Founder & CEO of StashWall to Serve as Speaker for NACHA’s Annual Payments System Awards Luncheon at PAYMENTS 2014
HERNDON, Va. (PRWEB) February 21, 2014 -- Today, NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association announced Anat Baron, Founder and CEO of StashWall, as the speaker for the 2014 Payments System Awards Luncheon, held during PAYMENTS 2014. PAYMENTS is the largest and most comprehensive education event for the payments industry, and this year, will take place April 6-9 in Orlando, Fl. The Payments System Awards Luncheon, sponsored by TD Bank, recognizes outstanding achievement in the payments industry and annually features an engaging speaker to accompany the award presentations. During this year’s event, in a talk titled Making Lemonade: Creating a Competitive Advantage When the Chips Are Down, Baron will share inspiring perspectives to encourage attendees to find the opportunities that exist even in the midst of rapid change, increased competition and uncertainty.
“Speakers such as Anat help us find ways to identify and leverage the opportunities that are all around us,” said Janet O. Estep, president and CEO of NACHA. “In the current environment of increased consumer expectations, technological advancements and new solutions and players entering the payments space, it is important to understand that these are the types of forces that can inspire innovation, generate growth, and ultimately advance the industry. Speakers like Anat, and others slated for PAYMENTS 2014, provide attendees with an opportunity to reframe and redefine their organizational outlook and position, and identify a strategic vision for achieving desired results.”
An innovative leader, Baron has worked with top tier brands including Four Seasons Hotels, Holiday Inn, KLM, CBS, Warner Bros. and Conde Nast. She was also a Hollywood executive, a management consultant and a successful entrepreneur. While at the helm of Mike's Hard Lemonade, Baron turned around this new company and grew the brand into a $200 million juggernaut within three years, helping to create a new category in the ultra competitive beverage alcohol industry. She is currently the Founder and CEO of StashWall, a technology startup that provides one place for curating and organizing people's information, memories, and belongings. This disruptive company will be launching to the public in the fall of 2014.
With its announcement of Baron as the 2014 Payments System Awards Luncheon speaker, NACHA also announces that it is currently accepting nominations for the 2014 Payments System Awards. NACHA’s Payments System Awards, which include the George Mitchell Payments System Excellence Award, Kevin O'Brien ACH Quality Award, and the PayItGreen Award, recognize the highest degree of achievement in the development, implementation and advancement of electronic payments.
The George Mitchell Payments System Excellence Award, named after former vice-chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve George Mitchell, an early proponent of electronic payments, honors an individual or organization that has shown superior leadership in the development, implementation or advancement of electronic payments. The Kevin O’Brien ACH Quality Award, named in honor of the late Kevin O’Brien, NACHA’s 1999-2000 chair, recognizes best practices in ACH participants’ efforts to maintain or improve the quality of ACH services and/or the integrity and reliability of the ACH Network. The PayItGreen Award honors individual or organizational leadership, vision and innovation in the education and promotion of electronic payments, statements and bills to reduce environmental impact.
Last year’s award recipients included Apex Information Technologies and Richard Gregg, fiscal assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury (George Mitchell Payments System Excellence Award), ProfitStars (ACH Quality Award), and General Electric (PayItGreen Award).
All payments industry participants are invited to submit nominations for the 2014 Payments System Awards. NACHA is accepting nominations through February 28, 2014. For more information about the awards and to access the nomination form and submission guidelines, please visit https://www.nacha.org/2014PaymentsAwards.
About PAYMENTS 2014
PAYMENTS 2014, taking place April 6 – 9 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Fl., features more than 130 educational sessions and workshops with renowned speakers from financial institutions, corporations, government agencies, legal and regulatory bodies, consulting and research firms, service providers, and more. Sessions are organized along seven tracks — the ACH Network & the NACHA Operating Rules, Card-Based Opportunities, Compliance, Risk & Fraud Prevention, Corporate Payment Solutions, Mobile & Digital Payments, Payment Strategies and World Payments Viewpoint – to address the topics of pivotal importance to payments professionals. In addition, a dynamic exhibit hall of nearly 100 industry leaders features today’s top products and services.
To learn more about PAYMENTS 2014 sessions, workshops, speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors, or to register, visit https://payments.nacha.org.
NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association
NACHA manages the development, administration, and governance of the ACH Network, the backbone for the electronic movement of money and data. The ACH Network provides a safe, secure, and reliable network for direct account-to-account consumer, business, and government payments. Annually, it facilitates billions of Direct Deposit via ACH and Direct Payment via ACH transactions. Used by all types of financial institutions, the ACH Network is governed by the fair and equitable NACHA Operating Rules, which guide risk management and create payment certainty for all participants. As a not-for-profit association, NACHA represents more than 10,000 financial institutions via 16 Regional Payments Associations and direct membership. Through its industry councils and forums, NACHA brings together payments system stakeholders to foster dialogue and innovation to strengthen the ACH Network. To learn more, please visit http://www.nacha.org, http://www.electronicpayments.org, http://www.payitgreen.org, and http://direct.nacha.org.
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Kendra Beasley, NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association, +1 703-561-3923, [email protected]
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