Sessions Agenda | Payments 2026

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Sunday, April 26

11:00 AM

Sunday, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (1 hour)

Smarter Faster Strategy: Your Conference Kickoff

Start your week at Payments with intention. This interactive kickoff session is designed to help you make the most of your time in San Diego.

Event

In-person

Ashley Mustico, AAP, AFPP, APRP

Senior Director, Education & Accreditation

Nacha

01:00 PM

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

Managing the Holistic Risks in Nested Third-Party Payment Processing

Event

In-person

Track

Compliance & Regulatory

Legal Considerations in Payments

Marsha Jones, NCP

President

Third Party Payment Processors Association

Carlin McCrory

Attorney

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

01:00 PM

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

Round-the-Clock Readiness: Why 24x7x365 Operations Drive Success

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Kevin Schwarz

Principal Enterprise Architect Strategic Customer Engagement

Amazon Web Services

Gary Stein

Managing Director, North American Payments Leadership

Accenture

Michelle E. Ziolkowski, CTP

Head of Payables, SVP

Truist

01:00 PM

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

Mastering the Nacha Operating Rules: Uncovering Nuances and Ensuring ACH Compliance

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Carinda Conahan, AAP

Associate Managing Director, ACH Network Rules and Enforcement

Nacha

Lawrence Lau, AAP

SVP, Director of Payments, Digital & Product Management

West Coast Community Bank

James Petkovits, AAP, AFPP, APRP, NCP

VP, Education & Events

WesPay

02:00 PM

Sunday, 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Exceptions at the Speed of Now: Managing Risk in Faster Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Payments in Practice

Paul Amisano

Vice President, FedNow Product

Federal Reserve Financial Services

Justin Lutes, AAP, AFPP, APRP, NCP

VP, Correspondent Services

Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union

Mick Oppy

Chief Executive Officer

Neural Payments

02:00 PM

Sunday, 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

First Party Fraud: A Victimless Crime?

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Jordan Bennett, AAP, APRP

Senior Director, Network Risk Management

Nacha

Chad Frank, AAP, APRP, CCBIA

Executive Vice President, Risk & Compliance

PaymentsFirst, Inc.

Steven Gray

Enterprise Payments Segment Risk Officer

Huntington National Bank

02:00 PM

Sunday, 02:00 PM - 02:50 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

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

04:10 PM

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

Generations of Change: How Payments Past Shape the Future

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Doug Carlson

SVP, Head of Payments Product Management

PNC Bank

Daniel Devine

SVP - Payments Strategy and Innovation

Customers Bank

Steve Douglass

VP, Sales and Business Development

The Clearing House

Stacy Rosenthal

VP, Payment Solutions

PayPal

04:10 PM

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

Instant Payments Adoption: Case Study Success Stories

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Peter A. Davey, AAP

Founder & Principal Advisor

Payments Jedi Advisory

Jorge Jimenez

CEO

Global Fintech Forum

Craig Ramsey, AFPP

Head of Account-to-Account Payments

ACI Worldwide

Monday, April 27

08:00 AM

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

Digital Natives Are Rewriting the Rules of B2B Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Jessica L. Cheney, AAP, CTP

VP of Product Management and Strategic Solutions, Banking Solutions

Bottomline

Greg Miles

EVP, Head of TM Products and Services

Regions Bank

10:20 AM

Monday, 10:20 AM - 11:10 AM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Exploring the Blueprint for Success

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

02:30 PM

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

Ripped from the Headlines! Hot Takes on Hot Topics in Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Jennifer Aguilar, APRP

Senior Associate

Alston & Bird LLP

Caroline Cypriano

Co-Founder & COO

JJ4tech

Tara Edmonds, NCP

SVP, Enterprise Payments Strategy Leader

SouthState Bank

Bridget Hall

Leader of Real-Time Payments, Americas

ACI Worldwide

Anthony Serio

Co-Founder & COO

7T World

Peter Tapling, AFPP, APRP

Managing Director

PTap Advisory, LLC

Tristan Thompson

Chief Commercial Banking Services and Payments Officer

Central Bank

02:30 PM

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

Fundamentals of Risk Management

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

02:30 PM

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

Delivering Faster Payments Through Nested Relationships

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Tom Harel

CIO

Routable

Nicole Maio

Chief Revenue Officer

Dwolla

Nick Stanescu

Executive Vice President, Chief FedNow® Executive

Federal Reserve Financial Services

04:30 PM

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

Futureproofing Payments: Staying Resilient in a World That Doesn't Pause

Event

In-person

Track

Payments in Practice

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Vishal Arora

Head, Agentic and Generative AI for Payments

Amazon Web Services

Larry Fatima, AFPP

Executive Director, Payables Product

Wells Fargo

Booshan Rengachari

CEO

Finzly, Inc.

