Invaluable Attorney Experiences
Offering Two Exclusive Registration Options
Get great education about the current legal and regulatory issues in the payments industry while networking with other payments attorney peers who get your daily challenges. If you are a currently bar-admitted attorney, you can take advantage of two registration options at Smarter Faster Payments.
Educational Session Tracks
Compliance & Regulatory
Rules and regulations are the bedrock of financial services and payments, and provide the necessary surety for transactions. Although often viewed simply as an area of compliance, developments here also encompass innovation, transaction quality, opportunity and financial reward. Understanding the most crucial concepts and innovations will lead to positive, competitive results.
Topics include: regulatory changes, legal-focused topics, legislative changes and activities in response to pandemic and emergency planning
Cybersecurity & Risk
As payment and operating systems evolve, new threats and risks are introduced nearly as quickly. Staying a step ahead of those interlopers or fraudsters is key to mitigating loss of revenue, reputation and customer relationships. Sessions focus on emerging threats and ways to recognize risks to prevent loss, as well as provide the necessary surety for transactions.
Topics include: general risk, third parties, fraud, risk mitigation techniques, cross-channel risk
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Legal Considerations in Payments
Understanding the intricacies of legal issues in payments to enhance your strategic approach to compliance and security is critical in today’s complex legal landscape as agreements, fraud, and data privacy laws are enacted (or rescinded). Sessions focus on the latest legal challenges and solutions in payments, including cross-border transactions and emerging technologies.
Topics include: legal decisions, pending litigation, privacy, state and federal laws. All sessions in this track are eligible for CLE credits
Networking Event
Lawyers Reception
MONDAY, APRIL 27
Challenges and obstacles in the payments legal industry are consistently changing. Utilize this reception to spend time with other legal professionals to network, share experiences, and connect on common topics. This reception is open to all attorneys in the payments industry.
Lawyers Reception includes light hors d'oeuvres and beverages.
Explore Your Attendee Persona-New!
Plan your attendee experience by following recommendations under our Legal & Regulatory Analyst attendee persona.
Legal & Regulatory Analyst
A legal counsel, regulator, or policy advisor tracking evolving laws and regulations affecting payments. They’re focused on risk mitigation, compliance frameworks, and industry standards.
Networking Experiences: Lawyers Reception, Community Corner, Exhibit Hall & Exhibit Hall Reception
Tracks
ACH
Compliance & Regulatory
Legal Considerations in Payments
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Earn CLE Credits
Smarter Faster Payments offers Continuing Legal Education credits based on jurisdiction.**
** Kelley Drye & Warren is the CLE Accredited Provider for Nacha’s Smarter Faster Payments 2026 conference and is an accredited provider of CA, IL, NY, and TX CLE. Continuing legal education sessions will offer California, Illinois and Texas general credits and New York non-transitional credit only. A maximum of 15 CA, IL, TX, NY CLE credits will be offered based on jurisdiction and sessions attended. In accordance with the requirements of the New York State CLE Board, this non-transitional, CLE program is not approved for newly-admitted attorneys within the first two years of admission to the Bar.
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