To: Benny Baga who wrote (2589 ) 3/15/1998 9:16:00 PM From: jjs_ynot Respond to of 8545
Here is an article that I clipped. Has it been posted here before? Dave Microsoft, Department of Treasury To Help Kick Off EFTA 1998 Member Summit Series March 10, 1998 HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge Corporation -- Top electronic payment system specialists are helping the Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA) open its series of three industry conferences later this month. The first of the three summits, "Shaping the Future of Electronic Payments," will be held March 19 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in McLean, Va., near our nation's capital. Headlining the list of speakers will be CheckFree Senior Vice President Matt Lewis, discussing ways to diminish the ever-increasing amount of paper in the payment process. Presenting the government's perspective on an array of EFT issues, from EFT '99 to EBT, is the Treasury Department and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Services. "EFTA continues the tradition of providing executives and senior-level managers in the electronic payments industry access to the most current strategic, legislative and regulatory information," said H. Kurt Helwig, executive director of EFTA. Additional EFTA Summit speakers represent organizations and agencies including Microsoft Corp., Chase Manhattan Bank, the Federal Reserve System, and the Food Marketing Institute, as well emerging technology companies like Integrion and CyberCash. Topics to be covered at the meeting also include the "electronification " of checks, the real costs of offering home banking, the future of electronic benefits transfer, and electronic bill payment and presentment. Following this conference, Summit sessions are also set for June 18 and September 30 at the Ritz-Carlton in McLean, Va. EFTA, now entering its third decade, is the nation's leading inter-industry trade association dedicated to the advancement of electronic payment systems and commerce. Its members include Merrill Lynch, Honor Technologies, Citibank, Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority, BYSIS, American Express, Fujitsu-ICL, and Fleet Financial Group. Media credentials for the Summit series are available by contacting Barbara Cano, EFTA senior director at 703/435-9800, or by email at bcano@efta.org. CONTACT: Electronic Funds Transfer Association | H. Kurt Helwig, 703/435-9800 | URL:efta.org [Copyright 1998, Business Wire]