By now, all of us who had the opportunity to participate in ETA’s Annual Meeting & Expo are back to work and busy digesting what was, I hope, a productive and rewarding experience. The Annual Meeting remains ETA’s most important activity, and the association works hard to keep it a vital and valuable part of the payments industry.

Along those lines, this issue of Transaction Trends includes our wrap up of the Annual Meeting. As you might expect, the 2009 event reflected the current state of the economy and the industry in many different ways. While attendance was off a little and attendees and exhibitors were perhaps more serious as they went about their business, the sentiment in sessions and meeting and on the exhibit floor was positive. More than a few exhibitors remarked that those who visited them came with a purpose and were ready to do business. And that, after all, is why the meeting exists.

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