2026 Conference Agenda

7:00 AM - 5:15 PM

Registration Open 

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Refreshment Break

8:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Pre-Conference Workshops (Included with registration for 2026! Details forthcoming.)

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Exhibitor Set-up

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Lunch and Exhibit Hall Opens

Welcoming Remarks, Vendor Fast Pitch
(Lunch Continues)

Moderator: Kevin Olsen, AAP, NCP, APRP, CHPC, The Payments Professor & SVP Innovation & Strategy, Pidgin 

Keynote Session - Nacha and the ACH Network: 50 Years of Innovation

Jane Larimer, President & CEO, Nacha 

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Refreshment Break & Exhibit Hall Open 

Concurrent Sessions 

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

Risk & Compliance Track

Compliance & BSA Update

Memrie Fortenberry, Attorney, Jones Walker LLP

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

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

To be announced

Aisha Hall, Paytech and Payments Systems Attorney, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

David Payne, AAP, CIA, CFSA, SVP, Payments Risk & Compliance, SFE 

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.

7:00 AM - 4:30 PM 

Registration Open

Networking Continental Breakfast & Exhibit Hall Open

Opening Remarks 

Kevin Olsen, AAP, NCP, APRP, CHPC, The Payments Professor & SVP Innovation & Strategy, Pidgin

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

Refreshment Break & Exhibit Hall Open 

Concurrent Sessions

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

2026 ACH Rule Changes

Jordan Bennett, AAP, APRP, Senior Director, Network Risk Management, Nacha

Dominic Plumeri, AAP, APRP, VP - Member Services, SFE

Instant Payments in Practice: What Implementation Really Looks Like

Ryan Haydel, Solution Consultant, Alacriti

Refreshment Break & Exhibit Hall Open 

Concurrent Sessions 

To be announced

Diana Kern, Senior Financial Solutions Consultant, SHAZAM Network

To be announced

Scott Jones, Partner, Adams and Reese LLP

To be announced

To be announced

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch Buffet (Open during General Session)

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

General Session - 50 Years of SFE

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Fraud Track

The Latest in Check Fraud

Angie Smith, AAP, AFPP, NCP, Executive Vice President,  Wespay

Third-Party Sound Business Practices

Debbie Arai, AAP, President and CEO, Optim ACH Solutions

Marsha Jones, President, Third Party Payment Processors Association (TPPPA)

Payments Innovation Track

To be announced

To be announced

Concurrent Sessions  

To be announced

To be announced

To be announced  

To be announced

To be announced

Breakfast Buffet 

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

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

Refreshment Break 

General Session - The Future of Payments: Are you Seeing What's Happening?

Prize Drawings and Conference Wrap-Up 

SFE Team