David published his book, Check 21 – A Blockbuster Story, with Phyllis Meyerson in the Fall of 2023. In the book, they tell stories, with a bit of humor, of the events associated with the passage and implementation of the landmark legislation, the Check 21 Act. Digital formats of the book can be downloaded from the Tiller Endeavor website.

As the President and CEO of ECCHO, David participated in almost every aspect of passage of Check 21 including participating in the Executive (Presidential) Signing Ceremony of the Act in the Oval Office.

David has more than 40 years in the banking industry, including electronic check exchange rules, industry advocacy, check certification program, ACH operations, wire operations, funds management trading operations, Federal Reserve and Due From balance management, customer balance and controlled disbursement reporting, ACH and wire product management, daylight overdraft management and IT systems for wire and balance reporting.

He was a member of the Faster Payments Task Force, Chaired the Legal Work Group of the Faster Payments Task Force.

As President of Tiller Endeavors, LLC, he served as a member of the Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Governance Framework Formation Team, was a Founding Member of the US Faster Payments Council and a director on the interim board of the US Faster Payments Council and a member of the Executive Director Search Committee.

Tiller Endeavors provides insights into the U.S. payment systems with an emphasis reducing the costs to businesses through the transition of paper payments to electronic payments. Now that the check system is virtually 100% electronic between banks, it is time to allow businesses to finally achieve significant savings by electronifying the last paper processes, those between the end users.

For additional information, please contact:
David Walker
David.walker@tillerendeavors.com
214.642.9268

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