Payments Studies Conference Series

The payments team, a part of the Economic Research Department, conducts high quality and policy-relevant research targeted for industry experts, policymakers and the academic community. Please visit recent research to view work conducted by the payments team. As part of this mission, in 1999, the team convened an annual payments conference, which serves to advance the team's knowledge and research agenda as well as to foster dialogue among senior payments executives. The conference uncovers emerging payment trends by bringing industry and academic experts from around the world to interact with a diverse group of high–level industry participants. Today, this event is regarded as one of the premier industry payment conferences and provides a neutral forum for discussion most pressing payments issues of the day, including public policy concerns.

2009

Payments Pricing: Who Bears the Cost?
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hosted its ninth payments conference on May 14–15, 2009, at the Chicago Fed. The conference highlighted the role of public authorites in the payments system and the ongoing innovation in payments vehicles.
May 14–15, 2009
Announcement | Agenda

2008

Payments Fraud: Perception versus Reality
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hosted its eighth payments conference on June 5–6, 2008, at the Chicago Fed. The conference, which highlighted threats to the security of the payments system and explored solutions to those challenges, covered such topics as identifying security issues in the retail payments system; preventing and containing payments fraud; allocating losses when payments fraud occurs; exploring fraud in emerging payment channels; and evaluating public and private responses to payments fraud.
June 5–6, 2008
Announcement | Agenda

2007

Competitive Forces Shaping the Payments Environment: What's Next?
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hosted its seventh annual payments conference on May 10–11, 2007. The conference focused on a broad range of topics, such as consumer and merchant payment decisions, the viability of mobile payments in the United States, the replacement of cash with electronic alternatives, the blurring of banking and commerce and growth opportunities in the cross-border remittance market. In addition to keynote addresses from Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner and Frank D'Angelo of Metavante Corporation, panelists included representatives of AT&T, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, First Data, The City of Chicago, Visa and Western Union, who engaged the audience with their insights. A Chicago Fed Letter (PDF, 107KB) summarizing the conference is available.
May 10–11, 2007
Announcement | Agenda

2006

Investing in Payment Innovations: Risks and Rewards
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hosted its sixth payments conference on May 11–12, 2006, at the Chicago Fed. Conference participants learned about successful payment investment strategies, end-user benefits to adopting new payment technologies and security challenges impacting the changing payments marketplace. A Chicago Fed Letter (PDF, 62KB) summarizing the conference is available.
May 11–12, 2006
Announcement | Agenda

2005

Innovations, Incentives and Regulation: Forces Shaping the Payments Environment
The Chicago Fed hosted its fifth payments conference on May 18–19, 2005, at the Chicago Fed. This conference explored recent trends in the adoption of payment technologies along with the underlying market environment. A Chicago Fed Letter (PDF, 355KB) summarizing the conference is available.
May 18–19, 2005
Announcement | Agenda

2004

An Electronic Supply Chain: Will Payments Follow?
The Chicago Fed hosted its fourth payments conference where payments industry leaders shared their perspectives on the necessary success factors for electronic supply chain and e-payments integration. The conference was held from May 26, 2004, to May 27, 2004. A Chicago Fed Letter (PDF, 97KB) summarizing the conference is available.
May 26–27, 2004
Announcement | Agenda

2003

Can Existing Networks Meet Future Needs?
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's third payments conference was held May 29 and 30, 2003. A Chicago Fed Letter (PDF, 431KB) summarizing the conference is available.
May 29–30, 2003
Announcement | Agenda | Conference Proceedings and Papers

2000

Workshop on Promoting the Use of Electronic Payments: Considering Future Requirements
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan co-hosted a two-day event in Chicago that addressed the future development and broader use of electronic payments as the financial services industry enters the twenty-first century.
October 10–11, 2000
Announcement | Agenda | Conference Proceedings and Papers (PDF,620KB)

1999

Promoting the Use of Electronic Payments: Assessing the Business, Technological and Legal Infrastructure
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Chicago–Kent College of Law of the Illinois Institute of Technology hosted a two–day workship that considered what was needed from business, technological and legal infrastructures to further the development and use of electronic payments.
October 7–8, 1999
Agenda