My friend Henry Visser from Holland alerted me to the following news. As the networking gets more
integrated and standardized, one can readily see the 666 financial system coming together on the horizon. All infrastructures are getting in place.
It won't be long, and we'll all be gone.
In Him,
Jim Goodrick
Europe Consolidating payment processing
With the signing of this MoU Interpay and Transaktionsinstitut will become
the first European full-service payment processor in a consolidating payments market. The intended partnership will be an important contributor and driving force towards the realisation of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). The combined volume of the partnership will account for the processing and clearing of around 6.6 billion transactions per year, leading to a combined market share of the new entity in the Euro zone of over 10 per cent. Based on the experience, skills, expertise and strategy of the new entity further growth is one of its primary goals.
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=164140
Interoperability / Access
The first area the Council will review is state identity and access management systems, including the advisability of states piggybacking on the federal government's Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) for their own employees and contractors.
Under HSPD-12, the Federal government is requiring that all new Federal employees and contractors be issued a uniform card by October 2006 for access to facilities and computer systems. The Council will help assess if standards that apply to federal employees might also work for state employees and their contractors
Electronic Benefits Services EBS under Quest Rules --
In 1996, the Council adopted the Quest® Operating Rules, which have since been adopted by most state governments as a means of promoting the electronic delivery of food stamps and cash assistance throughout the country. The Council will continue to maintain and amend the Quest® Operating Rules as necessary
Other Council projects include:
A primer on best practices for the public and private sectors in disbursing relief payments following natural disasters and national emergencies; and
An assessment of technologies, such as smart cards, that can further facilitate the disbursement of government payments electronically
_________________________________About NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association
NACHA is the leading organization in developing electronic solutions to improve the payments system. 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. NACHA develops operating rules and business practices for the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network and for electronic payments in the areas of Internet commerce, electronic bill and invoice presentment and payment (EBPP, EIPP), e-checks, financial electronic data interchange (EDI), international payments, and electronic benefits transfer (EBT). Visit NACHA on the Internet at www.nacha.org
http://ebt.nacha.org/.
The 666 Mark is not for me,
I'm Heaven-bound for all eternity.
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/nochip.html