The 2024 Chicago Payments Symposium focused on three key industry themes – security, adaptability and innovation – based on current and evolving trends in innovation, instant payments, global payments, digital currencies, security and information sharing. Payments leaders gathered in person and virtually to share insights, hear thought-provoking sessions, participate in strategic conversations, and simply enjoy networking with their peers.
Read Highlights: Security, Adaptability and Innovation (Off-site)
2024 Program
Panel Session: Global Payments
- Erin McCune (Moderator), Partner, Bain & Co.
- John Jackson, Head of Payment Strategy, Payments Directorate, Bank of England
- Pariwat Kanithasen, Deputy Director, Payments & Fintech, Bank of Thailand
- Adrian Lovney, Chief Payments & Schemes Officer, Australian Payments Plus
- Mehdi Manaa, Chief Executive Officer, Buna (UAE)
Luncheon Keynote: Forces & Factors Shaping Financial Services in 2030
- Tom Barkin, President & Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Linda Bernardi, Former Chief Innovation Officer, IBM, Serial Entrepreneur and Innovation Author
Panel Session: Evolution of Instant Payments
- Nick Stanescu (Moderator), Chief FedNow® Executive, Federal Reserve Financial Services
- Lou Grilli, Senior Innovation Strategist, Velera
- Justin Jackson, Senior Vice President, Head of Enterprise Payments, Fiserv
- Matt Marcus, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Modern Treasury
- Kathy Mertes, Vice President, Executive Leader for Digital Payments, Conduent
- Carlos Netto, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Matera
Keynote
- Nellie Liang, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, S. Department of the Treasury
Panel Session: Innovation on Top of Current Payment Rails
- Eric Schurr (Moderator), Chief Strategy Officer, National Products, Sunrise Banks
- Sarah Arnio, Director, Digital Payments, Walmart
- Eric Foust, Vice President of North American Banking Partnerships, Trustly
- Keith Riddle, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Payfinia (a Tyfone company)
- Brian Tate, President and Chief Executive Officer, Innovative Payments Association
Cybersecurity Keynote
- Alex Stamos, Chief Information Security Officer, SentinelOne; Former CISO, Facebook; Adjunct Professor, Stanford
Panel Session: Scams, Security & Information Sharing
- Liz Buser (Moderator), Senior Advisor, Fraud Prevention Programs, AARP
- Maanas Godugunur, Senior Director, F&I Market Planning, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions
- Jim Hitchcock, CAFP, CAMS, Vice President, Fraud Mitigation, American Bankers Association
- Michael Timoney, Vice President of Payments Improvement, Federal Reserve Financial Services
- Jaime Zetterstrom, CCSP, Vice President, Product Management, Somos, Inc.
Panel Session: Digital Currency, Digital Assets and Settlement
- Matthew Blumenfeld (Moderator), Global and U.S. Digital Asset Leader, PwC United States
- Yuliya Guseva, Professor of Law, Director, Fintech & Blockchain Research, Rutgers Law School
- Matthias Schmudde, Head of Payments Division (Digital Euro Working Group), Deutsche Bundesbank
- Nelli Zaltsman, Head of Platform Settlement Solutions, Onyx by J.P. Morgan