APCA hosted the International Council of Payment Association Chief Executives (ICPACE) annual meeting on 26 and 27 November 2009 in Sydney. This brought together the CEOs and senior staff from the national payment associations of the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, South Africa, Ireland and Australia.
The annual ICPACE meeting provides a unique opportunity for APCA senior management to learn and share with overseas counterparts about the challenges facing national payment associations. The response of governments, regulators and industry to the recent global financial crisis was a major focus of discussions, as were the perennial issues of industry collaboration, standard setting, new technology and fraud prevention.
Next year’s ICPACE meeting will be hosted by the Canadian Payments Association (CPA) to coincide with the CPA’s Payments Panorama 2010 Conference in Vancouver.
Back row: Paul Smee (UK Payments Administration); Jan Estep (NACHA, USA); Walter Volker (PASA, South Africa); Chris Hamilton (APCA).
Centre: Arun Kendall (APCA); Paula Gray (IPSO, Ireland); Pat McLoughlin (IPSO, Ireland); Priscilla Holland (NACHA, USA); Guy Legault (CPA, Canada).
Front row: Pierre Coetzee (PASA, South Africa); Brad Pragnell (APCA).