Emerging Payments Research Group
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
July 25-27, 2006

Building on the Bank’s inaugural effort to understand the demand or consumer side of the retail payments market,  this two-day conference brought together academic and private sector researchers, and payments system participants to further explore consumer payment issues such as data developments and analysis, emerging payment technologies, public policies, and other topics. 

A summary was published as Public Policy Discussion Paper 07-4, Consumer Behavior and Payment Choice: 2006 Conference Summary.