08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) Cross-Border Payments: The Financial Institution IS the Digital Conductor Event In-person Track Payments in Practice Zoya Lieberman, MBA, CTP Principal Strategist Endava John Min Chief Economist Monex USA Joseph Proto Board Chairman, Director and Advisor to Emerging FinTechs Tucker Rush Senior Product Manager Monex USA
08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) Navigating the Highs and Lows of Embedded Banking Event In-person Track Disruptive Ideas & Technologies BC Krishna Founder & CEO Centime, Inc. Shane Beardslee VP – Commercial Payments and Channel Sales FNBO Duncan Douglass Partner Alston & Bird Keith Vander Leest US General Manager BVNK
08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) Topical Talk: Payments Innovation and Open Banking Value for Mid-Sized Financial Institutions Event In-person Track Topical Talks Sheri Bogardus VP & Strategic Product Lead - Enterprise Client Data Sharing KeyBank Behram Panthaki COO Akoya Florian Wahl Product Strategy Akoya
08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) Spotlight Series: ACH State of the Union: What's Happening in the ACH Network in 2025 Event In-person Track ACH Spotlight Sessions Jason Carone, AAP, APRP, CTP Senior Vice President, ACH Product Management The Clearing House Kathleen Davis, AAP Operations Strategy Program Director Federal Reserve Financial Services Devon Marsh, APRP Managing Director, ACH Network Rules and Risk Management Nacha
08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) Instant Beer? How QR Codes Are Taking Flight Event In-person Track Faster Payments Experience Smarter Faster Payments Zone Siva Narendra CEO & Founder Tyfone, Inc. Carlos Netto Co-Founder and CEO Matera Peter Tapling, APRP Managing Director PTap Advisory, LLC Kaue Tozzi Global Payments Leader
08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) Harnessing Data Analytics to Optimize ACH Operations Event In-person Track ACH Eralda Hasani, AAP, CTP Head of Domestic Payments BNY Mellon Dean Nolan Fractional VP, Product Marketing Finzly Mark Ranta Senior Manager, Payment Technology Transformation Ernst & Young Miriam Sheril Head of Product - US Form3
08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) DeFi, DAOs and Defining Regulations: Cutting Through Hype and Hyperbole Event In-person Track Compliance & Regulatory Clinton Graham Managing Director and Lead Client Portfolio Manager Wellington Management Jeffery Hunter Partner Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Chini Reddy Assistant General Counsel TRM Labs Adrian Wall CEO Digital Sovereignty Alliance
08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) The Next Big Thing: Open Banking with ACH Gives Merchants More Control of Payments Event In-person Track Smarter Faster Payments Zone Moa Agrell Senior Banking Relations Manager Trustly Adam Steenhard VP, Go-To-Market Strategy and Enablement Fifth Third Bank
08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) Executive Series: Pulling Back the Curtain: What’s Driving Innovation in Payments? Event In-person Track Executive Series Faster Payments Experience Bridgit Chayt Executive Vice President Fifth Third Bank Shonda Clay Executive Vice President, Chief Product and Relationship Officer Federal Reserve Financial Services Eric Foust VP, Banking Partnership Trustly
Shonda Clay Executive Vice President, Chief Product and Relationship Officer Federal Reserve Financial Services
08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) No Passport Required: Successfully Deploying Real-Time Payments Around the World Event In-person Track Practical Strategies Steven E. Bernstein Head of N. America Strategic Business Development J.P. Morgan Divyesh Juvariwala Director Payment Partnerships PayPal Alan Koenigsberg Founder & CEO Koenigsberg Insights Josh Rowat Banking and Expansion Manager Wise
08:30 AM Monday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) Cut the Paper Trail: The Case for Electronic Payments Over Checks Event In-person Track Disruptive Ideas & Technologies Scott Anchin Vice President, Operational Risk and Payments Policy Independent Community Bankers of America Sheila Noll Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Office PCBB Kevin Olsen AAP, APRP, MCSE, NCP Senior Vice President, Payments Solutions Pidgin
Scott Anchin Vice President, Operational Risk and Payments Policy Independent Community Bankers of America
09:25 AM Monday, 09:25 AM - 10:15 AM (0 hours 50 minutes) Exploring Nacha Accreditations Event In-person Track ACH
10:25 AM Monday, 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM (1 hour) Becoming an Idea Factory: How to Turn Yourself Into an Innovation Machine Event In-person Track Keynotes Kyle Scheele Innovation expert, “Patron Saint of Crazy Ideas”
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) “Instant Pay-by-Bank” – A Credit Union and Community Bank Perspective Event In-person Track Faster Payments Experience Louis Grilli Manager, Innovation Velera Dean Nolan Fractional VP, Product Marketing Finzly Keith Olson VP, Open Banking Platform Nuvei Cassandra Tucker Head of Operations ABNB Federal Credit Union
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Innovating with ACH: Next-Generation Solutions for Businesses Event In-person Track Practical Strategies Peter A. Davey, AAP Venture Partner Alloy Labs Avery Miller VP, Head of Global Loyalty Value-Add Solutions Visa Brad Smith, AAP Senior Director Industry Engagement & Advocacy Nacha Peter Tapling, APRP Managing Director PTap Advisory, LLC
