GPF Membership

Who Should Apply for Membership? | Goal Statements
Forum Activities | Benefits of Membership | Membership Cost
Steering Committee

Who Should Apply for Membership?

• Financial Institutions
• Corporations
• Governments
• ACH Operators
• Central Banks
• ACH Associations
• International Payment Service Providers or Networks

Goal Statements

1. Establish the framework for the efficient exchange of cross-border, batch-oriented, and electronic corporate and consumer payment transactions.
2. Develop a set of principles, rules, and standards to which participants agree in order to achieve positive modifications in cross-border electronic payments.
3. Examine the ever-evolving global trends in payments regulations and how payment liquidity can be successfully managed within international markets.
4. Develop a global payments certification and education program. Some of the topics would include operations, risk management, correspondent banking, and collateral and liquidity management.
5. Directly influence and offer ongoing input into the program development of the Global Electronic Payments Conference. Members of the conference planning committee are selected from representatives of the Global Payments Forum.
6. Facilitate the adoption of generic principles that could be applied in any country's domestic payment system to achieve the STP of batched-oriented, electronic cross-border transfers.
7. Create educational products to assist stakeholders in implementing cross-border payments, analyze risk, and market the cross-border concept.

Benefits of Membership

Members of the Global Payments Forum:

• Stay up-to-date on international electronic payment initiatives through Forum meetings, member-only communications, and access to the members-only section of the Global Payments Forum website;
• Influence the development, amendment, and approval of changes to the Cross-Border Payment Operating Rules;
• Receive complimentary copies of all GPF publications and White Papers created by the Global Payments Forum;
• Have their company linked on the member listing on the Global Payments Forum website;
• Receive a 30%-60% discount on all NACHA publications;
• Receive a 10%-15% discount on all NACHA educational programs and conference fees; and
• Are classified as full members, have a vote on timely issues in relation to international payments issues, and have an opportunity to be elected to the Steering Committee.

Any organization considering membership is welcome to attend one meeting as a guest to evaluate firsthand the value of the Global Payments Forum.

Forum Activities

Forum members actively participate in the annual Global Electronic Payments Conference. Forum meetings, held three times annually, are comprised of educational sessions, industry updates, cost savings ideas, group discussion and debate, and stimulating and relevant dialogue. The Forum also holds interim meetings, as needed, to focus on specific tasks or meet with representatives of other countries' payment systems.

Membership Cost: $4,200 annually

Cost Savings Benefits: You'll save up to 30-60% on all NACHA publications and save between 10-15% on NACHA educational program and conference fees.

Steering Committee

Forum Chair
Jane Hennessy, Wells Fargo

Forum Vice-Chair
Alan Koenigsberg, JPMorgan Chase

Members-at-Large:
Norbert Bielefeld, World Savings Banks Institute
Arthur Cousins, Standard Bank of South Africa
Doug Kreviazuk, Canadian Payments Association
Elizabeth McQuerry, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Forum Immediate Past Chair
Joe Teves, Royal Bank of Canada