Event Calendar

Event Info

Dates and Locations are subject to change - Watch for individual program announcements.

Workshops, usually ½ day, are focused on special topics and are held at various locations throughout New England.	Conferences, usually 1 - 2 day events, provide multiple learning opportunities in one event.
NEACH teleseminars, usually 60 - 90 minutes long, are high-level education programs that anyone in your company can participate in. Teleseminar cost is per phone line. You may have as many participants per line as you wish.	Outside events are programs offered by organizations with a strong relationship to NEACH, such as NACHA and other Regional Payment Association's, and can include teleseminars, and/or conferences.
NEACH webinars are high-level programs that are usually 30 – 60 minutes long. Participation may be limited depending upon the event. Each webinar registration includes one Internet connection and one phone line.	Forums are quarterly meetings on specific topics of interest to NEACH Financial Institution members in the areas of payments and payments strategy. Typically, forums are half-day events that are held within the greater metropolitan Boston area.

Event Calendar

Conference
$375.00 $535.00 Payment Insights 2009 Burlington, MA November 2, 2009 to November 3, 2009 Payment Insights is New England's premier payments conference on payments strategy, strategic ACH initiatives and the payments business.
Forum
FREE Members Only Best Practices in ACH Payments Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:00 am - 1:00 pm We are planning to present results of a NEACH member survey to be conducted later in the year. Check this page at a later date for more specific information regarding the survey results, presenters, and forum agenda.
Teleseminar
$1100.00 Teleseminar Club Register for 10 teleseminars together and pay only $110.00 per event! FREE Members Only NEACH IAT Readiness Town Hall Free to Members Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm On July 16, NEACH will host a Town Hall teleseminar for members to hear the results of the recent NEACH Member IAT Readiness survey and to ask questions related to IAT implementation. Participants will be able to gauge their preparedness level in relation to the New England landscape. $185.00 $250.00 ACH Error Resolution - New! Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Participants will learn about: stop payment vs. revoked authorization; consumer unauthorized entries; corporate unauthorized entries; appropriately completing a written statement under penalty of perjury; resubmitted entries; what is an ineligible item for check conversion; how do we return an item that was not supposed to be converted; is this really unauthorized or does the consumer not want to accept electronic transactions; and stop payments on converted checks. $185.00 $250.00 ACH File Formats - New! Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Bring your ACH knowledge closer to expert level by attending this session. We will provide you with the technical understanding needed to be able to read and understand a full ACH file. Topics covered in this session will be file layouts, field definitions and requirements, financial EDI terminology, data acceptance specifications, and more. This session is a must for anyone in ACH support services. $185.00 $250.00 Compliance with Electronic Check Conversion and Receipt Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Consumer and corporate confidence in eCheck applications (POP, ARC, BOC) is very high, causing volume to explode. This session will help to keep confidences high by having both ODFIs and RDFIs fulfill their obligations under the NACHA Operating Rules. We will address the importance of meeting statement requirements and having staff prepared to handle customer inquiries when receiving eCheck applications. We will discuss the different authorization requirements and who is responsible for obtaining the authorization correctly. This workshop is designed for operations, product management, sales and anyone who needs valuable information on eCheck applications. $185.00 $250.00 The ACH Network and Third Party Service Providers: Are You Aware of the Risks? Monday, August 31, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm This session will help participants understand their obligations and rights when dealing with Third Party Service Providers. The growth of the network in recent years has also given rise to third party senders; this session will help define that term and what it means to the ODFI and their risk. We will answer the question, "Who am I?" in the transaction. This session will benefit both operations staff as well as management. $185.00 $250.00 Cracking the Code: Understanding UCC 4A Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Your Compliance, Audit and Legal staff should not miss this opportunity study the impact that UCC4A has on Originators, ODFIs and RDFIs. Revised Uniform Commercial Code Article 4A covers wholesale funds transfers, including automated clearing house (ACH) credit transactions not subject to the Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978 (EFTA), which governs electronic funds transfers to or from a consumer's personal, family, or household deposit or other asset account. Consequently, the payments Article 4A governs involve mainly businesses and financial institutions. Register for this program and find out how UCC4A applies to wholesale