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Executive Series: Beyond the Hype: How AI is Being Leveraged to Improve the Payments Ecosystem Event In-person Track AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies Executive Series Steven E. Bernstein Head of N. America Strategic Business Development J.P. Morgan Joseph Proto Board Chairman, Director and Advisor to Emerging FinTechs Monica Ramani Global Financial Partnerships Stripe Brian Rogers CEO LanaiLabs.ai
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Reframing the Payments Experience with Smart Partnerships and Innovation Event In-person Track Faster Payments Experience Smarter Faster Payments Zone Jim Colassano SVP, Product Development The Clearing House Alex Schoemann, CPA Senior Manager, Business Operations Possible Finance Doug Sturm-Smith SVP, Head of Digital and Real Time Payments PNC Bank Justin Zhao Head of Global Partnerships and Sales, Visa Direct Visa
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Friction Free: How APIs and Data Are Revolutionizing Payment Initiation Event In-person Track Smarter Payments Experience Josh Rowat Banking and Expansion Manager Wise Kush Teotia Global Product Head of Payment Rails Platforms, and GM, Real-Time Payments J.P Morgan
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Balancing Speed and Risk: Navigating the New Normal of Faster Payments Event In-person Track Cybersecurity & Risk Shilpoo Agrawal SVP, Head of Enterprise Payments - Money Movement Technology U.S. Bank Armaan Sinha Executive Director, Kinexys – Business Development Executive J.P. Morgan Courtney Trimble Managing Director KPMG LLP Robert Turner SVP, GM US Financial Services Kyndryl
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Spotlight Series: How to Foster Financial Access in Modern Payment Ecosystems Event In-person Track Payments in Practice Spotlight Sessions Erika Baumann Research Director, Commercial Banking and Payments Datos Insights Kahlida Lloyd Director, Office of Human Rights & Equity City of New Orleans Mayor's Office Mary Mumper-Morrison, AAP, APRP, CAMS Director Education NEACH Craig Ramsey Head of Account-to-Account Payments ACI Worldwide
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Navigating the Future: Blockchain in Banking, Cryptocurrency Trends and Transaction Monitoring Event In-person Track Disruptive Ideas & Technologies Chris Colson Program Director Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Mark Dixon, AAP, APRP, CTP, NCP Senior Consultant, Nacha Consulting Services Nacha Sharon Hallmark, AAP, APRP Director, Payments Education EPCOR James Maimone, CTP Senior Vice President, Payments Solutions Consultant Citizens Financial Group
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Safeguarding ACH Payments: The Imperative of ACH Monitoring and Account Verification Event In-person Track ACH Lisa Coffey Chief Innovation Officer Corporate America Credit Union Eric Dotson Executive Vice President Aptys Solutions Anthony Woodall Partner Relationship Manager Advanced Fraud Solutions
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Crypto Summer? Recent Developments and Impact on the Payments Landscape Event In-person Track Disruptive Ideas & Technologies Jess Cheng Member – Fintech and Financial Services Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Nuveen Dhingra Regulatory Counsel Stripe Megan Lindgren Financial Services Counsel Federal Reserve Bank of New York Joseph Torregrossa Associate General Counsel Federal Reserve Bank of New York
11:40 AM Monday, 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Payment Systems Overview Event In-person Track ACH
01:00 PM Monday, 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Fundamentals of Risk Management Event In-person Track Cybersecurity & Risk Mary Mumper-Morrison, AAP, APRP, CAMS Director Education NEACH
02:05 PM Monday, 02:05 PM - 03:05 PM (1 hour) Industry Focus: Fighting Fraud Across the Globe: What Can the U.S. Learn from Other Geos? Event In-person Track Keynotes Jane E. Larimer President & CEO Nacha Ghita Erling Chief Executive Officer The Payments Association of South Africa Kristina Logue Chief Financial Officer Payments Canada Jane-Renee Retimana Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer Payments NZ David Pitt Chief Executive Officer Pay.UK
03:10 PM Monday, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM (0 hours 50 minutes) Faster Payments Foundations Event In-person Track ACH Joseph Casali, AAP, APRP, NCP Executive Vice President NEACH
04:10 PM Monday, 04:10 PM - 05:10 PM (1 hour) Not On My Watch: Best Practices to Help Protect Against Payment Fraud Event In-person Track Cybersecurity & Risk Vincent Meluzio Treasury, Payments, Trust & Safety - Product Solutions Specialist Lead J.P. Morgan Abbey Steinberg Manager, Digital & Emerging Payment Solutions Unum Group
04:10 PM Monday, 04:10 PM - 05:10 PM (1 hour) Using AI to Enhance the Client Experience Event In-person Track AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies Steve Douglass VP, Sales and Business Development The Clearing House Lawrence T. Lau, AAP Independent Consultant Greg Lloyd SVP Sales; Banking & Capital Markets Endava Kevin Miyamoto Co-Founder & COO Identifee
04:10 PM Monday, 04:10 PM - 05:10 PM (1 hour) The PaaS Balancing Act: Market Opportunities vs. Compliance Event In-person Track Smarter Payments Experience Elspeth Bloodgood, AAP, NCP Senior Manager, Product Management Jack Henry & Associates Sahil Goswami SVP, Head of Fintech The Dart Bank Maf Sonko President Victor