Compliance Issues
• Remote Deposit/Capture - "Stage 2: From Adolescence to Maturity"

CONFERENCE
April 8, 2008 – 8:30am - 5:00pm, Reception 5:00 - 7:00pm
April 9, 2008 – 8:30am - 2:30pm

General Session Topics:

• The Keynote Address – “State of the Industry” (Rich Oliver, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta )
• POP, BOC, Remote Deposit/Capture – “Behind The Scenes”
• Fraud – “A Live Hack Demo Revisited” plus “Data Breach: It Can Happen To You!”
• Remote Deposit/Capture – “How To Protect Your FI in the RDC Environment”
• Hot Topics – Keyloggers, Mortgage Fraud, Checks and More

In addition to 5 General Sessions, the Conference will feature 3 sets of 4 Concurrent Sessions which have been extended from 45 to 90 minutes!

Concurrent Session Topics:

• Disaster Recovery – “Preparing for Pandemic Flu”
• Marketing – “Let ACH Marketing “Green Up” Your Environment”
• Mobile Banking – “ Mobile Banking and Payments”
• DCT – “Update on the Deposited Truncated Checks Pilot”
• Image Exchange – “Common Errors in Image Exchange”
• AAP – “Becoming an Accredited ACH Professional”
• Cross Border Payments – “What’s New In Cross Border Payments: IAT”
• Elder Abuse – “Preventing Elder Financial Exploitation”
• Direct Deposit – “New SSA Initiatives and the EFT Mandate on Direct Deposit
• E-Bids, PayPal, P to P – “Customer Initiated Electronic Payments”
• Cards – “Are Cards Replacing Cash?”
• ...AND MORE!

REGISTRATION FEES

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

• Members = $125 per person (no Early Bird pricing)
• Non-Members = $175 per person (no Early Bird pricing)

CONFERENCE

EARLY BIRD (on or before 2/29/08):

• Members = $325 first person and $300 each addtl person
• Non-Members = $375 first person and $350 each addtl person

REGULAR PRICING (after 2/29/08):

• Members = $375 first person and $350 each addtl person
• Non-Members = $425 first person and $400 each addtl person

HOTEL RATES

A block of rooms is reserved for Electronic Payments Conference 2008.  In order to guarantee the rates below, rooms must be reserved by Friday, March 14, 2008.  To reserve your room, call the Madison Marriott West, 1313 John Q. Hammons Drive, Middleton, WI at (608) 831-2000.

• Single/Double Rooms = $117 per night + tax

To receive a brochure detailing all conference activities and conference registration information, contact Karen Howlett at the WACHA office via email at khowlett@wacha.org.