credits processed through the ACH Network. $185.00 $250.00 Uncle Sam and his Role in ACH Payments Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Everybody's favorite uncle is the largest user of the ACH network. The government allows people to have benefit payments, and tax refunds to be deposited by Direct Deposit. This session will discuss the rules that surround government payments, participants will find that in some cases the government rules differ from the NACHA Operating Rules. The session will also cover DNE entries and reclamations and your responsibilities as an RDFI. $185.00 $250.00 Handling Exception Items Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm FIs have obligations under the NACHA Operating Rules when handling returns & NOCs. This session will not only discuss how to handle returns and dishonored returns but also venture into the world of NOCs and give tips on how to get the originator to act upon them. In addition, attendees will learn how proper exception handling can limit credit risk for all FIs. FIs wishing to comply with the rules surrounding exceptions items will benefit from this seminar. This workshop is designed to help you reduce risk and save money! $185.00 $250.00 Going Beyond the Basics: Utilizing ACH Origination - New! Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm You've taken steps to Origination and are now ready to utilize ACH origination to begin collecting your own loan, mortgage and other payments. This session will address authorization, retention and other requirements for originating. $185.00 $250.00 Understanding Internet and Telephone Initiated Debits Thursday, October 8, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm These new products are changing the environment of the ACH Network and can offer a cost-effective option for ACH origination and receipt, but can also expose your clients and members to fraud. During this teleseminar we will cover your rights and responsibilities for WEB and TEL transactions, the E-Sign act and Regulation E. $185.00 $250.00 ACH Rules & the EFT Act Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm All ACH entries are governed by the NACHA Operating Rules and Regulation E governs all ACH debits, excluding RCK, to consumer accounts. This session will examine the relationship between Regulation E and the NACHA Operating Rules. We will answer the questions: where do the ACH Rules and Regulation E differ and where are they the same? We will also cover changes to Regulation E and changes to the staff commentary. $185.00 $250.00 Become a Successful ODFI: Limit Credit Risk and Understand the ACH Network Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm This session will help ODFIs understand their role in the network as the gatekeeper. Under the ACH Operating Rules, ODFIs assume all warranties when they send files on behalf of an originator, through the network. This session will also help ODFIs make good decisions when it comes to establishing relationships with originating companies. We will discuss how it takes a team at an institution to become a successful ODFI. Exposure limits and file monitoring will be covered in great detail. We will discuss how the ACH self audit can play a role in risk mitigation. $185.00 $250.00 Is Your Data Safe End to End? Don't Just Hope It Is! Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Data security is one of the hottest topics in payments today and FIs must have the most up-to-date procedures in place. The instructor will examine data security requirements from origination to receipt in the ACH network. This session will provide some best practices for FIs and Originators to follow and will also discuss any new developments in how NACHA is responding to this issue. $185.00 $250.00 Authorizing ACH Entries: Understand the Requirements Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Long gone are the days when authorizations were required to be in writing. This teleseminar will take a look at all of the applications - new and old - and provide the participants with the rules surrounding the authorization requirements for each application. Your session presenter will look at the ODFI warranties as well as the RDFI warranties when handling disputed transactions, and discuss the RDFIs responsibility under the ACH rules as well as Regulation E. Paper Authorizations vs. Electronic Signatures will covered in this seminar. $185.00 $250.00 Stop Payments and Adjustment Entries: Your Obligations Tuesday, December 1, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Find out from the experts at NEACH what to ask your customers to solve the age-old question – is this revoked authorization a stop payment, or is the receiver claiming the item is unauthorized? Find out the rights of consumer customers vs. that of business customers. This session will examine the role that Federal and State Laws can impact stop payments as well as adjustment entries. $185.00 $250.00 Fraud & Payments Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm This session will help FIs understand the risks of not only ACH payments but other payment systems as well. The "bad guys" tend to jump from one payment system to another looking for the path of least resistance. This session will address the latest trends in payments frauds and give FIs some information that will help mitigate fraud risk. There will be focus on ACH fraud and the keys to defeating that fraud with good agreements, rule compliance and communication. $185.00 $250.00 ACH Rules vs. Check Law Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm This session will help participants understand their responsibilities when it comes to check conversion. We will address the difference in protection for consumers that exist in Regulation E and the NACHA Operating Rules and compare those to the protection afforded under check law. We will also discuss the question, "When does Regulation E apply?" We will also address demand drafts as well as an overview of Remote Deposit Capture.
