Monday, April 20, 2020
Spotlight Speaker Series: Making the [Use] Case for Faster Payments
11:20 AM-12:10 PM | Room: National Harbor 10-11
Track: Practical Strategies, Real Results
As an increasing number of faster payments solutions are introduced into the U.S. market, and the volume of transactions processed through these solutions grows, the argument still remains: Do the use cases for faster payments present enough value to foster broad-scale adoption? This session dissects current use cases and explores what is driving demand for those use cases. Learn about and share your own perspectives on the solutions that support these use cases, adoption to date, impacts to the payment life cycle, and expectations for the future. Hear how developing and maintaining a faster payments strategy is key to use case identification and implementation and maintaining customer expectations.
Questions answered in this session:
- Where are consumers and businesses seeing the most value with faster payments?
- What does faster payments adoption look like today and what are the projections for the future?
Lou Anne Alexander
Group President, Payments, Early Warning
Michael A. Bilski
Chief Executive Officer, North American Banking Company
Reed Luhtanen
Sr. Director Global Treasury, Walmart Stores Inc.
Moderated by: Kim Ford
Executive Director, U.S. Faster Payments Council
Spotlight Speaker Series: Faster Payments Players, Solutions & Their Role in the Future
1:25 PM-2:15 PM | Room: National Harbor 10-11
Track: Practical Strategies, Real Results
Faster payments is now more than just a trending buzzword. It is the way of the future. Key players in the payments ecosystem have put their stakes in the ground with solutions to meet the growing demand for faster payments options. Nacha has introduced Same Day ACH. The Clearing House launched its Real-Time Payments (RTP) network. Visa operates Visa Direct and the Federal Reserve has announced plans for FedNow, a 24/7 real-time payment service. With all of these solutions either in play or soon-to-be available, what does this mean for faster payments adopters? Will these systems truly be interoperable? What does it do to competition? Hear from the key industry players leading the faster payments evolution as they discuss what's ahead.
Questions answered in this session:
- How can existing faster payments solutions work together?
- How are faster payments solutions meeting demand today and how can they continue to meet evolving expectations?
Matthew R. Friend
Vice President, Head of Product Strategy & New Product Dev., Visa Inc.
Michael L. Herd
Senior Vice President, ACH Network Administration, Nacha
Steve Ledford
SVP, Product & Strategy, The Clearing House
Connie Theien
SVP, Director, Payments Industry Relations, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Moderated by: Kim Ford
Executive Director, U.S. Faster Payments Council
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Spotlight Speaker Series: Turning the Tables on Fraud
10:30 AM-11:20 AM | Room: National Harbor 10-11
Track: Cybersecurity & Risk
From the C-Suite to accounting practitioners, payment fraud is one of the gravest concerns in the industry today. The threat from fraud grows even more ominous as payment processes speed up with the increased adoption of real-time transactions. In this panel discussion, examine new innovations that combine fraud mitigation tools and machine-learning to improve end-to-end protections in the battle against fraud. Attendees take a closer look at API-driven real-time solutions with real-time updates that are well-suited for higher volume payments processes.
Questions answered in this session:
- How are fraud mitigation tools being successfully deployed within the payments workflow?
- What are some real-world use cases that illustrate adoption of fraud mitigation tools across the industry?
Frank D'Amadeo
Assistant Treasurer Consolidated Edison NY, Con Edison
Miles Johnson
Manager, Treasurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Hector E. Sandoval, CTP
VP, Product Line Leader, Early Warning
Moderated by: Steven E. Bernstein
Executive Director, ACH, Global ACH Marketing & Product, J.P. Morgan
Spotlight Speaker Series: ACH State of the Union
1:15 PM-2:05 PM | Room: National Harbor 10-11
Track: ACH
Description coming soon.
Questions answered in this session:
- What is the current state of the ACH Network? Who’s using it and for what, including the Same Day ACH capabilities?
- What future enhancements to the ACH Network are coming and are being contemplated?
Michael L. Herd
Senior Vice President, ACH Network Administration, Nacha
Wendy A. Radford, AAP
RPO Product Liaison, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Alex C. Romeo
VP, EPN Product Manager, The Clearing House