Industry Engagements

EPCOR Payments Conference (Off-site)

Lance Wagner, assistant vice president of customer relations for Federal Reserve Financial Services, will participate in the following discussions:

• Discuss payment industry news and developments, including fraud, compliance and emerging trends. 
• Participate in a fireside chat on instant payments and the FedNow^® Service. 

Kristina Wickersham, FedNow client specialist, will discuss findings from the U.S. Instant Payments Adoption Quantitative Study and Faster Payments Barometer Study, including adoption drivers, implementation challenges, emerging opportunities and priorities shaping growth through 2028.

Amanda Compton, payments strategies industry consultant, will appear at the following sessions:

• A panel discussing how AI, automation and social engineering are changing fraud operations; how data intelligence and behavioral analytics can help identify synthetic identities; and collaborative approaches to strengthening fraud defenses.
• Join an interactive workshop on how account takeover attacks unfold; using the FraudClassifier^SM and ScamClassifier^SM models to classify events and strengthen feedback loops; and emerging technology and resources for mitigating account takeover risk. 
• A panel discussion on payment fraud and industry mitigation approaches.  

Dan Gonzalez, vice president and national account director, will provide an update on FedNow and instant payments and discuss plans relevant to payments industry participants.

Vizo Financial 2026 Virtual Payments Conference (Off-site)

Stephanie Miracle, director of product management for the FedNow Service, will discuss the benefits and limitations of instant and faster payments, including fraud mitigation considerations.

Connected Claims USA 2026 (Off-site)

Blake McDaniel, assistant vice president of FedNow product management, will discuss a five-year outlook for claims, including technology, talent and operating-model capabilities, and the strategic investments organizations may need to prioritize.

FPC 2026 Fall Member Meeting (Off-site)

• Bernadette Ksepka, senior vice president and deputy head of product management for the FedNow Service, will discuss the convergence of domestic instant payments and international payment corridors, including interoperability and industry developments affecting cross-border payments.

• Paul Amisano, vice president of product management for the FedNow Service, will discuss trends driving faster and instant payments, emerging use cases, and how financial institutions and service providers are modernizing to meet rising demand.

• Tim Boike, vice president of industry relations, will discuss barriers to instant pay-by-bank adoption, including customer experience and fraud controls, and strategies to support growth across retail and recurring payment use cases.

• Amanda Compton will facilitate a roundtable on fraud, scams and cyber threats affecting payment rails and approaches to strengthening security.

• Ian Schweid, vice president of client relations and head of the FedNow client specialist group, will discuss faster payment adoption trends, emerging use cases, consumer demand and technology developments shaping the market.

• Paul Amisano will discuss barriers to pay-by bank adoption, including user experience, fraud controls and consumer awareness, and strategies to support growth across e-commerce, in-store and recurring payment environments.

• Stephanie Miracle will facilitate a roundtable on exception handling in faster payments environments.  

Hawaii Payments University (Off-site)

• Joni Hopkins, vice president of customer relations for Federal Reserve Financial Services, will discuss instant payment send capabilities and considerations for financial institutions.

• Mike Timoney, vice president of payments improvement for Federal Reserve Financial Services, will discuss fraud and scams affecting the payments ecosystem.

AFP 2026 (Off-site)

FRFS representatives look forward to engaging with fintechs, credit unions, banks, corporate treasurers and other industry players in sessions and at booth #473.

• Bernadette Ksepka will discuss the business case for instant payment send capabilities and the value these capabilities can provide to treasury organizations. 

• Nick Stanescu, executive vice president and chief FedNow executive, will deliver a keynote on the evolution of real-time payments and the implications for the payments industry. 

Throughout exhibit hall hours, be sure to stop by our booth to:

• See organizations demonstrate innovative instant payment solutions they are delivering using the FedNow Service. 

• Learn how our fraud mitigation program can equip your organization to combat payments fraud. 

Explore how ISO^®20022 is enabling one data language across payment types. 

Bank Operations Opportunities Meeting (Off-site) 

Dennis Spencer, senior national account relationship manager, will discuss the benefits of sending with the FedNow Service and considerations for financial institutions moving beyond receive-only participation.

PaymentsFirst Fraud Day (Off-site)

Amanda Compton will participate in a fraud-focused session that explores the economic, behavioral and technological factors driving the rise in check fraud, including social media-enabled mule recruitment, increasingly sophisticated counterfeit checks, changing customer transaction habits and identity verification challenges.

FedNow Instant Payments Masterclass (Off-site)

Diana Holshue, national account executive, will discuss Clearwater Credit Union’s journey with instant payments and the FedNow Service.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Women in Banking Symposium (Off-site)

Staci Shatsoff, assistant vice president of payments improvement, will discuss fraud mitigation topics and industry approaches to strengthening fraud defenses.

TPPPA 2026 Solving the Payments Puzzle (Off-site)

Chris Schneiper, director, secure payments, will provide an update on the FedNow Service.

Central Atlantic Region IOFM Chapter 4th Quarter Chapter Meeting (Off-site)

Amanda Compton, payments strategies industry consultant, will discuss year-end payment fraud risks and prevention considerations.

Wespay Quarterly Member Update (Off-site)

Vanessa Lee, director of payment product strategy and product management, will discuss check fraud and Federal Reserve fraud classification tools.

The U.S. BankTech Summit (Off-site)

Mollie Markham, manager of industry relations and engagement, will discuss real-time payments implementation, risk management and return on investment.