Sessions Agenda | Payments 2026

Sunday, April 26

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

02:00 PM

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

Legal Considerations for Open Finance and Data Rights

Event

In-person

Track

Legal Considerations in Payments

Paul Horan

General Counsel

Akoya

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, CTP

Director, Market Intelligence

Denovo Treasury

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)

Inside the Hill: Legislative Momentum and the ACH Network

Event

In-person

Track

Compliance & Regulatory

Legal Considerations in Payments

Jeffrey Hunter

Partner

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

William D. Sullivan

Associate Managing Director, Government & Industry Relations

Nacha

Monday, April 27

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)

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

Jeffrey 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)

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

Event

In-person

Track

Stablecoin Strategies

Barry Goldbrenner

Senior Counsel, Digital Assets & FinTech Banking

Cross River Bank

Ian Moloney

Chief Policy Officer

American Fintech Council

Alex Treece

Co-Founder & CEO

Stablecore

Keith Vander Leest

US General Manager

BVNK

02:30 PM

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

Benchmarking Open Banking Reforms Around the World

Event

In-person

Track

Compliance & Regulatory

Legal Considerations in Payments

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, Kinexys Liink

Kinexys by JPMorgan

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

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

Tuesday, April 28

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)

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.

09:35 AM

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

Interplay of EU and US Payment Laws and Regulations

Event

In-person

Track

Legal Considerations in Payments

Aaron Kouhoupt

Partner

Womble Bond Dickinson

Matthew Luzadder

Managing Partner Chicago Office

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

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

Aliya Haider

Founder & Principal

Chapter Advisory Services

Sara Hentges, AAP, APRP, NCP

Senior Director of Operations

Upper Midwest ACH Association

Brent Phillips, AAP, APRP, CTP

Senior Vice President, Director of ACH Operations

Cadence Bank

02:10 PM

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

Hot Topics in Payments: An Open Discussion

Event

In-person

Track

Legal Considerations in Payments

Ellen Traupman Berge

Partner

Venable LLP

Andrew Bigart

Partner

Venable LLP

04:10 PM

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

Embedded Finance and “Payments as-a-Service” Models: Navigating Legal Risk

Event

In-person

Track

Legal Considerations in Payments

Andrew Bigart

Partner

Venable LLP

Meredith Carlo

General Counsel

i2c

Kristi Driskill

Senior Counsel

PNC Bank

Jonathon Grayson

Fidelity Information Services

Wednesday, April 29

08:00 AM

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

Open Banking at a Crossroads: Legal Realities and Regulatory Futures

Event

In-person

Track

Disruptive Ideas & Technologies

Adam Maarec

Attorney at Law

McGlinchey Stafford

Joshua Orenstein

Head of Consumer Legal, Product & Regulatory

Stripe, Inc.

Elyse Whitehead

Lead Litigation & Employment Counsel

Plaid Inc.

09:05 AM

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

Recent Developments in Electronic Payments Law

Event

In-person

Track

Legal Considerations in Payments

Matthew Luzadder

Managing Partner Chicago Office

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

In-Person Sessions

Sunday, April 26

Monday, April 27

Tuesday, April 28

Wednesday, April 29