As you have probably figured out by now, I am all about education. I aim to educate myself and others. The primary purpose of this blog is to offer a place for others to learn about ACH in an easy to read and understand manner. Education however, takes many forms, blogs like this, webinars and tele-seminars, in-person workshops, various publications and more.
To that end, I would be remiss if I didn’t let you all know about an excellent opportunity coming up all too quickly – Payments 2009. Check it out at http://payments.nacha.org/.
Every year, NACHA, The National ACH Association puts on their premier conference. It travels from year to year as they try to make it available to the widest possible audience. This year, it happens to be in Orlando, FL from April 5 – 8. If you are involved in ACH in any manner, you would undoubtedly already know this as they do an amazing job of marketing the heck out of this event.
Every year a variety of sessions are offered covering a wide variety of payments related topics at taking into account all knowledge levels. This is a fantastic opportunity to jump start your education and learn all about the latest and greatest in the payments world.
If there is any way you can make your way to Orlando for a few days of training, networking and camaraderie, I highly recommend it.
I apologize for the short notice, but fear not! If you cannot make Payments 2009 in Orlando, there is another event on the horizon – two events to be precise. Every year, NACHA also offers The Payments Institute – East and West.
“The Payments Institute is an intensive 5-day course aimed at helping you achieve a higher understanding of the payments system. The Payments Institute’s powerful curriculum is meticulously designed to accommodate both the novice and the experienced payments system professional. Whether you are starting from square one or have years of experience under your belt, this unique environment allows you to custom-design your learning experience to your current learning level.”
You can learn more about this event at http://www.nacha.org/conferences/TPI_2009/default.htm.
There are many ways to get educated. These are only a couple, but certainly the biggest. There are many other offerings and I encourage you to get involved, participate at whatever level you are able. Learn, learn, learn.
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Hello Jeff,
Great blog! NACHA conference in Florida announced some interesting numbers:
Internet-initiated ACH debits (WEB) experienced robust growth in 2008, increasing by 19.7 percent to almost 2.1 billion payments. When combined with consumer-initiated credit payments (CIE), the dollar value of consumer ACH payments made via the Internet is nearing $1 trillion annually ($939 billion in 2008).
Is there any way we can extrapolate or rather interpolate form this the total number of users on the web who have done atleast one web transaction ?
I am trying to find out the approximate number of users who have done atleast one ACH transaction over the web.
Hey PJ,
Thanks for the compliment.
There definitely were some great numbers announced at Payments. Unfortunately, I don’t have an answer re: finding out the number of users on the web who have done at least one WEB transaction.
But, I ask any of my readers who might know or know where to direct us to chime in. If you can help us out, please leave a comment with a link or any information you can provide.
Thanks,
ACH Guy