16th Annual CPI Global B2B Payments Summit 2024 | The Economist | 19 November 2024 | Convene, 237 Park Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA

Achieving better B2B efficiency and economic resilience amid rising inflation, interest rates and political changes is challenging. To tackle these issues, companies, acquirers, networks, suppliers, processors and technology partners must unite to share best practices, foster innovation and focus on practical solutions for the payments industry.

This summit will cover the latest technological advancements, regulatory changes, commercial card products, optimisation, AI, RTP, fraud, embedded finance, digital currencies/CBDCs and cross-border payments. Tailored to address the needs of customers, companies, SMEs, travel, B2B spending, commercial cards/virtual cards and various industry sectors, this event is the ultimate destination for mastering the future of payments for senior commercial card and B2B payment leaders globally.

These roundtables provide a platform to share experiences, tackle challenges and uncover solutions together.

Learn from the practices and innovations of leading organisations and experts in the field.

In-person experience:
• CPI Global team know that nothing beats meeting your peers in person, networking and reconnecting with contacts. Discuss the latest payment updates, regulatory and technological developments in the commercial payments industry.

Interactive roundtable discussions:
• Engaging and thought-provoking, these roundtables are designed to share experiences, tackle challenges and uncover solutions together.
• Learn from the practices and innovations of leading organizations and experts in the field.
• Influence the future development of the commercial card payments and B2B payments by providing your feedback and suggestions.

Build your network in advance:
• Search the full attendee list, connect with peers and schedule meetings before you arrive in New York City on the networking app, available before the event and for 2 weeks after.

2024 Speakers

MODERATORS:

Leigh Radtke
Vice President, Head of North America Product, Visa Commercial Solutions

Greg Toussaint
Director, Edgar, Dunn & Company

Arthur Weiner
Founder and Principal Consultant, N Brook Advisors, LLC

Frank Martien
Founder, Windward Strategy, Inc.

Dean Leavitt
Founder and CEO, Boost Payment Solutions

Jason Turner
VP, National Solution Consulting Manager, Commerce Bank

Patrick W. Diemer
Chairman, European Business Travel Association and Senior Advisor, Arthur D. Little

SPEAKERS:

Renato Gomes
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Brazil

Richard Palmer
President, RPMG Research Corporation

Natasha Molnar
Director, Product Manager, Commercial Cards, Santander

Lizzie Pine
Executive Director, Head of CB Commercial Card, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co

Stephanie Wilczewski
Director, B2B Payables Product Strategy and New Initiatives, Bank of America

Harry Harnett
SVP, Head of Commercial Card Product Management & Development, PNC Financial Services

Tracy Armstrong
Head of Commercial Card & Payables, Corporate Products & Services, TD Bank

Bridgit Chayt
Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Payments and Treasury Management, Fifth Third Bank

Holly Tennent
Director, Virtual Payables and Supplier Strategy Product Manager, Bank of America

Jonathan Oakes
Managing Director of Card Products, Silicon Valley Bank

Paul Uher
Merchant Services – Head of Commercial and Corporate Banking, Wells Fargo

Maria Line
Head of Commercial Card, FNBO

Sergio Ortega González
Global Cash Management & Commercial Cards Discipline Leader, BBVA

Tony Yazzolino
Senior Vice President, Commercial Card and Merchant Director, Umpqua Bank

Erik T. Van Bramer
SVP, Head of National Sales/Customer Relations, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Neil Park
Digital Lead, Commercial Cards, Citi

Ray Champ
Managing Director, Webster Bank

Kristin Heffner
Senior Director, Head of Visa U.S. Regional Commercial Sales, Visa Commercial Solutions

Lia Cao
Managing Director, Global Head of Embedded Finance & Solutions, J.P. Morgan

Ian Stewart
SVP, Head of Commercial Card Product Management, Truist

Priscilla Crawford
Vice President, Card Relationship Manager, Commercial Card, MUFG Bank

Blake Hoelscher
GPO – Finance Shared Services, Chevron

Danielle Amoroso
Associate Director, Travel & Expense, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical

Jami Stapelmann
Executive Director, Global Travel, Estee Lauder Companies

Christopher Chazin
SVP, Head of Treasury and Trade Products and Services, Commercial Banking, TD Bank

Roy Parra
Head of Portfolio Management, Commercial Cards, Citi

Félix Ayarza
Global Corporate Payments Head, Senior Vice President, Citi

Christopher Varian
Director, Commercial Card Sales Commercial Bank, Webster Bank

Yusuf Qasim
President, Payments Optimization, Zelis

Brian Marx
Senior Director, Global Products and Solutions, Visa Commercial Solutions

Munim Jalil
North America B2B Product Head, Citi

Shari Krikorian
VP, Global Core Products, Visa Commercial Solutions

Rima Ghose
MD, Global Head of Digital for Commercial Cards, Citi

Raghu Adiraju
Vice President, Commercial Acceptance, Mastercard

Laura Shelton
Global Head of Business Travel & MIS Solutions, Discover Global Network

Viviane Sabat
Senior Vice President, Product Development, Mastercard

Sebastien Delasnerie
Executive Vice President, Commercial Card, Mastercard

Vasudha Ramachandran
Senior Vice President, B2B Digital Product and Design, Mastercard

Greg Thompson
Chief Commercial Officer, Dataflexnet Limited

Greeley Koch
Managing Director, 490 Consulting

Ken Han
Senior Product Manager, Supplier Enablement, Codat

Udayan Dekhtawala
Head of Enterprise Data Management, Banking & Payments, Argus / Transunion

Rob Snyder
Director, Payments Partners and FIs, Edenred Pay

Joanne Modugno
Head of Partnerships & Alliances, Inlogik

Jørgen Christian Juul
CEO, Cardlay

Connor Olsen
General Manager, Yojna

Ernest Rolfson
CEO and Founder, Finexio

Malte Rau
CEO, Pliant

Marcos Gelfi
Global Head of Commercial Products, Cardholder Services, Fraud & Disputes, Discover

Chrissy Wagner
SVP, Automated Finance, FIS Automated Finance

Stephany Kirkpatrick
Founder & CEO, Orum

BC Krishna
Founder and CEO, Centime, Inc.

Matthew Miller
Head of Partnerships, Viewpost

2024 Partners

GLOBAL PARTNERS:
• Mastercard
• Visa

INDUSTRY PARTNERS:
• Boost
• Codat
• Discover Global Network
• Edenres Pay
• Fis
• Inlogik
• Treasuryspace
• Yojna Software

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• Cardlay
• DataFlexnet
• Edgar, Dunn & Company
• Leadingpath
• Windward Strategy