Managing Third-Party & Fintech Relationships Symp.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Virtual
$340/$680 (Member/Non-Member)
The dawn of Fintech 3.0 has arrived, and UMACHA is bringing together an exceptional lineup of industry experts to shed light on the latest developments in the modern Fintech ecosystem. Whether your financial institution currently partners with Fintechs or you are a Fintech looking to expand your collaborations with financial institutions, this event is your gateway to a deeper understanding of this evolving landscape. Join us to explore the future of Fintech and financial institution relationships and uncover the insights you need to drive success by staying ahead of the curve.
Topics include:
Keynote Opener: Phil Goldfeder - American Fintech Council: Charting the Fintech Horizon
Navigating the Fintech Frontier: Exploring the Money Transmission Modernization Act
Resilience: Proactive Risk Approach
Products and Profitability with your FI and Fintech options
Modernizing Payments: User Authentication Challenges, UCC4a and More
*Agenda & sessions subject to change.
Speaker Bios:
Phil Goldfeder, CEO - American Fintech Council
Phil Goldfeder currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of the American Fintech Council (AFC), a leading industry association representing responsible financial technology (fintech) companies creating critical access to safe and affordable financial services. AFC, comprised of the nation’s largest fintech companies, fosters innovative, transparent, and responsible products that promote competition, consumer protection, and financial health, inclusion, and equity. AFC is committed to robust industry standards, with a focus on consumer protection and regulatory compliance, in addition to advocating for and embracing appropriate government regulation.
Before joining AFC, Goldfeder served as Senior Vice President of Global Public Affairs at Cross River, a financial institution and technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions.
Jennifer Miller, AAP, APRP, NCP, PMC, Senior Director of Services - UMACHA
Jennifer has spent the last 30+ years in Banking with 19 years in software product management, design and consulting, and 7 years at a Midwest Financial Institution. Jennifer is currently the Senior Director of Services with UMACHA managing the compliance and education at the Payments Association. Jennifer is responsible for establishing effective electronic payment compliance services, as well as, creating and delivering training programs to drive client satisfaction by balancing regulation with managing market expectations in innovative ways. She is an experienced Cash Management Professional, with progressive leadership experience in Financial Institution and Software Development.
Marsha Jones, President - Third Party Payment Processors Association (TPPPA)
Marsha Jones is the President of the Third Party Payment Processors Association. She helped to establish the TPPPA, which formed in 2013, and lead the effort to distinguish regulatory concerns related to third-party payment processing, as part of the effort to create industry best practices for payment processors and their banks. Marsha is a nationally recognized payments expert and has over 25-years in the banking and payments industry.
Carlin A. McCrory, Attorney - Troutman Pepper
A seasoned regulatory, compliance, and payments attorney, Carlin brings extensive experience representing financial institutions, fintechs, lenders, payment processors, neobanks, virtual currency companies, and mortgage servicers.
Carlin regularly provides tailored compliance advice across a variety of topics, while also developing best practices strategies to help her clients advance their business goals. She routinely assists clients with vendor contracts from initial review of the agreement through termination as well as drafting and reviewing clients’ internal compliance policies and procedures.
Keith Barnett, Partner - Troutman Pepper
I represent clients in the financial services industry with respect to their compliance, regulatory, enforcement and litigation needs throughout the country. My core industries are in the payments, banking and broker-dealer industries. I am a first chair, enforcement, trial and arbitration attorney that has represented these clients against consumers, other businesses throughout the country, against regulators in every state, the federal government (the DOJ, SEC, CFPB, FinCEN, FTC and CFTC), and FINRA (investigations/enforcement, customer arbitrations and industry arbitrations.) I also draft and audit compliance programs for financial services clients, I have relationships with the Department of Banking in every state concerning money transmission issues, and I represent clients when a federal or state agency investigates them and sends them subpoenas and CIDs.
Matt Luzadder, Partner - Kelley, Drye & Warren LLC
I am a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. I focus my practice on white-collar crime and internal investigations, labor and employment matters, and commercial litigation. I actively practice in both Illinois and Florida. I am also a non-practicing solicitor in England and Wales. I have been recognized as a Client Service All-Star in 2014, 2015, and 2017 by BTI Consulting. I am a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist® (CAMS) as certified by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists and advise financial institutions on the design and implementation of anti-money laundering and fraud prevention program. I also represent management in employment actions in state and federal courts and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and various state agencies in response to charges of discrimination, retaliation, and Equal Pay Act and Fair Labor Standards Act violations. My experience includes investigating claims ranging from harassment to kickbacks, and participation in alternative dispute resolution.
Nanci McKenzie, Juris Masters - Nanci McKenzie, LLC
Nanci McKenzie has over 35 years experience in Banking Deposit Operations, Compliance, Audit, and Risk Management, including five years in Financial Industry Technology. She holds a Juris Masters in Financial Regulation & Compliance, a B.S. in Business Information Management, and her AAP and APRP accreditations. She is energetic, well versed in all aspects of deposit banking, and enjoys working one on one with clients. Nanci also enjoy the details of data analytics, business aspects, and business development.
Scott Jones, Attorney - Adams and Reese LLP.
Scott is a Partner in the law firm of Adams and Reese LLP. He began his practice as a litigator and had over a decade of experience advising financial institutions on risk-minimization and best practices for avoiding litigation. He works with financial institutions across the nation to (a) draft various treasury management, online banking and payment-related agreements; (b) working through issues arising from operational and fraud risk; and (c) assist in litigation related to operational and payment issues.
Debbie Smart, CTP, NCP, Senior Product Marketer - Q2 HOLDINGS, INC.
As a senior product marketer at Q2, Debbie Smart serves as the voice of the modern banking customer and the evolving financial services industry. With more than 40 years of banking and cash management experience, Debbie works to deeply understand Q2’s existing and desired customers, leveraging market research and competitive intelligence to forge new partnerships and influence product capabilities across Q2’s entire product suite.
Pam Rodriguez, CEO - Southern Financial Exchange
Pam has a Passion for Payments and People and has over 30 years of experience conducting audits, risk assessments and speaking sessions for financial institutions and third-parties engaged in the ACH Network. She has served on Nacha’s Payments Institute Board of Regents and several terms on Nacha’s Risk Management Advisory Group and APRP Oversight Panel. Pam also participates on Nacha’s Conference Planning Committee.
Pam is President & CEO of Southern Financial Exchange (SFE). Prior to joining SFE, Pam was President & CEO of ePay Advisors and former EastPay Advisory Services and Executive Director of the Alabama ACH Association.
Alex I. Schneider, Sr. Associate - Kelley Drye
Alexander Schneider specializes in information privacy and security, advertising and marketing, and consumer protection law. He regularly counsels clients on the evolving landscape of data privacy and security laws. Alex has extensive experience advising on data protection laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), data breach notification laws, the EU ePrivacy Directive and cookie law, and global marketing laws.
