Sessions Agenda | Payments 2025

All times listed are Central.

Tuesday, April 29

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)

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)

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

Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

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)

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)

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)

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)

Risk & Regulatory Environment

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

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

12:00 PM

Tuesday, 12:00 PM - 01:45 PM (1 hour 45 minutes)

The Team's Success Is Your Success: You Cannot Do This Alone, You Will Succeed or Fail as a Team

Payments Keynote Luncheon

Event

In-person

Track

Keynotes

Mike Massimino

NASA Astronaut, Author and Professor

02:00 PM

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

Harnessing Instant Payments to Solve Real Life Business Problems

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

James Chi

Global Payment Partnerships and Operations - Bank, Identity, Risk

Block, Inc.

Sri Iyer

Head of Product - Payments

Cross River Bank

Bernadette Ksepka

SVP, FedNow Deputy Head of Product Development

Federal Reserve Financial Services

Kristin S. Walle, AAP, CTP, CAMS

SVP/GM, Global Payments & Compliance

ADP, Inc.

02:00 PM

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

Boosting Account Opening Conversion Rates Through Instant Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Matthew Brazda

Senior Vice President - Real Time Payments

BNY

Keith Gray

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

The Clearing House

Stephany Kirkpatrick

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Orum

02:00 PM

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

Funds Transfer Case Update: An Overview of Recent Cases Related to Funds Transfers Fraud

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Paul Carrubba

Counsel

Adams & Reese, LLP

Scott Jones

Partner

Adams & Reese, LLP

02:00 PM

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

Executive Series: Empowering the Next Generation of Payment Industry Leaders

Check out Christina's blog and discover what's in-store for this interactive session.

Event

In-person

Track

Executive Series

Practical Strategies

Christina Daves

On Air Lifestyle Expert, Host & Interviewer

PR for Anyone®

02:00 PM

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

Fraud Prevention and Treasury Management in the Quantum Computing Era

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Mary Ann Francis

Executive Advisor, CEO, EPAA Ambassador

Dr. Leo J. Lipis

Chief Executive Officer

Lipis Advisors

Casey Wilcox

Commercial Banking Advisor and Industry Consultant

Nymbus

02:00 PM

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

Payments Risk Policy & Governance

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Mary Mumper-Morrison, AAP, APRP, CAMS

Director Education

NEACH

02:00 PM

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

Spotlight Series: Building a Better Payments Journey

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Spotlight Sessions

Matthew R. Friend

Head of New Payment Rails

Chase

Steve Kenneally, AAP

Senior Vice President, Payments

American Bankers Association

Margaret Weichert

Chief Product Officer

The Clearing House

02:00 PM

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

Disrupting Fraud with AI and Consortium Data

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Azin Majidi

AVP, Head of Fraud Product Management

Nasdaq Verafin

Colin Parsons

VP, Head of Fraud Product Strategy

Nasdaq Verafin

02:00 PM

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

Navigating Embedded Finance: Strategic Insights in the Age of Innovation

Event

In-person

Track

Payments in Practice

Jennifer Lucas

Partner – US Lead for Payments Consulting

Ernst & Young

Chris Noe

EVP, Head of Product, Wholesale Payments

Truist

Matt Ribbens, CTP, MBA

Senior Director, Treasury Product Management

First Citizens Bank

02:00 PM

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

Securing Payments at Speed: Binding Identity, Transaction and Account Risk Signals to Stop Fraud in Real Time

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Mike Cook

Head of Fraud Insights

Socure

02:00 PM

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

Consumerization of Business Payments: Adapting to New Expectations

Event

In-person

Track

Smarter Payments Experience

Jennifer Miller, AAP, APRP, NCP

Senior Director of Services

Upper Midwest ACH Association

Robyn Quintero, CTP

Director, Senior Payments Product Manager

Bank of America N.A.

02:55 PM

Tuesday, 02:55 PM - 03:45 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Payments Standards & Technology

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Joseph Casali, AAP, APRP, NCP

Executive Vice President

NEACH

03:55 PM

Tuesday, 03:55 PM - 04:45 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Topical Talk: Harnessing the Power of ISO® 20022 and Federal Reserve APIs

Event

In-person

Track

Topical Talks

Dan DeLuca

Head of Payment Product Strategy

FRFS

Philip Ridgway

AVP - Retail Product Management

Federal Reserve Financial Services

03:55 PM

Tuesday, 03:55 PM - 04:45 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

The Push Is On! Insights into the Latest Innovative Payment Solutions

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Omeed Nabavinejad

Senior Program Manager, Global Domestic Payments

Amazon

Matt Pierce

Founder & CEO

Immediate

Gundeep Singh Malik, CFA

Product Lead – B2C Payments

J. P. Morgan

03:55 PM

Tuesday, 03:55 PM - 04:45 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

The Future of Receivables Is Now: The Role of AI, ML and Robotics

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Michelle Conklin

Receivables & Disbursement Operations and Product Executive

J.P. Morgan

Sam Fahmy

CEO

Ripcord

03:55 PM

Tuesday, 03:55 PM - 04:45 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Building a Next-Generation Fraud Risk Management Framework

Event

In-person

Track

Faster Payments Experience

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Benjamin Chance

General Manager, Identity and Payments Risk

Early Warning

Yinglian Xie

CEO and Co-Founder

DataVisor

03:55 PM

Tuesday, 03:55 PM - 04:45 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Spotlight Series: Ripped From the Headlines: Trending Payments News

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Spotlight Sessions

Tara Edmonds, NCP

SVP, Enterprise Payments Strategy Leader

SouthState Bank

Ivy Gupta

Lead Product Counsel, Payments

Plaid Inc.

Bridget Hall

Leader of Real-Time Payments, Americas

ACI Worldwide

Matthew Luzadder

Managing Partner Chicago Office

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Sarah Stapp

Chief Commercial Officer

Aeropay

Peter Tapling, APRP

Managing Director

PTap Advisory, LLC

Tristan Thompson

Chief Commercial Banking Services and Payments Officer

Central Bank

03:55 PM

Tuesday, 03:55 PM - 04:45 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Regulating the Payments Industry at the State Level

Event

In-person

Track

Compliance & Regulatory

Keith Barnett

Partner

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Katia Lewis

Legal Counsel

Nuvei

Jennifer Stokley

General Counsel

Nacha

03:55 PM

Tuesday, 03:55 PM - 04:45 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Executive Series: Innovation and Access Are Not Mutually Exclusive

Event

In-person

Track

Executive Series

Payments in Practice

Nicole Elam, Esq.

President & CEO

National Bankers Association

Eralda Hasani, AAP, CTP

Head of Domestic Payments

BNY Mellon

Rob Nardelli

Director of Commercial Banking & Business Development

DailyPay

03:55 PM

Tuesday, 03:55 PM - 04:45 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Rooting Out Routing Number Issues to Increase ACH Payments

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Edward Metzger

Vice President Market Planning, Payments Efficiency

LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Amy Morris

Senior Director, ACH Network Rules

Nacha

Robert Unger, AAP

Managing Director, ACH Network Development

Nacha

03:55 PM

Tuesday, 03:55 PM - 04:45 PM (0 hours 50 minutes)

Embracing Disruptive Technologies for a Bold Future

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Margaret Weichert

Chief Product Officer

The Clearing House

Kashif Siddiqui

Head of Innovation, Global Payments Solutions

Bank of America

In-Person Sessions

Tuesday, April 29