Tuesday, April 28

08:30 AM

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

Breaking Silos: Aligning Vendor Onboarding with ACH & Fraud Prevention Goals

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Larry Fatima, AFPP

Executive Director, Payables Product

Wells Fargo

Emily Rosenberg

Regional Director

PaymentWorks

Michele Tackett, MPA

Finance Manager

City of Carlsbad

08:30 AM

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

ACH Network Operations

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

09:35 AM

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

The Pulse of Payments: ACH's Role in Powering the U.S. Economy

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Jason Carone, AAP, AFPP, 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

09:35 AM

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

Risk & Regulatory Environment

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Mary Mumper-Morrison, AAP, AFPP, APRP, CAMS

Director Education

NEACH

10:20 AM

Tuesday, 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM (1 hour)

Payments Risk Policy & Governance

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Mary Mumper-Morrison, AAP, AFPP, APRP, CAMS

Director Education

NEACH

11:35 AM

Tuesday, 11:35 AM - 12:25 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Achieving ACH Operational Compliance: Keys to Building a Strong Compliance Program

Event

In-person

Track

Payments in Practice

Jordan Bennett, AAP, APRP

Senior Director, Network Risk Management

Nacha

Sara Hentges, AAP, APRP, NCP

Senior Director of Operations

Upper Midwest ACH Association

Brent Phillips, AAP, AFPP, APRP, CTP

Senior Vice President, Director of ACH Operations

Cadence Bank

Shelli Pritchard AAP

Payment Risk Policy Analyst

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

11:35 AM

Tuesday, 11:35 AM - 12:25 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Payments Professionals Get Scammed, Too

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Alexandria Broadhead, AAP

VP, Digital Banking

CommerceOne Bank

Jorge Jimenez

CEO

Global Fintech Forum

11:35 AM

Tuesday, 11:35 AM - 12:25 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

ACH Payment System Flows

Event

In-person

Mary Mumper-Morrison, AAP, AFPP, APRP, CAMS

Director Education

NEACH

11:35 AM

Tuesday, 11:35 AM - 12:25 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Payment Systems Overview

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

01:05 PM

Tuesday, 01:05 PM - 01:55 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Faster Payments Flows

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Joseph Casali, AAP, AFPP, APRP, NCP

Executive Vice President

NEACH

02:10 PM

Tuesday, 02:10 PM - 03:00 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Payments Standards, Formatting & Technology

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Joseph Casali, AAP, AFPP, APRP, NCP

Executive Vice President

NEACH

04:10 PM

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

The Payment Security Playbook: Build Your Strategy, Live

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Diane Holbert CTP

Partner Relationships Director

Early Warning

Matthew Peterson

Partner Relationships Director

Early Warning

Robyn Quintero, CTP

Director, Senior Payments Product Manager

Bank of America N.A.

Wednesday, April 29

08:00 AM

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

Implementing Nacha's Fraud Monitoring Rule

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Brant Gibson AAP

Director, EFT Services

West Virginia State Treasurer's Office

Gregory Rettinger, AAP

Vice President, Global Treasury Management

U.S. Bank

09:05 AM

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

Strengthening Cyber Hygiene Through Human-Centered Strategies

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Collin Connors

CISC, CRC, CCFC Cyber & Crypto Security Consultant

ERMProtect Cybersecurity Solutions

Dr. Monte Ward, AAP, MCS, CISSP, CERP, CRCM

EVP, Bank Operations

Prime Meridian Bank

In-Person Sessions

Sunday, April 26

Monday, April 27

Tuesday, April 28

Wednesday, April 29