Meeting Will Feature Sessions Led by Payments Industry Experts from AT&T, Capitol One, Cox Communications, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan and Other Organizations
HERNDON, Va., January 11, 2013 – NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association’s Council for Electronic Billing and Payment (CEBP) will hold its semi-annual meeting February 20-21, 2013 at the Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston, SC. The meeting will feature research on emerging trends, electronic adoption best practices, technological developments and regulatory updates focused on the electronic billing and payments industry.
Electronic billing and payments are an environmentally friendly, cost effective, and efficient alternative to paper statements and checks. Despite their benefits, organizations continue to struggle with migrating customers to electronic processes. The CEBP meeting serves as an opportunity to obtain key market data and to directly interact with leading- edge companies that are successfully implementing such processes. Specific topics that will be addressed at the meeting include:
- Strategies and tactics to enhance electronic customer relationships;
- Emerging eBilling and payment technologies, including mobile, that business can utilize to realize cost savings and meet customer needs;
- New research regarding why customers still write checks;
- Best practice case studies in payables and receivables management; and
- NACHA and ACH developments.
“The CEBP is thrilled to bring together some of the industry’s leading experts to discuss the present state and future of electronic billing and payments,” said Rob Unger, senior director of eBilling & Payments for NACHA. “Billing and payment services continue to evolve at a rapid pace, and as such, it is critical that billing and payment professionals stay informed of current trends, developments, and research. Our February meeting provides billing and payments professionals from billing companies, corporations, financial institutions, service providers, and payment software vendors that opportunity to learn and engage in forward-thinking discussions regarding the electronic billing and payments marketplace.”
The February CEBP Meeting is open to any individual or organization eligible for NACHA Council membership. Interested individuals can find more information and apply for registration at https://www.nacha.org/cebp-2013-meeting. First-time guest attendees can apply for a free registration. There are a limited number of guest passes available for this event, so guest applicants should not book travel arrangements until they receive a confirmation email from NACHA confirming availability.
For more information about the CEBP, visit https://cebp.nacha.org/.
About the Council for Electronic Billing and Payment
The Council for Electronic Billing and Payment (CEBP) promotes the adoption and use of consumer, business, and government billing and payment programs and services across multiple delivery channels. Through three annual meetings, CEBP provides an open forum for education, resource development, solution innovation, research, and the exchange of information about developments and trends in the electronic billing and electronic payment industries. For more information, please visit http://cebp.nacha.org.
About NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association
NACHA manages the development, administration, and governance of the ACH Network, the backbone for the electronic movement of money and data. The ACH Network provides a safe, secure, and reliable network for direct account-to-account consumer, business, and government payments. Annually, it facilitates billions of Direct Deposit via ACH and Direct Payment via ACH transactions. Used by all types of financial institutions, the ACH Network is governed by the fair and equitable NACHA Operating Rules, which guide risk management and create payment certainty for all participants. As a not-for-profit association, NACHA represents more than 10,000 financial institutions via 17 regional payments associations and direct membership. Through its industry councils and forums, NACHA brings together payments system stakeholders to foster dialogue and innovation to strengthen the ACH Network. To learn more, please visit www.nacha.org, www.electronicpayments.org, www.payitgreen.org, and http://direct.nacha.org.