Organization: ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATION
Mission: PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN THE TRANSACTION PROCESSING INDUSTRY THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.
Activities: MEETINGS TRANSACT, ETA'S ANNUAL MEETING AND TRADESHOW, WAS HELD FROM APRIL 30 - MAY 2, 2019, IN LAS VEGAS, NV. TRANSACT BROUGHT TOGETHER ALL PARTS OF THE PAYMENTS ECOSYSTEM TO MEET, SEE WHAT'S NEW, AND LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO GROW. THROUGH NETWORKING EVENTS, EDUCATION SESSIONS AND A ROBUST EXHIBIT HALL FILLED WITH MORE THAN 200 COMPANIES, ATTENDEES LEARNED ABOUT GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY, SECURITY TRENDS AND POLICIES IMPACTING THE INDUSTRY. TRANSACT INCLUDED THREE DAYS OF PROGRAMMING THAT INCLUDED EDUCATION TRACKS, KEYNOTES, AND CO-LOCATED, CO-BRANDED PARTNER EVENTS. STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP & NETWORKING FORUM (ETA SLF), SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2019, BOCA RATON, FL, WAS ATTENDED BY TOP PAYMENTS INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES TO HEAR KEYNOTES AND SESSIONS FOCUSED ON THE HEALTH OF THE PAYMENTS ECOSYSTEM AND ATTEND NETWORKING EVENTS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH KEY INDUSTRY PLAYERS.
PUBLIC POLICY POLICY ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR ETA MEMBERS AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL. WE EMPLOY ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION EFFORTS TO ASSIST POLICY MAKERS IN UNDERSTANDING THE MODERN PAYMENTS WORLD.
COMMUNICATIONSETA SERVES AS A PRIMARY SOURCE FOR THE MEDIA ON PAYMENTS TRENDS AND IS VIEWED AS A THOUGHT LEADER WITHIN THE PAYMENTS TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY. ETA'S PRINT PUBLICATION, TRANSACTION TRENDS, IS PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED FOUR TIMES A YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, ETA'S BLOG TRANSACTIONTRENDS.COM AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS PROVIDE TIMELY INDUSTRY INFORMATION. ETA'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER IS DISTRIBUTED TO BOTH MEMBERS AND OTHERS WITHIN THE PAYMENTS TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM.
NTEE category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Secondary category: Public & Societal Benefit