Sessions Agenda | Payments 2026

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Sunday, April 26

01:00 PM

Sunday, 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Transaction Tagging for the Pay by Bank Evolution

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Matthew R. Friend

Head of Account-Based Payment Networks

JP Morgan Chase

Shawn Princell

Co-Founder/Board Member

ValidiFI

Brandie Thacker, MBA, AAP, CAE

President & CEO

EPCOR

02:05 PM

Sunday, 02:05 PM - 02:55 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Smarter AND Faster: Real-Time Payments Meet Intelligent Design

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Amy Burr

SVP, Head of Product, Market Insights & Customer Experience

Federal Reserve Financial Services

Stephanie Modar, AAP

Director of BNY Domestic Payments Team

BNY

Julie Offen

Faster Payments Product

Wells Fargo

Miriam Sheril, AFPP

Head of Product - US

Form3

02:05 PM

Sunday, 02:05 PM - 02:55 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

AI and Stablecoins: A Primer

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Lawrence Lau, AAP

SVP, Director of Payments, Digital & Product Management

West Coast Community Bank

Kevin Miyamoto

Co-Founder & COO

Identifee

Kevin Olsen AAP, AFPP, APRP, MCSE, NCP

Senior Vice President, Payments Solutions

Pidgin

02:05 PM

Sunday, 02:05 PM - 02:55 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Using AI and Positive Pay to Defend Your Clients

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Louann Habenicht

SVP Director of Treasury Management Solutions

Susser Bank

Brian Hall

Principle Digital Stategist

Q2 Software, Inc.

Debbie Smart, AFPP, CTP, NCP

Senior Product Marketer

Q2 Software, Inc.

03:10 PM

Sunday, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Build Better Banking [Experiences] Through Embedded Intelligence

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Paul Margarites

Head of Commercial Digital Platforms

TD Bank, N.A.

Lisa Shields

Founder & CEO

FISPAN

03:10 PM

Sunday, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

RfP Is Redefining Gaming Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Leighton Webb

Vice President of iGaming and Sports Betting

PayNearMe, Inc.

03:10 PM

Sunday, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Market Developments in Stablecoins and What They Mean for the Payments Industry

Event

In-person

Track

Stablecoin Strategies

To be announced

03:10 PM

Sunday, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Spotlight Session: Navigating the New Frontiers of Cybersecurity

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Spotlight Sessions

Justin W. Ellerman

Director, Head of Cyber Client Advisory

Wells Fargo

Jen Mack

Global Program Director, Quantum Safe

IBM

Ben Meyer

FBI San Diego Criminal Cyber Squad

03:10 PM

Sunday, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Open Banking Access: To Charge or Not to Charge: That Is the Data Access Question

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Tedd Huff

Founder & CEO

Fintech Confidential

Ken Kruszka

Managing Director

Something FINteresting

Zoya Lieberman, MBA, CTP

Principal Strategist

Endava

Brian Weide, AAP, CTP

Director of Treasury Management

DeNovo Treasury, LLC.

03:10 PM

Sunday, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

The Legal and Compliance Landscape of Stablecoins

Event

In-person

Track

Legal Considerations in Payments

Stablecoin Strategies

Kevin Donoughe

Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

Regions Bank

Lauren Quigley

Senior Counsel

Dykema Gossett, PLLC

04:10 PM

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

Instant Payments vs. Cards: Compete, Complement or Converge?

Event

In-person

Track

Payments in Practice

Sofia Freyder

VP-Product Management

American Express Company

Abhay Rathi

Managing Director-Business Consulting

Ernst & Young

Sumved Sharma

Principal

Kepler Cannon

04:10 PM

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

Driving Growth in Instant Payments by Adding Send

Event

In-person

Track

Payments in Practice

Jim Hunt

Division Head and Vice President - Cards, Payments & Strategy

1st Source Bank

Sri Iyer

Head of Product - Payments

Cross River Bank

Justin Lutes, AAP, APRP, NCP

VP, Correspondent Services

Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union

Stephanie Miracle

Director, FedNow Product Management

Federal Reserve Financial Services

04:10 PM

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

Demystifying Digital Assets in the Real World

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Justin Chapman

Executive Vice President, Group Head of Strategic Partnerships

Northern Trust Corporation

Elizabeth St-Onge

Managing Director & Head of Digital Assets Product and Strategy

TD Securities

Gilbert Verdian

Chief Executive Officer/Founder

Quant

Monday, April 27

08:00 AM

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

The Stablecoin Shift: What It Means for Money, Movement, and the Future of Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Stablecoin Strategies

Peter Tapling, AFPP, APRP

Managing Director

PTap Advisory, LLC

Adrian Wall

Chief Executive Officer

Digital Sovereignty Alliance

08:00 AM

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

The Game-Changing Influence of AI on Payments

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Steven 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

08:00 AM

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

Reimagining ACH Payment Flows for Today's Instant Economy

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Jane Hennessy

Senior Banking and Payments Consultant

Finzly

Tim Mills

Executive Vice President, Head of Enterprise Payments & Open Banking

Regions Bank

Shawn Princell

Co-Founder/Board Member

ValidiFI

08:00 AM

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

FTC Investigations and Enforcement of Payments: What FIs and Fintechs Need to Know

