2012 Program Overview

The Emerging Retail Payments System: Opportunity For or Threat to Community Banking

February 9, 2012
Terry Executive Education Center

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Changing consumer preferences advances in technology and regulatory mandates have combined to alter the shape of the payments system over the next decade. How all of these factors will affect community banks is unclear. Will opportunities exist only for large financial institutions, card networks, technology companies and retailers? What will be the opportunities for community banks to be at the center of the system? Will bank deposits continue to be necessary to access the payments system of the future? How will mobile technology and social media influence how payments are made and processed? Will banks simply become a third party or a “no–party” in a system driven and controlled by non‐banks and consumer preferences? Will recent regulations and new regulatory bodies move us from a market‐driven approach to payments into a regulation‐driven system?

The 2012 Southeastern Bank Management & Directors Conference will address these and other related questions and issues with a series of speakers and panelists. The Conference is designed for senior officers, CEOs, and directors of community banks across the southeast. Join us for the opportunity to participate in a discussion of these issues and to network with other senior bank officers and directors.

This one‐day conference is organized and directed by James A. Verbrugge, Professor of Finance and Chair of Banking Emeritus, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia.

Who Should Attend

The conference is designed for CEO’s, senior management, and directors of banks and BHC’s, as well as managers and officers of institutions that work closely with the banking and financial services community. The goal of the conference is to learn from fellow bank executives, bank directors and leading service providers about the critical issues faced by leaders as they make decisions regarding whether to sell the bank, buy another bank, or hold on as an independent entity.

Benefits

The goal of the conference is to learn from fellow bank executives, bank directors and leading service providers about the critical issues faced by leaders as they make decisions.

Topics Covered

• How We See the Emerging Payments System and the Outlook for Banking
• Evolving Accounting Standards and Compensation Policies Impacting Financial Institutions
• Emerging Payments: Addressing the Legal and Regulatory Issues
• Economic Outlook for Georgia and the Southeast: 2012 & Beyond
• Monetizing What We Do in Payments & Non-Lending Activities: A Challenge Going Forward
• The Retail Payments Landscape: Implications for Community Banks
• Getting Your Board to Think About Technology & Payment Issues

Keynote Speaker

E. Robinson McGraw, CEO & Chairman, Renasant Bank; Tupelo, MS

Duration and Costs

• Duration: 1 day
• Cost: First attendee from each bank: $425
  Each additional attendee: $375

Hotel and Travel

We have established a room block at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel for February 8–9, 2012. A limited number of rooms will be available until January 25, 2012, at the conference rate of $133 plus tax. To make your reservation, call 888–855–7741 and indicate that you are attending the UGA/Southeastern Bank Management & Directors Conference to receive conference rates.

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