Conference Resources

Representatives from Federal Reserve Financial Services will take part in the Nacha Smarter Faster Payments 2024 conference Monday, May 6 through Thursday, May 9. Mark your calendar for the sessions, events and engaging activities at the Fed’s exhibit hall booth (#500) below.

Monday, May 6

• Mike Timoney, vice president of strategic industry engagement, will join a panel discussion about how to address the alarming growth in scams with information sharing at 3:10 p.m. ET.

Tuesday, May 7

• Attend FedNow^® Service demos at the Fed’s exhibit hall booth for interactive demonstrations of the instant payment transaction flow with discussion on features and functionalities at 10:00 a.m. and 1:50 p.m. ET.
• Join Phil Ridgway, assistant vice president of product development, for an insightful conversation at 10:25 a.m. ET on how FRFS and TCH are working together on an industry solution for ACH exception problems.
• At 10:25 a.m. ET, don’t miss Nell Campbell-Drake, vice president of strategic industry engagement, Shonda Clay, chief of product and relationship management, Susan Foley, deputy director of reserve bank operations and payment systems from the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors, Nick Stanescu, chief business executive for the FedNow Service and Cheryl Venable, chief of payments operations, during the Federal Reserve Town Hall.
• Mark Gould, chief payments executive, will join other payments experts to speak about the future of faster payments in the U.S. at 11:30 a.m. ET.
• Stop by the Fed’s exhibit hall booth for the “Fed Town Hall Encore” featuring a panel of Fed leaders and open Q&A on the Fed’s strategic initiatives at 1:00 p.m. ET.
• Hear from Alex Romeo, vice president of operations strategy, at 2:15 p.m. ET during a panel covering the current state of ACH payments.
• Lonnie Dafney, senior vice president and chief of diversity, equity & inclusion, will provide valuable insight on how an inclusive culture helps to achieve diversity at 2:15 p.m. ET.
• Don’t miss the Innovator Spotlight at the Fed’s exhibit hall booth for the opportunity to hear from a small panel of FedNow Service early adopters, including Modern Treasury and Jack Henry, on the use cases they’re enabling and key lessons learned since adoption at 3:15 p.m. ET.
• Della Tate, program director, will discuss the recently launched FedDetect Anomaly Notification for FedACH^® during a Topical Talk session at 4:20 p.m. ET.
• Join Michael Duren, vice president of operations support and Luke Woodward, senior vice president of operations support and resiliency, at 4:20 p.m. ET for a discussion about preparing organizations for when disasters strike.

Wednesday, May 8

• Tracy Harrington, chief information officer, will join the conversation about the coming payments revolution in the financial services industry at 8:00 a.m. ET.
• Join Sunayna Tuteja, senior vice president and system chief innovation officer for the Federal Reserve System, during a panel discussion on the evolution of artificial intelligence for payments industry innovation at 8:00 a.m. ET.
• Hear from Bernadette Ksepka, vice president and deputy head of product management for the FedNow Service, during a Topical Talk session covering the use cases of instant payments at 9:05 a.m. ET.
• FedNow Service demos will be offered at the Fed’s exhibit hall booth highlighting the instant payment transaction flow with discussion on features and functionalities at 10:45 a.m. and 2:50 p.m. ET.
• Hear from Evis Daum, chief counsel and chief risk officer, during a discussion around artificial intelligence in payments at 11:10 a.m. ET.
• Join Dan Gonzalez, vice president and national account director, at 11:10 a.m. ET for a panel discussion highlighting real-time payments in the U.S.
• Frank Van Driessche, payment product strategy advisor, will join a discussion about unlocking seamless interbank connectivity through ISO^® 20022 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
• Don’t miss Nell Campbell-Drake, vice president of strategic industry engagement, during a panel covering innovations in B2B payments at 4:05 p.m. ET.

Thursday, May 9

• Join Phil Ridgway, assistant vice president of product development and Della Tate, program director, at 8:00 a.m. ET for a conversation covering federal government reclamation, non-receipt claims and US treasury checks.