Sessions Agenda | Payments 2026

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Monday, April 27

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

02:30 PM

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

How Fraudsters Exploit the Gaps You Don't See

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Benjamin Chance

General Manager, Identity and Payments Risk

Early Warning

Kathy Mertes

Vice President: Executive Leader for Digital Payments

Conduent Business Services, LLC

Lawrence Pannell, CTP

Partners & Channels Leader

Early Warning

02:30 PM

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

The Future of High-Value Payments: Wires, CHIPS & Digital Currencies

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Sandy Aggarwal

Executive Director, Payments & Global Transactions Banking Technology

Mizuho Bank

Bhaskar Banerjee, MBA

 Financial Services Director

Accenture

Anoop Basavarajaiah

Global Head of Pre-Sales

Volante

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)

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.

02:30 PM

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

Topical Talk: Fraud Disrupted: Collective Industry Insights on Compliance and Risk

Event

In-person

Track

Topical Talks

Wanda Downs, AAP, APRP, NCP

Senior VP, Payments Education

ePayResources

Lenny Gusel

Head of Fraud Solutions, North America

Feedzai Inc.

Steve Lenderman, CFE

Head of Fraud Prevention

isolved

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, AFPP, 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

Charles Ellert, PMP

Associate Managing Director, ACH Network Development

Nacha

Ivy Gupta

Lead Product Counsel, Payments

Plaid Inc.

Matthew Luzadder

Managing Partner Chicago Office

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Gloria Wan

General Manager, Kinexys Liink

Kinexys by JPMorgan

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)

Optimizing Payment Choice to Drive Customer Satisfaction

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Kyle Hermenegildo

Head of Payments Operations

Computershare

Andrew Stache

SVP, Global Treasury Management

Wells Fargo

EdaBeth Brown Ward, AAP

Associate Vice President, Order to Cash

DirecTV

02:30 PM

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

Laying the Groundwork for Open Banking Success

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Kimberly Keely

Co-Head Emerging Payments Product Solutions Specialist

J.P. Morgan

Monica Mitchem

Director, Billings Operations

HomeServe USA

Shawn Princell

Co-Founder/Board Member

ValidiFI

03:25 PM

Monday, 03:25 PM - 04:15 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Faster Payments Foundations

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

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

Director Education

NEACH

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

Head of Fraud Commercial Strategy

Nasdaq Verafin

04:30 PM

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

Executive Session: Building a Compelling Instant Payments Business Proposal for Your Board

Event

In-person

Track

Executive Series

Faster Payments Experience

Carrie Blankenship

VP, Payment Operations & Product Strategy

Suncoast Credit Union

Rusiru Gunasena, MBA

Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development for Service Providers

The Clearing House

Bridget Hall

Leader of Real-Time Payments, Americas

ACI Worldwide

Christine Mayes

EVP, Chief Member Engagement Officer

Corporate One Federal Credit Union

Kelli Watkins

Assistant Vice President – Payment Services

Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union

04:30 PM

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

Spotlight Session: Proving the Payoff: Turning Open Finance into Measurable Growth

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Spotlight Sessions

George Anderson

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Ninth Wave

Ken Deveaux

EVP, Director of Commercial Treasury Product Management

M&T Bank

04:30 PM

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

How Instant Payments Are Gaining Momentum at Community Banks

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Michael A. Bilski

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

North American Banking Company

Jessica Johnson, AAP, NCP

SVP, Director of Bank Operations

First National Banker's Bank

Reed Luhtanen

Executive Director

U.S. Faster Payments Council

Cassandra Tucker

Head of Operations

ABNB Federal Credit Union

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, CTP

Director, Market Intelligence

Denovo Treasury

Greg Lloyd

SVP Sales; Banking & Capital Markets

Endava

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)

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.

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

Kathryn Decker, AAP, AFPP, APRP

Director, Payments Strategy

USAA Federal Savings Bank

Mark Ranta, CTP

Senior Manager, Payment Technology Transformation

Ernst & Young

Greg Weddell, CTP

Director, Digital Product Management

FIS Global

Brian Weide, AAP, CTP

Director of Treasury Management

DeNovo Treasury, LLC.

04:30 PM

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

Mastering Your B2C Payout Strategy

Event

In-person

Track

Payments in Practice

Mark Barfield

Principal Treasury Payment Ops

AT&T

James Chi

Head of Bank Partnerships and Operations

Block, Inc.

Stephanee Taylor, AAP, AFPP, CTP

Executive Director, Senior Lead Business Growth Strategy Consultant

Wells Fargo

Diana Vasquez

Senior Director, Treasury Banking Operations

ADP

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)

Spotlight Session: Payments Innovation Trends Driving B2B Transactions

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Spotlight Sessions

Steven Bernstein

Head of N. America Strategic Business Development

J.P. Morgan

Alan Koenigsberg

Founder & CEO

Koenigsberg Insights

Attie Muse

Sr Director - Payment Strategy & Operations

Verizon

Diana Vasquez

Senior Director, Treasury Banking Operations

ADP

08:30 AM

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

ISO 20022 Adoption: Transforming Compliance into Competitive Advantage

Event

In-person

Track

Payments in Practice

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Dr. Leo J. Lipis

Chief Executive Officer

Lipis Advisors

Keith Melton

SVP, Head of Product Commercialization

The Clearing House

Adam Needel

Director- A2A Payments Solution Leader

ACI Worldwide

08:30 AM

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

ACH Network Operations

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

08:30 AM

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

Executive Session: The Transformative Journey Towards Instant Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Executive Series

Faster Payments Experience

Alex Lopatine

CEO

Blossom

Christine Mayes

EVP, Chief Member Engagement Officer

Corporate One Federal Credit Union

Kelli Watkins

Assistant Vice President – Payment Services

Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union

08:30 AM

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

From FinTech Innovator to Bank-ish FinTech Pioneer

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Alice Ahn

Senior Regulatory Counsel

Adyen N.V.

Houri Vartanian Simon, AAP

Senior Product & Regulatory Lead

Adyen N.V.

08:30 AM

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

Understanding the Legal Implications of Payments Settlement

Event

In-person

Track

Legal Considerations in Payments

Jennifer Aguilar, APRP

Senior Associate

Alston & Bird LLP

Jason Carone, AAP, AFPP, APRP, CTP

Senior Vice President, ACH Product Management

The Clearing House

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

08:30 AM

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

Modernizing Treasury's Business Processes Using ERS

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Lisa Innaurato

Branch Manager, Case Management Branch

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service

Gary Swasey

Program Manager

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service

Della Tate, AAP

Program Director - Retail Payments

Federal Reserve Financial Services

In-Person Sessions

Monday, April 27

Tuesday, April 28