Payments Innovation Conference to be Held in Napa, Calif. Sept. 23rd
Electronic Payments & Innovation Council (EPIC) to Host one-day event.
The Electronic Funds Transfer Association:
Who: The Electronic Payments & Innovation Council (EPIC) of D.C.-based EFTA, a non-profit trade association dedicated to the advancement of electronic payments and electronic commerce.
What: The conference includes financial institutions, investors, consultants and technologists discussing the areas of opportunity for new technologies and removing barriers to mass adoption. Sessions include:
- Emerging Payments in the U.S. and the Opportunities and Challenges they Pose for Traditional Payments Providers
- Jim Stahley, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Payment Strategy Group,
Wells Fargo
- Jim Stahley, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Payment Strategy Group,
- Role of Emerging Payments in Credit Unions
- Lois Hansen, Vice President, Product Development, CO-OP Financial Services
- Market Acceptance: Out-of-Band Authentication Solutions, Barriers
and Opportunities- Peter Tapling, President & CEO, Authentify, an Early Warning Company
- Security and Authentication in Bitcoin Environment
- Ted Rogers, President, Xapo
- Outlook for Investment and Growth in the Financial Technology Space
- John Racine, Executive Chairman, Wave Crest Group (Moderator) Panelists: Ramneek Gupta, Managing Director, Co-Lead Venture Investing, Citi Ventures;
Jeff Katz, Founder, Mercury Payments and Founding Investor, Cardfree; and Chris Winship, Partner, FTV Capital
- John Racine, Executive Chairman, Wave Crest Group (Moderator) Panelists: Ramneek Gupta, Managing Director, Co-Lead Venture Investing, Citi Ventures;
When: September 23, 2015
Where: Meritage Resort, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa, CA 94558
Cost: No Fee – click here for the registration form
Contact: Melanie Renner at 571-318-5556 or [email protected]
About EFTA
The Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA) is a non-profit trade association dedicated to the advancement of electronic payments and electronic commerce. EFTA’s nearly 300 members include the nation’s leading financial institutions, ATM owners, networks and manufacturers, payment processors, card companies, software providers, state governments and federal agencies. For nearly 40 years it has informed debate over the consumer, business and policy implications of new and existing payments technology. EFTA accomplishes this through public outreach to Congress, the administrative agencies, regulators, consumers and the media.
For more information, visit http://www.efta.org/ or call 571-318-5555.
The Electronic Funds Transfer Association
Melanie Renner, 571-318-5556
[email protected]
Related News
On June 3, 2015, Vancouver, British Columbia, will host “Digital Finance 2015,” Canada’s first fintech and banking innovation conference, at the Vancouver Club on West Hastings in the city’s trendy West End.Digital Finance 2015 will feature two keynote speakers: Peter Vander Auwera, co-founder of Innotribe innovation will talk about Innovation in banking: from tactics to strategy. Sam Maule, emerging payments expert with Carlisle & Gallagher, and one of the top innovation influencers will talk about FinTech's Disruptive Force in Banking.
A new bill paying cryptocurrency platform wins “Best Pitch” at the Technology & Innovation - The future of Digital Payments Conference recently held at the Sidney Hilton Hotel. If you are over 50 years old you probably remember sitting at the kitchen table each monday writing and mailing checks to pay your bills. Bill paying has always been either tedious or expensive and is often both. When this began to change with things like automatic bill payments and direct deposits, exorbitant fees and mistakes like overbilling started becoming commonplace. The Brisbane, Australia startup Living....
Editor’s Note: This article has been changed to make the nature of the Bitcoin Africa Conference more clear. The name of this title is “Bitcoin Africa Conference,” and this is the first time the conference has been held. The author of this article was not saying that this Bitcoin conference is the very first one in Africa. We apologize for any misunderstanding. As you may know, the world’s first Bitcoin Africa Conference will be held on April 16-17, 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. With all the buzz surrounding Bitcoin in Africa lately, it is no surprise that the first conference has made....
If the Barclays Emerging Payments Forum wasn't on the radar of bitcoin enthusiasts coming into the week of 24th March, all this changed when SecondMarket and Bitcoin Investment Trust CEO Barry Silbert sent out a tweet that quickly reverberated throughout the community on social media. Silbert indicated on Sunday, 23rd March that 38 institutional investors representing more than $250bn in investment capital were to meet with him at the event. The topic? Bitcoin and the future of digital currencies. Requests from 38 institutional investors representing +$250 billion to meet with me re....
The mobile payment revolution is changing the way individuals and organizations conduct business. Given bitcoin's ability to facilitate mobile transactions, it makes sense for the two movements - bitcoin and mobile payments - to work in tandem. Hence, bitcoin and digital payments will take center stage at the ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit, Sept. 9 to 11 at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, D. C. The summit is designed for banking, ATM and payments executives and is hosted by the Electronic Funds Transfer Association, ATM Marketplace and MobilePaymentsToday. Michael J. Casey, the author of....