Sessions Agenda | Payments 2026

Tuesday, April 28

09:35 AM

Tuesday, 09:35 AM - 10:25 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Faster Funding is the Future: Request for Payment & Real Time Payroll

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Doug Carlson

SVP, Head of Payments Product Management

PNC Bank

Jim Colassano

SVP, Product Development

The Clearing House

Jacqueline Frietze, AAP

Treasury Banking and Operations Sr. Director

ADP, Inc.

09:35 AM

Tuesday, 09:35 AM - 10:25 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Turning Payments Modernization into a Strategic Advantage for Mid-Tier Financial Institutions

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Sanjeev Kumar Jha

Group CIO & Head of Product Engineering

Synovus Financial Corporation

Laura McGortey, MBA

Director, Product Group Manager

Synovus Financial Corporation

04:10 PM

Tuesday, 04:10 PM - 05:00 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Aligning Strategy Across the Payments Ecosystem

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Kelly Berge, AAP

Assistant Digital Operations & Payments Manager, Vice President

Mercantile Bank

Stacey Gross, AAP, APRP, SA, POPM, PMC-IV

Director, Product Line Manager, ACH

FIS

Amy Leslie, AAP

Global Payments & Liquidity - ACH Risk, Compliance and Industry

Wells Fargo

Christina Rice, AAP, APRP, NCP

Manager, Payments Education Special Programs

The Clearing House Payments Authority