NACHA's Payments 2008 - May 18-21, 2008 - Las Vegas

"PAYMENTS provides premium educational opportunities, and incorporating environmentally friendly meeting practices into the event is the right thing to do," said Danne L. Buchanan, executive vice president of Zions Bancorporation and PAYMENTS 2008 conference chair. "A critical success factor for any organization is to stay informed-and ahead-of business issues and impacts. The rapid depletion of our natural resources is a business issue with real impact; our forums can serve to inform as well as lead change."

PAYMENTS 2008 will feature a full spectrum of industry topics, including:

• Innovation in systems and technology
• Risk management needs and practices
• Check electronification
• Pay It Green and evolving "green" financial practices
• Global trends and impacts

"PAYMENTS is about setting the industry agenda. The financial services industry is implementing policies and practices that are good for our customers, the environment, and the organization," said Len Heckwolf, investment and initiative management executive, Bank of America, immediate past chair of the NACHA Board of Directors, and chairman of NACHA's Environmental Impact Steering Committee.

"The organizations represented at PAYMENTS are the same influential and respected organizations that are taking today's environmental threats seriously and staking their reputations on efforts to curb those threats. In this case, the NACHA Board believes that implementing a set of relatively small changes in meeting practices can go a long way toward a cleaner tomorrow."

Specifically, NACHA is committed to minimizing the environmental impact of PAYMENTS 2008 through:

• Decreasing the amount of solid waste produced by the event
• Reducing energy and water consumption at the event
• Disposing of solid waste in an environmentally responsible manner

For more information about PAYMENTS 2008, please visit http://www.nacha.org/conferences/Payments2008/default.htm.