PayThink 2018 Direct Page

PayThink is focused on the rapidly changing, inter-connected markets of debit, credit, mobile, prepaid and digital payments. As the payments industry strives for faster innovation to launch new products ahead of competitors, PayThink provides insight from market participants and innovators leading the way. PayThink is designed for executives looking to stay relevant in the ever-changing payments ecosystem by finding and honing their competitive edge.

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  • Learn about this successful partnership offering that was critical to the success and development of Key Virtual Account Management (KeyVAM).

    June 2
    Best-in-Class Bank-Fintech Partnership – KeyBank and Qolo
  • In a fireside chat, discover the myriad ways that financial institutions are transforming

    June 2
    Strategies and Tools to Drive Real Success with Digital Retail Banking Solutions
  • In this panel, fintech and banking leaders discuss how they're partnering to build new products

    June 2
    How Embedded Finance is Transforming the Office of the CFO
  • Synethic identity fraud, which is projected to cost banks $23 billion by 2030

    June 2
    Darkness Visible: Proactive Steps for Banks to Detect and Prevent Synthetic Identity Fraud
  • As financial institutions navigate complex regulatory requirements and prioritize data security,

    June 2
    Creating The Right Foundation and Architecture for AI
  • The benefits of a bank partnering with a sports team include increased visibility,

    June 2
    The Power of Partnership: Truist Partnership with Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium
  • Brooksley Born is the former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

    June 2
  • Prof. Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C., a co-founder of BaselineScenario.com (a much cited website on the global economy), a member of the Congressional Budget Office's Panel of Economic Advisers, and a member of the FDIC's Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the private sector systemic risk council founded and chaired by Sheila Bair in 2012. Prof. Johnson is a weekly contributor to NYT.com's Economix, is a regular Bloomberg columnist, has a monthly article with Project Syndicate that runs in publications around the world, and has published high impact opinion pieces recently in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New Republic, BusinessWeek and The Financial Times, among other places. In January 2010, he joined The Huffington Post as contributing business editor. Professor Johnson is the co-author, with James Kwak, of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and The Next Financial Meltdown, a bestselling assessment of the dangers now posed by the U.S. financial sector (published March 2010) and White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt and Why it Matters to You (April 2012). In his roles as a professor, research fellow and author, Professor Johnson's speaking engagements include paid appearances before various business groups, including financial institutions and other companies, as well before other groups that may have a political agenda. He is not on the board of any company, does not currently serve as a consultant to anyone, and does not work as an expert witness or conduct sponsored research. His investment portfolio comprises cash and broadly diversified mutual funds; he does not trade stocks, bonds, derivatives or other financial products actively. From March 2007 through the end of August 2008, Prof. Johnson was the International Monetary Fund's Economic Counselor (chief economist) and Director of its Research Department. He is a co-director of the NBER Africa Project, and works with nonprofits and think tanks around the world. Johnson holds a B.A. in economics and politics from the University of Oxford, an M.A. in economics from the University of Manchester, and a Ph.D. in economics from MIT. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024.

    June 2