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Industry Engagements

Representatives from the Federal Reserve attend live and virtual events throughout the year to discuss trends, timely topics and continued advancements in the payment system. See below for upcoming engagements, organized by month. To request a speaker at your event, please review and complete this form.

Visit the Industry Events page to view key conferences where we’ll attend with an exhibit booth, onsite event and/or speaker(s). It’s also easy to stay informed by signing up for timely email communications. For additional ways to reach us, find a contact here.

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SFE Digital Directions 2026 (Off-site)

  • Ian Schweid, vice president of customer relations, will lead a session on implementing send use cases and how to maximize those opportunities on Tuesday, April 7.
  • Ashauntis O’Neal, product liaison, will lead conference participants in an engaging game of Payments Jeopardy where participants payments knowledge will be put to the test on Thursday, April 9.
  • Nell Campbell-Drake, vice president of strategic industry engagement, will lead a session about how different generations are driving innovation in the payments ecosystem, and she will also be featured on a panel focusing on lessons learned with other banking professionals on Wednesday, April 8 and Thursday, April 9.

FED+BB Webinar (Off-site)

  • Leslie Lee, lead project manager of FRFS Wholesale Product Management, will be going over the Fedwire ISO updates that can cover untrusted addresses and bringing awareness about FedNow® on Tuesday, April 7.
  • Vanessa Lee, director of payment product strategy, and Phil Ridgeway, vice president of product management, will speaking on the benefits of classifying data with the use of the FraudClassifierSM and ScamClassifierSM models on Tuesday, April 7
  • Kristina Wickersham, industry lead, will cover the upcoming change in November for unstructured addresses elimination and FedWire® expanding to 6 days a week on Tuesday, April 7.

Federal Home Loan Banks Office of Finance Board of Directors Meeting (Off-site)

  • Bernadette Ksepka, vice president and deputy head of product management, FedNow Service will be discussing financial industry perspectives, payments and the FedNow service on Tuesday, April 7.

FTA’s Primer on Fed Payment Rails and Next Steps (Off-site)

  • Mollie Markham, manager of industry relations and engagement, will give a briefing on the various Fed rails, their capabilities, and where the Fed is focused on enhancing their capabilities on Tuesday, April 7.

Innovate 2026 (Off-site)

  • Joni Hopkins, vice president of customer relations, will host an instant payments roundtable where the focus will be on driving adoption within use cases on Wednesday, April 8.

Alkami Co:lab (Off-site)

  • Richard Watada, sales manager, will participate in two discussions on Monday, April 13:
    • Modernizing Business Payments for Long-Term Growth: exploring what’s required to modernize business payments while maintaining compliance, liquidity control, and operational resilience; unpacking the strategic and regulatory considerations that shape successful business payment offerings.
    • Retail Payments Evolution: What’s Now and What’s Next: this session will breakdown what’s changing with rails, wallets, and regulation and how institutions are adapting.

EPCOR Spring Conference (Off-site)

  • Joni Hopkins, vice president of customer relations, will be participating in a fireside chat on the payments industry, sharing news and information needed to successfully navigate the ever-changing world of payments from fraud and compliance to trends and new developments on Monday, April 13.
  • Mike Timoney, vice president of payments system improvement will be leading a session on how to combat check fraud in modern banking on Monday, April 13.

CSI CX26 (Off-site)

  • Erik Van Bramer, senior vice president and head of customer relations, will provide an overview of the current FedNow customer’s experience implementing FedNow, operational readiness, fraud, and related topics in a Q&A format on Monday, April 13.

DCI Annual Bankers Conference (Off-site)

  • Chris Gilbert, senior national account executive of customer relations, will provide background on instant payments and the value of instant payments on Tuesday, April 14.

SHAZAM Forum (Off-site)

  • Lance Wagner, assistant vice president of customer and industry relations, will host a fireside chat that addresses fraud, spam and the FedNow service on Wednesday, April 15.

PacPay Annual Meeting (Off-site)

  • Joni Hopkins, vice president of customer relations, will lead a session on implementing send use cases and how to maximize those opportunities on Wednesday, April 22.

Vizo Financial 2026 Risk Management Conference (Off-site)

  • Bonni Brodsky, director of FRFS Payments Improvement, and Stephanie Miracle, director of Product Management, FedNow Service, will host sessions that will dive into the underlying factors that are driving the rise in check fraud, despite the overall decline in check usage. Attendees will gain deeper understanding of prevalent fraud schemes and related scams on Friday, April 24.

Nacha® Smarter Faster Payments® Conference 2026 (Off-site)

Meet and attend various speaker and panel sessions with representatives from Federal Reserve Financial Services on Sunday, April 26 through Wednesday, April 29:

Topical Talk Sessions:

Monday, April 27

Tuesday,April 28

Educational Sessions:

Sunday, April 26

Monday, April 27

Tuesday, April 28

Wednesday, April 29

BCHA Spring Seminar (Off-site)

  • Mike Timoney, vice president of payments system improvement will be speaking on payments systems risks, fraud and more on Tuesday, April 28.

Fiserv Forum (Off-site)

Connect with Federal Reserve Financial Services representatives on the latest fintech and payment innovations on Monday, Aug. 17 through Wednesday, Aug. 19.

MAG Payments Conference 2026 (Off-site)

On Sunday, Sept. 27 through Wednesday, Sept. 30, representatives from Federal Reserve Financial Services will provide insights into payments industry innovations and trends.

Sibos (Off-site)

Explore global banking and payments topics with representatives from Federal Reserve Financial Services on Monday, Sept. 28 through Thursday, Oct. 1.

Money20/20 (Off-site)

On Sunday, Oct. 18 through Wednesday, Oct. 21, connect with Federal Reserve Financial Services representatives on the current landscape and future of payments.

Jack Henry Connect 2026 (Off-site)

Join representatives from Federal Reserve Financial Services on Monday, Oct. 19 through Wednesday, Oct. 21 to connect on timely payments topics.

American Bankers Association Annual Convention

Bank leaders and their teams will gain executive-level insights to embrace disruption and fuel growth in payments on Sunday, Oct. 25 through Tuesday, Oct. 27.

AFP 2026 (Off-site)

Representatives from Federal Reserve Financial Services will be discussing payments industry topics on Sunday, Nov. 8 through Wednesday, Nov. 11.

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