• What is driving demands for real-time, seamless, secure and uniform payment experiences (for consumers & businesses)?
• What roles do we play in helping businesses (small to large) optimize operations and enhance cash flow?
• What fundamentally needs to happen for B2B payments to become as fast, frictionless and streamlined as consumer payments?
Marwan Forzley, CEO and Founder, Veem
Radha Suvarna, Head and Chief Product Officer, BaaS/ Embedded Finance, Finastra
Moderator: Richard Meszaros, Visa Direct Cross-Border Money Movement, Visa Direct, Visa
Realizing the Potential of Instant Payments to Optimize Business Success and Improve Your Client Experience
• Gain a clear understanding of the value proposition instant payments provides for mid to large tier corporates, hear from experts on availability and market readiness.
• Explore B2C and B2B customer use cases for immediate payments and the Real Time Payments Network.
• Review the impact of earned wage access on instant payment rails.
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Sarah Billings, Group SVP, Head of Payments & International Product, Operations and Transformation, PNC
Carl Slabicki, Managing Director, and Co-Head of Global Payments at BNY Mellon
Irfan Ahmad, Head of US Payments, Bank of America
Moderator - Stephanie Prebish, AAP, APRP, CTP, Managing Director, Association Services, Nacha
• As alternatives to card payments emerge, what are the implications for fraud when moving money directly between accounts and wallets?
• How can emerging financial technology players make sense of the Open Banking regulatory landscape and maturity in the United States vis-à -vis the European Model?
• How can issuing and acquiring banks effectively partner and develop an A2A strategy that considers their traditional card business?
Bernadette Kspeka, VP, FedNow Deputy Head of Product Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Joe Hussey, SVP Payments, Wells Fargo
Michael Bilski, CEO, North American Banking Company
Moderator: Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director, U.S Faster Payments Council
• How can Partnership and investment within the B2B and Retail Payments space be supercharged, despite turbulent economic headwinds?
• How are key payment trends in 2023 informing the strategic investment and acquisition strategy of leading financial institutions as they build their payments business?
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Phil Robin, Strategy Head, Enterprise Payments, Truist
Verna Grayce Chao, Executive Vice President, Treasury Management Solutions, City National Bank
Matthew Doka, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Business Development, North America, SumUpÂ
Moderator – Stu Richards, CEO, Bredin
• Explore how legal and compliance teams from PSPs, Fintechs and banks can best prepare for new regulatory frameworks.
• Navigate the challenges which come from AML and Regulatory responsibility when partnering with digital banks and fintechs.
• Discuss the growing importance of Know-your-transaction (KYT) within the payments industry
Samantha Lomeli, Chief Compliance Officer, Stripe
Keith Vander Leest, Head of Payments, Cross River
Moderator - Stephen Kenneally, SVP, Payments, American Bankers Association
• Why truly knowing the customer is critical to understanding risk and engendering trust
• Data problem and opportunity of understanding the true identity of entities involved in a transaction as the global scale of payments grows
• An examination of proven and emerging techniques in AI/ML and user interface design
• Challenges in using AI for identity verification and how to address them
• How AI can be used to optimize and automate building a true picture of identity now and in the future
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Catherine Havasi, PHD, Chief of Innovation and Technology Strategy, Babel Street
• How can consumer facing banks leverage data to better inform their front-end payment platform and overall customer experience?
• What does the future hold for Pay-By-Bank, Pay-By-Card, and Pay-By-Wallet in reducing friction, boosting financial inclusion, and creating a sustainable financial footprint of individuals and businesses?
Wook Chung, Chief Product Officer, Varo Bank
Akita Somani, Senior Vice President, BNPL/POS Lending, US Bank
Moderator: Roger Van Scoy, Founding Partner, The Fintech and Payments Advisory Network
Tokenized liabilities on the Blockchain: A use-case for real-time settlement between financial institutions
• Learn how Financial Institutions can utilize blockchain for real-time settlement to reduce costs and improve interoperability within the financial system.
• Find out what is being done to enable the interoperable exchange of tokenized liabilities between banking networks.
