2026 Conference Agenda
All times are CENTRAL TIME
Tuesday, April 7th |
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7:00 AM - 5:15 PM |
Registration Open |
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8:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
Refreshment Break |
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8:30 AM - 11:15 AM |
Pre-Conference Workshops (Included with registration for 2026! Details forthcoming.) |
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10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
Exhibitor Set-up |
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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Lunch and Exhibit Hall Opens |
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12:00 PM - 12:45 PM |
Welcoming Remarks, Vendor Fast Pitch |
Moderator: Kevin Olsen, AAP, NCP, APRP, CHPC, The Payments Professor & SVP Innovation & Strategy, Pidgin |
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Keynote Session - Nacha and the ACH Network: 50 Years of Innovation
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Jane Larimer, President & CEO, Nacha |
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Refreshment Break & Exhibit Hall Open |
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2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Fraud Track |
Account Takeover; Social Engineering; Elder Exploitation; ID Theft and Synthetic Identities; Pig Butchering -- How fraud in the digital space has evolved and what we can expect in the future
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Becky Cox, Manager, Financial Crimes Prevention & Identity Theft Officer, Evolve Bank |
Risk & Compliance Track |
Compliance & BSA Update |
Memrie Fortenberry, Attorney, Jones Walker LLP |
Payments Innovation Track |
Beyond the Checkout: Understanding Embedded and Invisible Payments As the payments landscape evolves, the lines between commerce and payment are disappearing. This session explores how embedded and invisible payments are reshaping consumer expectations and business models – from one-click rideshares to subscription-based retail to IoT-driven transactions. We will break down the key technologies powering these seamless experiences, examine real-world use cases across industries, and discuss the implications for financial institutions, merchants, and payment providers. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of where the market is headed and how to prepare for a world where payments happen silently, but securely, in the background. |
Chris Colson, Director of Innovation, Federal Reserve Financial Services |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Refreshment Break & Exhibit Hall Open |
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions | |
Fraud Track |
Hello. I'm a banker. I got scammed. Hear how a scammer's call at an inopportune time lead to an experience banking falling for the scam and how you can avoid falling into the same trap. |
Dan Hughes, AAP, Product and Deployment Manager, Juniper Payments |
Risk & Compliance Track |
To be announced
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Aisha Hall, Paytech and Payments Systems Attorney, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP David Payne, AAP, CIA, CFSA, SVP, Payments Risk & Compliance, SFE |
Payments Innovation Track |
One Small Step to Send, One Giant Payoff for FIs (and everyone else) There’s no end to use cases for instant payment, but when it comes down to it, how do you execute on these ideas leveraging the ISO 20022 messaging? In this session, we’ll dig into blueprints on how you can unlock revenue, increase profitability, and net promoter scores by taking a small steps approach to implementing use cases. We'll cover a variety of use cases that demonstrate how to maximize these opportunities. |
Stephanie Miracle, FedNow Client Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Welcome Reception |
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Wednesday, April 8th |
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7:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
Registration Open |
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7:45 AM - 8:30 AM |
Networking Continental Breakfast & Exhibit Hall Open |
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8:15 AM - 8:30 AM |
Opening Remarks |
Kevin Olsen, AAP, NCP, APRP, CHPC, The Payments Professor & SVP Innovation & Strategy, Pidgin |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
General Session: The Future of Business Banking: Leveraging Data & AI to Serve Your Small Business Customers |
Kevin Miyamoto, Co-Founder and COO, Identifee - Moderator Dierdre Barret, Chief Experience Officer, Guaranty Bank & Trust Company Ryan Hill, First Vice President, Director - Treasury Services Product Management, Trustmark Bank Debbie Smart, AFPP, CTP, Senior Product Marketer, Q2 |
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Refreshment Break & Exhibit Hall Open |
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Fraud Track |
Building Awareness Amidst a Shifting Landscape of Fraud and Scams In an era where digital transactions are pivotal to global commerce, check fraud and scams are making a strong comeback, increasingly targeting banks and their customers with sophisticated and evolving tactics. Synthetic identity fraud has also evolved at a rapid pace, as fraudsters are leveraging sophisticated techniques to create entirely fictitious identities, exploiting the very systems designed to protect us. |
Staci Shatsoff, Assistant Vice President, Secure Payments, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
Risk & Compliance Track |
2026 ACH Rule Changes |
Jordan Bennett, AAP, APRP, Senior Director, Network Risk Management, Nacha Dominic Plumeri, AAP, APRP, VP - Member Services, SFE |
Payments Innovation Track |
Instant Payments in Practice: What Implementation Really Looks Like
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Ryan Haydel, Solution Consultant, Alacriti |
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Refreshment Break & Exhibit Hall Open |
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11:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Fraud Track |
To be announced
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Diana Kern, Senior Financial Solutions Consultant, SHAZAM Network |
Risk & Compliance Track |
To be announced
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Scott Jones, Partner, Adams and Reese LLP |
Payments Innovation Track |
To be announced
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To be announced |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch Buffet (Open during General Session) |
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
General Session - 50 Years of SFE |
Pam Rodriguez, AAP, CIA, CISA, President & CEO, SFE |
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Fraud Track |
The Latest in Check Fraud
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Angie Smith, AAP, AFPP, NCP, Executive Vice President, Wespay |
Risk & Compliance Track
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Third-Party Sound Business Practices
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Debbie Arai, AAP, President and CEO, Optim ACH Solutions Marsha Jones, President, Third Party Payment Processors Association (TPPPA) |
Payments Innovation Track |
To be announced
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To be announced |
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Refreshment Break & Final Networking in Exhibit Hall |
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Fraud Track |
To be announced |
To be announced |
Risk & Compliance Track |
To be announced |
To be announced |
Payments Innovation Track |
To be announced
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To be announced |
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Exhibitor Tear Down |
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Thursday, April 9th |
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7:15 AM - 8:15 AM |
Breakfast Buffet |
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM |
General Session - Payments Jeopardy Our payment world continues to evolve "answers that prompt questions", "questions that prompt answers", on and on and on! As professionals in the payments space, we are helping to shape this evolving landscape, so having a broad knowledge of payments is a plus. Join this interactive session to showcase your payments knowledge and fact-check that of your colleagues and others. |
Ashauntis O' Neal, Product Liaison, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
General Session - Candid Takes - Taking a Look at Next-Gen AI for Banks and Credit Unions In this innovative session, Kevin Miyamoto, Co-Founder of Identifee, leads a discussion of industry experts in an unscripted exploration of cutting-edge AI trends and applications for banks and credit unions. The panel will provide real-time, honest assessments of emerging technologies, distinguishing between practical solutions and overhyped concepts. This unique format, where panelists encounter the presentation content for the first time alongside the audience, promises fresh insights and candid discussions on AI's potential to transform financial institutions |
Kevin Miyamoto, Co-Founder and COO, Identifee - Moderator |
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM |
Refreshment Break |
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10:45 AM - 11:30 AM |
General Session - The Future of Payments: Are you Seeing What's Happening? |
Kevin Olsen, AAP, NCP, APRP, CHPC, The Payments Professor & SVP Innovation & Strategy, Pidgin |
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Prize Drawings and Conference Wrap-Up |
SFE Team |
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