--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 15:17:31 -0400 From: Debra Greenberg <101664.3477@compuserve.com> Organization: FBMA America Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rah@shipwright.com Subject: Secure payments on the Internet the focus of international conference June 19-20 in Washington X-URL: http://www.shipwright.com/#contact Hello, Mr. Hettinga -- I'm a fairly recent fan of e$, having learned about it only a month ago. Aware as I am of the rules of Netiquette, I was hoping for your advice or assistance regarding how I might let other readers know about an important conference coming up June 19-20 in Washington on the subject of secure payments and the Internet. Sponsored by Digital Equipment Corp., Hitachi, CyberCash and VeriFone, the conference will address payment systems, security issues, digital signatures and certification authorities, regulatory issues, standards development, emerging technologies, and other topics. Keynote speakers include Ira C. Magaziner, Senior Advisor to the President for Policy Development; William Melton, CEO, CyberCash; and Frank V. Cahouet, CEO, Mellon Bank, among others. In addition to discussions on electronic purse, chip cards, micropayments, credit cards on the Internet and other payment systems, and in addition to progress reports on BIPS, NetBill, Integrion, Mondex and other high-profile rollouts, the conference will feature discussions on: -taxation of Internet commerce (Karl Frieden, Arther Andersen / Walter Nagel, MCI Communications) -risk management in business-to-business bill payments on the Internet (Anne Friedman, Chase Manhattan / Sandra Runyon, Southwestern Bell / Scott Smith, Jupiter Communications -establishing trust in electronic transactions (Lori Fena, Exec. Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation) - the US Postal Service's electronic postmarking and CA initiative - proposed changes to the ACH network to support Internet payments In all, there will be about 40 presentations. The CyberPayments 97 conference (which is accompanied by an exposition titled "i-Money" takes place June 19-20 at the Sheraton Washington Hotel and is organized by the National Automated Clearing House Association, which is actively involved in promoting all types of payment systems, including Internet payments. A full conference brochure can be found at www.nacha.org I hope you'll find the conference interesting enough to share with your readers. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this information. Sincerely, Debra Greenberg Managing Director FBMA America Inc. (on behalf of the National Automated Clearing House Association) 101664.3477@compuserve.com --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/