Matthaeus Sielecki, Co-head Merchant Solutions Americas, Deutsche Bank
Biswarup Chatterjee, Head Partnerships & Innovation, Treasury & Trade Solutions, Citi
Nitin Gaur, Global Head of Digital Asset and Technology Design, State Street
Moderator - Angela Scott, VP, Client Engagement Manager, Umpqua Bank
• Why your core is key to innovation, and a discussion about the trade-offs of building it yourself
• How Current has approached the problem, and where the future lies for the consumer banking and payments space
Trevor Marshall, Chief Technology Officer, Current
Moderator: Julie Verhage Greenberg, Fintech Founder and Consultant
• Learn which intuitive SME banking features are reducing costs and generating higher customer retention among Credit Unions and Regional Banks.
• Think strategically about your back-end investment and partnerships – ensure you choose the correct products for your customers.
• Overcome financial illiteracy by educating your customers on the realities of money, fraud, and the role of their bank.
Stacy Armijo, Chief Experience Officer, Amplify Credit Union
Sara Vassar, Chief Product Officer, MoneyGram International
Moderator – Mark Dixon, AAP, APRP, NCP, Vice President Education, New England Automated Clearing House Association (NEACH)
Understand the role digital banking platforms can play to advance the consumer payments journey.
Discuss what bringing innovations – like those offered via Chime’s technology platform – means for catalyzing positive change and shaping the competitive landscape.
Examine the design and thought processes that go into developing products that will create a competitive market with low-cost options for consumers, and help drive innovation and access, while defusing risk across the industry and building customer loyalty.
Explore how mobile channels are being harnessed to deliver personalization and overall customer satisfaction.
James Barrese, Chief Technology Officer, Chime
Moderator - Jodie Kelley, Chief Executive Officer, Electronic Transactions AssociationÂ
How are regulated financial institutions providing enhanced money management and payment services for their corporate customers?
Chad Collier, Co-Founder and CEO, CarSaver
Matthew Kaudy, Chief Retail and Marketing Officer, EECU Credit Union
Brian Kaas, President and Managing Director, CMFG Ventures
Moderator - Rebecca Kersey, SVP Payments and Operations, Community Brands
• Strengthen your technology offering and evaluate how you use APIs most effectively: as a distribution channel for your customers or as a product which you can offer to partners
• Gain clarity over your customer acquisition strategy and alleviate concerns associated with existing customer retention and attracting new white-labelled customers through an effective digital bank partner strategy.
• Navigate the challenges which come from AML and Regulatory responsibility when partnering with digital banks and fintechs.
Steve Bishop, Chief Operating Officer, Old Missouri Bank
• What implementation challenges do Financial Institutions need to consider when integrating identity services for their consumer and corporate customers?
• The role that biometrics and decentralized identity can play in enabling a more secure and personalized customer experience.
Carl Slabicki, Managing Director, and Co-Head of Global Payments, BNY Mellon
Stephen Kenneally, SVP, Payments, American Bankers Association
• How banks and fintechs should be working together and why regulation will be stronger for it
• Responsible innovation in payments
• What’s next for fintech right now
Phil Goldfeder, CEO, American Fintech Council
Interviewer – John Harwood, Former Whitehouse Correspondent and Reporter, Independent Journalist
• Understand the implications of enhanced payment rails within the B2B Payments market
• Hear in practice how Financial Institutions and Fintechs are refining their technology stack to serve a growing market of SMBs and Corporates looking for ease within their international payments.
• Develop a coherent understanding of regulatory hurdles when operating cross-border payments services across multiple jurisdictions.
Anand Mitra, North America Product Management and Global Product Delivery Head Cross Border Payments, J.P Morgan
Ankur Sinha, Chief Technology Officer, Remitly
Charu Goel, Senior Technology Leader, Bank of America
Moderator - Anthony Serio, Founder, Serio Payments Consulting
ISO 20022: How Richer Transaction Data can help banks improve operational efficiency and enhance risk management processes
• Uncover new ways that financial institutions can aggregate their data to build new dashboards and operating models
• Discover how payables, receivables and trade teams can build a business case for internal sponsorship of their data-driven initiatives
• Find out how well-structured data can alleviate pressure when it comes to compliance and sanctions screening
Carmen Podgurschi, Cross-Border Payments Product Management and Go-to-Market, Treasury Services, BNY Mellon
Jon Prendergast, SVP Enterprise Payments Strategy, TD Bank
Matt Loos, SVP, Head of Wires and Clearing Product Management, Wells Fargo
Moderator – Joe Casali, Executive Vice President, NEACH
