2026 Award Recipients

Congratulations to the recipients in our awards program honoring upcoming professionals in the payments industry. Inspire future industry pros!

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Ximena Aleman
Co-CEO & Co-Founder
Prometeo

James Chi, PMP
Banking Partnerships and Operations
Block, Inc.

Caroline Cypriano
Co-Founder & COO
JJ4tech

Sumner Francisco, AAP, AFPP
Senior Vice President, Global Payments & Trade 
BNY

Wayne Gonzales, AAP
Chief Compliance Officer
Usio, Inc.

Heather Indelicato, AFPP, APRP
Senior Vice President, Bank Operations
Midwest BankCentre

Dani Lugo
Head of U.S. Payments Strategy 
Bank of America

Angie Macias, AAP, NCP
Technical Operations Manager
SESLOC Credit Union

Alexandra Nuth
Chief Product Officer
Ingo Money / Ingo Payments

Alejandro Pinzon
Chief Executive Officer
DRUO

Adam Rigby, AAP, AFPP, CTP
SVP, Head of Emerging Payments
Truist Financial Corporation

Kevin Gary Smith, AAP, AFPP
Manager, Payments Compliance & Operations
Galileo Financial Technologies

Alex Treece
Co-Founder & CEO
Stablecore

Lauren Wallin, AAP, APRP
Director of Vendor & Payments Risk
Grasshopper Bank

Eric Wester, AAP, AFPP, APRP, NCP
Director of Member Services
UMACHA