Sessions Agenda | Payments 2025

All times listed are Central.

Tuesday, April 29

08:00 AM

Tuesday, 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Three Perspectives on New Fraud Prevention Rules

Event

In-person

Track

Payments in Practice

Robert Foote

Director, Senior Treasury Product Manager - Payments

Bank of America N.A.

Robyn Quintero, CTP

Director, Senior Payments Product Manager

Bank of America N.A.

08:00 AM

Tuesday, 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Crafting Better Defenses with AI and Digital Identity

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Rachel Jolicoeur

Verified, Product Owner

Interac

Marc Trepanier

Principal Fraud Consultant

ACI Worldwide

08:00 AM

Tuesday, 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Don’t Press Your Luck: Ensuring Financial Services Cybersecurity is Not Left to Chance

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Pieralberto Deganello

VP of FRFS Information Security

Federal Reserve Financial Services

Karen Helmberger

Director of Fraud and Payments

FS-ISAC

08:00 AM

Tuesday, 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Accelerating Your Career: Strategies for Next-Gen Payment Professionals

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Christina Daves

On Air Lifestyle Expert, Host & Interviewer

PR for Anyone®

08:00 AM

Tuesday, 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Tag it – Transaction Tagging for Pay by Bank Evolution

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Matthew R. Friend

Head of New Payment Rails

Chase

Rusiru Gunasena, MBA

Senior Vice President, RTP Product Management and Strategy

The Clearing House

Jane Hennessy

Senior Banking and Payments Consultant

Finzly

08:00 AM

Tuesday, 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Is Pay by Bank the Future of e-Commerce?

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Brian Dammeir

General Manager, Head of Payments

Plaid, Inc.

R. Andrew Gomez

Senior Advisor

Paylume

Joshua Karoly

Director, Payments Product

Netflix

08:00 AM

Tuesday, 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Resolved: Financial Institutions Will Not Survive. The BaaS Debate

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Stacy Bjornstad

Client Strategy Executive

Tedd Huff

Founder & CEO

Fintech Confidential

Ken Kruszka

Managing Director

Something FINteresting

Greg Lloyd

SVP Sales; Banking & Capital Markets

Endava

08:00 AM

Tuesday, 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Spotlight Series: The Impact of AI Across the Lifecycle of the Payment

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Spotlight Sessions

Matthew Hardy

Strategy Executive, Global Payments & Compliance

ADP, Inc.

Refugio Lopez

Vice President, Head of US Money Movement

ADP, Inc.

Sanchit Puri

Product Head, ACH & Corporate Wires

J.P. Morgan

08:00 AM

Tuesday, 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Payments Law and Regulation Playing Catch-Up With the Payments Industry

Event

In-person

Track

Compliance & Regulatory

Aisha Hall, AAP

Attorney

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP

Katherine Razdolsky Rothstein

Senior Counsel

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP

09:05 AM

Tuesday, 09:05 AM - 09:55 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Leveraging AI to Detect and Mitigate Fraud

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Scott Jones

Partner

Adams & Reese, LLP

Satish Lalchand

Principal, U.S. Forensic Analytics Leader

Deloitte & Touche, LLP

09:05 AM

Tuesday, 09:05 AM - 09:55 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

ACH-ing for the Future: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Banking and Payments

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Melissa Cain

Manager of Investments

Florida Municipal Power Agency

Aleks Heckner

SVP Regional Sales Director - Treasury Management

Origin Bank

Lee-Ann Perkins

Assistant Treasurer, Senior Director

Ankura Consulting Group

Beatriz Saldivar

Global Payments & Treasury Strategist

FIS Global

09:05 AM

Tuesday, 09:05 AM - 09:55 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Winning and Serving SMB Clients: Success Stories From the Field

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Chris Chaten

SVP, Senior Director, Treasury Management Services, Digital Client Experience

First Citizens Bank

Jennifer Dupre

VP, Business Solutions and Wire Operations Manager

Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company

Jyotsana Jagadish

Head of Corporate Products & Services

TD Bank, N.A.

Dean Jenkins

Principal Digital Strategist

09:05 AM

Tuesday, 09:05 AM - 09:55 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Executive Series: 2025 Insights into Customer Payment Behavior

Event

In-person

Track

Executive Series

Practical Strategies

Tony Hayes

Managing Partner

Banking & Payments Group LLC

Joel Stanton

Chief Executive Officer

FSG Insights

09:05 AM

Tuesday, 09:05 AM - 09:55 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Back to the Future (of Bill Pay!)

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Smarter Payments Experience

Irfan Ahmad

Managing Director, Head of US Payments

Bank of America N.A.