Workshop
$155.00 $195.00 ACH Goes International with the IAT SEC Code Westborough, MA Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:00 am - 4:00 pm This session will provide an in-depth review of the new requirements set forth by NACHA and OFAC for the International ACH Transaction (IAT) code as it pertains to every financial institution in the ACH network. On the agenda are rules for both inbound and outbound IAT entries, and how FIs must prepare themselves for the September 18, 2009 implementation date. Attendees will also be broken into groups to work on the IAT or Domestic scenarios drafted by NACHA and reviewed by OFAC staff. $155.00 $195.00 ACH Risk Management Westborough, MA Tuesday, September 8, 2009 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Rapid growth, change, and new and evolving participant responsibilities are prevalent ACH trends representing increased risk. In addition, ACH volume growth has been primarily fueled by higher-risk consumer debit applications. Accordingly, regulatory agencies have called for risk management enhancements, with plans to target ACH compliance, risk management policies, and procedures in future financial institution examination reviews. Is your financial institution prepared to demonstrate enhanced risk management for ACH Network activities? This Risk Workshop will explore critical risk factors, offer recommendations for specific risk management enhancements, and provide insight on how you can document your due-diligence. $299.00 Members Only Payments Strategy Workshop Series - Benchmarking Payments for Success Wellesley, MA Monday, September 14, 2009 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Benchmarking is an essential strategic tool for financial institutions to understand their business in the context of the competitive business environment and evolving technology environment for payments. Participants will learn what benchmarking is, how and why to benchmark, as well as metrics in the context of issues in the banking and payments arenas. $155.00 $195.00 Compliance Day - Be Compliant, Not Complacent! Westborough, MA Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Being compliant is vitally important to your payments business. It is absolutely essential that FIs understand the impact of ACH rules and outside regulations on ACH entries. This workshop will focus heavily on NACHA rule compliance as it relates to both receiving and originating ACH. We will also address how other regulations such as Federal Regulations D & E, the Uniform Commercial Code, and OFAC impact ACH processing and compliance. $155.00 $195.00 The Why and How of ACH Origination Westborough, MA Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:00 am - 4:00 pm This workshop will cover the steps necessary to becoming a successful ODFI. The instructor will cover the reason why a financial institution should originate and what steps they need to take to begin origination. The instructor will also discuss the agreements that an ODFI must enter into, not only with the originator, but also the Federal Reserve or any other service provider. The warranties and obligations of the ODFI and how documented procedures can help with compliance in those areas will also be covered. The instructor will discuss the relationship between ODFI and originator in detail. $155.00 $195.00 E-Checks and Their Impact at Your FI Boston, MA Thursday, December 3, 2009 10:00 am - 4:00 pm The growth of E-Checks has been tremendous - most financial institutions are processing these transactions today. This workshop will give you the answers to take back to your customers. Five E-Check applications (ARC, POP, RCK, WEB, TEL& BOC) will be covered in depth from origination to receipt, focusing on the warranties. Changes to the NACHA Operating Rules will be discussed in detail and the instructor will outline the rules and regulations that cover the E-Check applications. This session will also include an overview of Remote Deposit and Image Exchange. $299.00 Members Only Payments Strategy Workshop Series - Strategy Summit Wellesley, MA Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:30 am - 3:30 pm The concluding workshop of 2009, the Payments Strategy Summit, will feature presentations and mini-workshop sessions by Workshop leaders or other industry experts and will be held in conjunction will participants in the Advanced Workshop series. The Summit will offer members of both groups the opportunity to network with one another and to participate in facilitated discussions.
Outside Event
IAT Video Training NEACH and NACHA have partnered to bring you an online video training series January 29, 2009 to December 31, 2009 We are excited to announce that we have a new video training series available to all of our members. NEACH and NACHA have partnered to bring you an online video training series on the International ACH Transaction Amendment to the NACHA Operating Rules.