At the NACHA Payments 2007 conference in Chicago on April 15-17, Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc., and Financial Insights, an IDC Company, will share insights into what North American banks and corporations see as key challenges to corporate payments and the supply chain. Sterling Commerce sponsored the Financial Insights research study to identify the major trends in financial services and the types of integrated financial supply chain services North American and international corporations want from banks. The initial findings, presented at NACHA, will identify the strategies financial institutions are using to generate bottom-line improvements and create competitive advantage. The presentation will highlight the major trends in financial supply chain management from both the corporate customer and bank point-of-views.

According to Business Wire, the presentation, "Payments & Finance Meet the Supply Chain" is scheduled for Monday, April 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Acapulco room, Session 137. Presented by Maggie Scarborough, research manager for Corporate Banking at Financial Insights and Jim Gahagan, global industry executive, financial services at Sterling Commerce, the session highlights trends for improving growth from commercial payments and services in North America. It will be extremely valuable for banks looking to defend and expand commercial banking revenues, and corporations looking to meet increasing demands for improved corporate-to-bank connectivity in treasury, cash and liquidity management solutions. Gahagan and Scarborough will discuss views from both a bank's and corporation's perspective about these new trends.