Michelle E. Ziolkowski, CTP

Head of Payables, SVP

Truist

09:05 AM

Tuesday, 09:05 AM - 09:55 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

ISO 20022 in Action: Practical Advice for a Smooth Transition

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

James Maimone, CTP

Senior Vice President, Payments Solutions Consultant

Citizens Financial Group

Ulf Persson

SVP, Strategic Product Management and Analyst Relations

SEEBURGER, Inc.

09:05 AM

Tuesday, 09:05 AM - 09:55 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

How Open Banking Leaves No Room for Fraudsters

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Kimberly Keely

Global Head of Pay by Bank Commercialization

J.P. Morgan

Refugio Lopez

Vice President, Head of US Money Movement

ADP, Inc.

Shawn Princell

Executive Vice President, Sales

ValidiFI

09:05 AM

Tuesday, 09:05 AM - 09:55 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Instant Payments 202: Build Your ROI & Business Case for Board Investment

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Melissa Ashley

President/CEO

Corporate One Federal Credit Union

Jim Colassano

SVP, Product Development

The Clearing House

Bridget Hall

Leader of Real-Time Payments, Americas

ACI Worldwide

Mark A Ranta, CTP

Senior Manager, Payment Technology Transformation

Ernst & Young

09:05 AM

Tuesday, 09:05 AM - 09:55 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Fostering Talent as Generations Collide in the Workforce

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Joseph Casali, AAP, APRP, NCP

Executive Vice President

NEACH

Lisa Jacobi, SHRM-SCP, SPHR

SVP, Chief HR Officer

COCC

Aileen Sheehan, APRP, CTP

Senior Vice President, Treasury Services Manager

Eastern Bank

10:00 AM

Tuesday, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

ACH Network Operations

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Reimagine the Customer Experience by Rethinking Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Payments in Practice

Lilly Dodd

VP, Immediate Payments Product Manager

PNC Bank

Suzanne Hall

Assistant Treasurer

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated

Stephanie Hiersche

Treasury Program Manager

H&R Block

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Executive Series: Open Banking Around the World: Does the Reality Match the Hype

Event

In-person

Track

Executive Series

Smarter Payments Experience

Michael L. Herd

Executive Vice President of ACH Network Administration

Nacha

Andy White

Chief Executive Officer

Australian Payments Network

Ghita Erling

Chief Executive Officer

The Payments Association of South Africa

Jane-Renee Retimana

Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer

Payments NZ

David Pitt

Chief Executive Officer

Pay.UK

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Payments Fortune Telling

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Jennifer Lucas

Partner – US Lead for Payments Consulting

Ernst & Young

Christopher Ward, CCM

EVP, Head of Wholesale Payments

Truist Financial Corporation

Phillipa Wilson

Vice President

Mastercard

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Risk & Regulatory Environment

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

From Risk & Fraud Classification to Control: Strategies for Financial Institutions

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Katie Penoyer, AAP, APRP, CTP

VP/Treasury Services

CNB Bank

Marc Trepanier

Principal Fraud Consultant

ACI Worldwide

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Driving Digital Channels: Leveraging Payments as a Strategic Engine in Automotive eCommerce

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Sebastian Bossenmaier

Manager - Payment & Financial Integration, Region NAFTA

Daimler Truck Financial Services USA LLC

Sunil Kumar

North America Head of Mobility Payments Solutions

J.P. Morgan

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Spotlight Series: Regulator Perspectives: Third- Party Relationships and Risk Management

Event

In-person

Track

Compliance & Regulatory

Spotlight Sessions

Marsha Jones, NCP

President

Third Party Payment Processors Association

Gene Klipin

Lead Risk Management Specialist

Federal Reserve Financial Services

Matthew Luzadder

Managing Partner Chicago Office

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Shelli Pritchard, AAP

Payment Risk Policy Analyst

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Two Years After Studco: The Evolving Rights and Obligations of RDFIs

Event

In-person

Track

Compliance & Regulatory

Scott Jones

Partner

Adams & Reese, LLP

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Why All Faster Payment Types Are Needed to be Successful

Event

In-person

Larry Fatima

Executive Director, Payables Product

Wells Fargo

Reed Luhtanen

Executive Director

U.S. Faster Payments Council

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Opportunities, Challenges and the Future of Core Payments Rails

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Richard P. Dzina

SVP, Product Developmentt

The Clearing House

Tony Gerevics

Managing Director, Operations Industry Relations

JPMorgan Chase

Devon Marsh, APRP

Managing Director, ACH Network Rules and Risk Management

Nacha

Allison Shonerd

Head of Global Digital Disbursements, Global Payments Solutions

Bank of America

11:00 AM

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

The Evolution of Fast Payments: Same Day ACH and the Instant Economy

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Sam Aarons

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Modern Treasury