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HERNDON, Va., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Pete Kight, Chairman and CEO of CheckFree Corp. (NASDAQ:CKFR), and Rick Reilly, senior writer for Sports Illustrated, will deliver keynote addresses at PAYMENTS 2007, NACHA's annual conference on electronic payments. This year's conference will be held in Chicago from April 15-18, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. "NACHA is thrilled to have keynote speakers of this caliber added to an already fantastic conference agenda," said Elliott C. McEntee, President and Chief Executive Officer of NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association. "PAYMENTS 2007 will simply be the best and most important payments industry conference of the year." PAYMENTS 2007 spans the payment system to cover ACH payments, electronic check processing, global payments, card solutions, and corporate payment solutions. On Monday, April 16, NACHA will welcome keynote speaker Pete Kight, Chairman and CEO of CheckFree, who will share his insights on areas of critical interest to payments system stakeholders, including the convergence of the check and ACH channels, challenges and opportunities in the corporate and consumer sectors, and developments in international payments. On Tuesday, April 17, Rick Reilly, senior writer for Sports Illustrated, ten-time National Sports Writer of the Year, and author of the best-selling book Who's Your Caddy?, will address NACHA's 2007 National Payments System Awards Luncheon, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the electronic payments industry. Reilly will present an entertaining look at his sports and writing experiences through the years. A hot topic at PAYMENTS 2007 will be the much-anticipated new check conversion application called back-office conversion, which becomes effective March 16, 2007. PAYMENTS 2007 is the first payments conference to present case studies by retailers and banks on their experience with back-office conversion. PAYMENTS 2007 will offer more than 140 educational sessions and workshops featuring speakers from financial institutions, companies, government agencies, consulting and research firms, and service providers. The sessions are organized along six tracks: The Payments Biz, Corporate Payment Solutions, Automated Clearing House, eCheck, Global Focus, and Card Solutions. Complete information about PAYMENTS 2007, including sessions, workshops, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors, is available on NACHA's website at http://www.nacha.org/conferences/Payments2007. About the ACH Network and NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association The Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network facilitates commerce, electronically, by serving as an efficient, reliable and secure payments system. NACHA, led by member depository financial institutions and payments associations, fulfills this purpose by managing the development, administration, and governance of the ACH Network, and by providing superior services and value to its members as the industry association responsible for ACH payments. NACHA represents more than 11,000 financial institutions through direct memberships and a network of regional payments associations, and 650 organizations through its industry councils. Visit NACHA on the Internet at http://www.nacha.org/. DATASOURCE: NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association CONTACT: Michael Herd of NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association, +1-703-561-3924, Web site: http://www.nacha.org/

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