Event

In-person

Track

Legal Considerations in Payments

Keith Barnett

Partner

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Katia Lewis

Legal Counsel

Nuvei

11:25 AM

Monday, 11:25 AM - 12:15 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Stablecoins at the Crossroads: Innovation, Regulation, and the Role of Financial Institutions

Event

In-person

Track

Stablecoin Strategies

Nick Elledge

Co-Founder & COO

Stablecore

Barry Goldbrenner

Senior Counsel, Digital Assets & FinTech Banking

Cross River Bank

Ian Moloney

Chief Policy Officer

American Fintech Council

Keith Vander Leest

US General Manager

BVNK

11:25 AM

Monday, 11:25 AM - 12:15 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Diving into Digital Assets: Managing Risk, Compliance and Consumer Protection

Event

In-person

Track

Compliance & Regulatory

Legal Considerations in Payments

Clinton Graham

Managing Director and Lead Client Portfolio Manager

Wellington Management

Jeffery Hunter

Partner

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Matthew Luzadder

Managing Partner Chicago Office

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Chini Reddy

Assistant General Counsel

TRM Labs

Adrian Wall

Chief Executive Officer

Digital Sovereignty Alliance

11:25 AM

Monday, 11:25 AM - 12:15 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Making the Case for Pay by Bank: One-time v. Recurring Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Sumner Francisco

BNY Mellon

Vice President, Product Management

R. Andrew Gomez

Senior Advisor

Paylume

Ross McFerrin

Vice President, Enterprise Growth

Trustly

11:25 AM

Monday, 11:25 AM - 12:15 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Beyond APIs: The Strategic Value of Data Out in Open Finance

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Glenn Stanzione

Vice President, Sr. Manager - Open Banking

PNC Bank

Florian Wahl

Product Strategy

Akoya

02:30 PM

Monday, 02:30 PM - 03:20 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Executive Session: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Payment Ops Team

Event

In-person

Track

Executive Series

Practical Strategies

Kathryn Decker, AAP, APRP

Director, Payments Strategy

USAA Federal Savings Bank

Laine Donlan

Software Engineering Group Head

Truist Financial Corporation

Kara Ford

Senior Director, Consumer Payments

Ally Bank

02:30 PM

Monday, 02:30 PM - 03:20 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Decentralized, Not Disconnected: Sharing Fraud Intelligence

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Shaffer Bond

Payments

Plaid, Inc.

Charles Ellert, PMP

Associate Managing Director, ACH Network Development

Nacha

Matthew Luzadder

Managing Partner Chicago Office

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Gloria Wan

General Manager of Confirm, Route Logic

Kinexys by JPMorgan

02:30 PM

Monday, 02:30 PM - 03:20 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Winning Moves: How Top Gaming Operators Outpace Fraud and Abuse

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Joshua Slaff

Fanatics, Inc.

Ori Snir

GM & Head of Product, Fraud & Identity Solutions

Socure, Inc.

04:30 PM

Monday, 04:30 PM - 05:20 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Bank-Fintech Relationships: A Legal Perspective on Maximizing Opportunities While Managing the Risks

Event

In-person

Track

Legal Considerations in Payments

Aisha Hall, AAP

Attorney

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP

Katherine Razdolsky Rothstein

Senior Counsel

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP

04:30 PM

Monday, 04:30 PM - 05:20 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Is the Future of Open Banking Going to Find Just Closed Doors?

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Nate Marquiss

Head of Financial Services

Trustly

Mark Ranta

Senior Manager, Payment Technology Transformation

Ernst & Young

04:30 PM

Monday, 04:30 PM - 05:20 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Stablecoins: Catalyst or Catastrophe for our Entire Financial System?

Event

In-person

Track

Stablecoin Strategies

Stacy Bjornstad

Client Strategy Executive

Ken Kruszka

Managing Director

Something FINteresting

Zoya Lieberman, MBA, CTP

Principal Strategist

Endava

Greg Lloyd

SVP Sales; Banking & Capital Markets

Endava

04:30 PM

Monday, 04:30 PM - 05:20 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Is AI Friend or Foe to Fraud Fighters?

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Dave Excell

Founder

Featurespace

Staci Shatsoff

AVP, Secure Payments, FRFS Payments Improvement

Federal Reserve Financial Services

Greg Williamson

SVP, Fraud Reduction

Bank Policy Institute

Tuesday, April 28

08:30 AM

Tuesday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

AI in Action: Unlocking the Future of Payments Operations

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

EdaBeth Brown, AAP

Associate Vice President, Order to Cash

DirecTV

Mark Dixon, AAP, APRP, CTP, NCP

Senior Consultant, Nacha Consulting Services

Nacha

Kevin Miyamoto

Co-Founder & COO

Identifee

Trey Ragland

Product Development Director

Corporate America Credit Union

08:30 AM

Tuesday, 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

How Financial Institutions Can Lead the Next Chapter in Digital Money

Event

In-person

Track

Stablecoin Strategies

Jeff Lennox

VP, Business Development - Americas

Circle Internet Contract Services LLC

Susan Morris, APRP

Senior Vice President

Peoples National Bank

Carlos Netto

Co-Founder and CEO

Matera

Peter Tapling, AFPP, APRP

Managing Director

PTap Advisory, LLC

In-Person Sessions

Sunday, April 26

Monday, April 27

Tuesday, April 28