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PAYMENTS 2008, NACHA's annual conference, will be held May 18-21, 2008 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. A "showcase event for the electronic payments industry", the 2008 edition will include new environmental meeting practices that will also provide benefits for the attendee, the association, and the community.

Dave Birch has announced that the 11th annual Digital Money Forum will be held in London on 23rd/24th April 2008.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has published "Competitive Forces Shaping the Payments Environment: What’s Next? - A Conference Summary" (PDF) by Tiffany Gates, associate economist, and Katy Jacob, research specialist. The paper is a summary of the Chicago Fed's seventh payments conference held on May 10–11, 2007.

The presentations from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's 2007 Payments Conference are now available online. The conference, held in mid-May, had the theme "Competitive Forces Shaping the Payments Environment: What's Next?". Glenbrook's Carol Coye Benson attended and filed this earlier conference report for Payments News.