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)

AI in Payments: From Fraud Detection to Customer Experience

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Susan Aarons

VP, Banking Solutions Advisor

Colony Bank

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

Managing Director Head of Account Based Payments Strategy & Advocacy

JP Morgan Chase

Rusiru Gunasena, MBA

Senior Vice President, RTP Product Management and Strategy

The Clearing House

Shawn Princell

Co-Founder/Board Member

ValidiFI

Brandie Thacker, MBA, AAP, CAE

President & CEO

EPCOR

01:00 PM

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

Quantum Advantage or Quantum Apocalypse? Preparing Payments for the Coming Shift

Event

In-person

John Brady

Chief Architect

Candescent

Mike Fleck

Senior Director of Product Marketing

DigiCert

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

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

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

02:10 PM

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

Payment Integrity: Unifying Fraud, Risk, and Compliance in the AI Era

Event

In-person

Track

AI-Driven Innovations and Strategies

Christian Crisan

Managing Director, Financial Services Advisory

Splunk

03:10 PM

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

Improving Fraud Risk Management with Account Validation

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Smarter Faster Payments Zone

Robert Gossett

Vice President, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan

JP Morgan Chase

Marc Trepanier

Principal Fraud Consultant

ACI Worldwide

Robert Unger, AAP

Managing Director, ACH Network Development

Nacha

03:10 PM

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

Practical AI Adoption: Hands-On Strategies for Financial Institutions

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

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)

Combatting Fraud and Scams in the Age of Digital Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Scott Anchin

Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Policy

Independent Community Bankers of America

Kerry Cantley

Consultant

Mitek Systems, Inc.

Michael Timoney

VP - Secure Payments

Federal Reserve Financial Services

Jaime Zetterstrom

Vice President of Product and Innovation

Somos Inc.

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

Matteo Monaco

Payments Industry Specialist

The Clearing House

Stacy Rosenthal

VP, Payment Solutions

PayPal

Monday, April 27

08:00 AM

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

Spotlight Session: Ensuring Business Continuity with Emerging Payments

Event

In-person

Track

Practical Strategies

Spotlight Sessions

Drew Bingham

Chief Technology Officer

OTR Solutions

Adam Rigby, AAP, AFPP, CTP

SVP, Emerging Payments Product Leader

Truist Financial Corporation

Veronica Thompson

Sr. Principal Team Leader

Chick-fil-A, Inc.

11:25 AM

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

Fraud in the Fast Lane: Defending ACH and Merchant Payments in Real Time

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Diane Holbert CTP

Partner Relationships Director

Early Warning

Emily Howell

Corporate Treasurer

Copart

Marie Mui

Executive Director, Merchant Services Growth Leader

Wells Fargo

Ellen Tomek

Senior Director, NA Risk

Visa Inc.

11:25 AM

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

Redefining Financial Crime Defense with Agentic Workers

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

To be announced

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)

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)

Fraud Disrupted: Collective Industry Insights on Compliance and Risk

Event

In-person

Track

Topical Talks

To be announced

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)

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)

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)

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

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 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 Commercialization Strategy

Nasdaq Verafin

Tuesday, April 28

08:30 AM

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

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

Event

In-person

Track

ACH

Larry Fatima, AFPP

Executive Director, Payables Product

Wells Fargo

Emily Rosenberg

Regional Director

PaymentWorks

Michele Tackett

Finance Manager

City of Carlsbad

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 Ward, AAP

Associate Vice President, Order to Cash

DirecTV

Mark Dixon, AAP, AFPP, APRP, CTP, NCP

Senior Consultant, Nacha Consulting Services

Nacha

Kevin Miyamoto

Co-Founder & COO

Identifee

Trey Ragland

Product Development Director

Corporate America Credit Union

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

09:35 AM

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

How Technology Innovations Are Combatting Fraud

Event

In-person

Track

Cybersecurity & Risk

Steven Bernstein

Head of N. America Strategic Business Development

J.P. Morgan

Carolina Caballero

Head of AP Payments and Recon

Amazon

Lawrence Parnell

Early Warning

Matt Vega

Chief of Staff

Sardine

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

In-Person Sessions

Sunday, April 26

Monday, April 27

Tuesday, April 28