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Kate Fitzgerald, Senior Editor, American Banker; Kathryn Albright, CTP, AAP, EVP, Global Payments & Deposits, Umpqua Bank; Cathy Beardsley, President & CEO, Segpay

A conversation with executives who found unconventional paths to their game changing roles.

Kate Fitzgerald, Senior Editor, American Banker; Kim Fitzsimmons, Chief Executive Officer, Talus Pay

John Adams, Executive Editor, PaymentsSource; Kristy Carstensen, Senior Vice President, Payments CFO, U.S. Bank; Rosemary Stack, SVP Enterprise Payments, Bank of America; Aleksandra Teichman, Senior Business Development Lead, Payments, Cross River

A special presentation to recognize American Banker's 2022 Most Influential Women in Payments, over lunch. The awards will be handed out to honorees in attendance.

For women, the path to leadership isn't always the same one that men take. Talus Pay CEO Kim Fitzsimmons says her career moved fastest whenever she refused to stay in her lane.

A presentation - followed by a discussion – focused on the ins and outs of digital identity and authentication. What do financial institutions need to consider to prevent account takeovers and keep clients protected?

Hear from two innovators in this space. Before Google, where he's part of their Security and Identity teams, Christiaan Brand co-founded financial services security firm, Entersekt, and more than 600 global merchants rely on Segpay, where Cathy Beardsley is CEO, for high-risk internet payments.

A growing interest in cryptocurrencies, NFTs and stablecoins, and the adoption of blockchain technology, will profoundly impact the financial services industry. How exactly and how should banks think about digital currencies?

Blockchain technology promises to revolutionize the payments industry. From bank support to merchant acceptance, what hurdles need to be removed to scale crypto?

In this presentation, you'll hear how financial institutions, especially those with fintech capabilities, have a chance to capitalize upon this shift and create enhanced customer loyalty for a new generation.  

This panel will explore the nature of co-brand relationships with travel providers. Credit card journalist and expert Jason Steele explores these issues with his panel of executives from card issuers and travel providers.

Bible, who has served as chief financial officer since the merger of BB&T and SunTrust, will stay on the job until a successor is found.

The retail chain is uniquely positioned to tie its growing slate of financial products to its customers' shopping needs, both in stores and digitally, said Julia Unger, Walmart's vice president of financial services, at American Banker's Payments Forum.

Strong spending trends, combined with a reduction in card repayment rates, contributed to 17% loan growth last month. The data suggests that rising fears of a recession aren’t yet changing consumers’ behavior.

Nearly half of all small-business owners — and higher percentages of minority entrepreneurs — said in a new survey that they aren’t sure they could come up with the funds to cover an emergency $5,000 business expense. But the results also suggest that the Paycheck Protection Program may have led to more trust in the Small Business Administration.

Corrigan thrived on crisis situations, a colleague said. He received plenty of practice in 25 years at the Fed and another two decades at Goldman Sachs.