Chicago Fed's 2009 Payments Conference

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has announced its 9th annual Payments Conference on the topic of “Payments Pricing: Who Bears the Cost?” to be held at the Chicago Fed on May 14-15, 2009. The conference will focus on:

• Evaluating the role of public intervention
• Comparing perspectives on market-based solutions
• Offering incentives to affect payments behavior
• Leveraging technology to increase competition
• Developing future payment pricing strategies

Who should attend? Decision-makers from financial institutions, payment networks, regulatory bodies, central banks, merchants and payment innovators as well as academics.

For more information, please visit http://www.chicagofed.org/paymentsystems.