BAFT Global Annual Meeting -The Americas 2019 | The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade | 28 April 2019 | Hilton Torrey Pines, 10950 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037

"The program was excellent. The speakers were engaging. The atmosphere was positive and enthusiastic. "
“Pleased with the mix of industry forums and networking time/opportunities available. I believe this to be the best conference on the banking calendar.”

BAFT is the association for organizations actively engaged in international transaction banking. It serves as the leading forum for bringing the financial community and its suppliers together to collaborate on shaping market practices, influencing regulation and legislation through global advocacy, developing and adapting new and existing instruments that facilitate the settlements of products and service offerings for clients, providing education and training and contributing to the safety and soundness of the global financial system.

2019 Speakers

Dean Abbott
Co-Founder, Chief Data Scientist, SmarterHQ

John Ahearn
Global Head, Trade, Citi

Nancy B. Amert, MBA, PMP
Director, Trade Innovation Lab, CGI

Jamie Armistead
Business Line Leader – Zelle, Early Warning

Anurag Bajaj
Regional Head of Americas, Global Head of Correspondent Banking, Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Geoffrey Brady
Managing Director, Head of Global Trade and Supply Chain Finance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Kimberly Burdette
Chair, BAFT, Senior Vice President and Manager International Financial Institutions

Tod Burwell
President and CEO, BAFT

Dominic A. Capolongo
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Funding, PrimeRevenue, Inc.

Al Carpetto
Region Head US and LACA, Western Union

Amy Celico
Partner, Albright Stonebridge

Nicholas Darvaeu-Garnaeu
Chief Search Evangelist, Google

Alisa DiCaprio
Head of Global Trade Strategy and Research, R3

Umar Farooq
Head of Channels, Analytics & Innovation, Treasury Services, Head of Blockchain Initiatives, Corporate and Investment Bank, J.P. Morgan

Lisa Frazier
EVP, Head of Innovation, Wells Fargo

Maryscott Greenwood
CEO, Canadian American Business Council, Principal, Dentons US LLP

Peter Hall
Vice President & Chief Economist, Export Development Canada

Rick Leander
Co-Founder and Development Director, Understood Connections

James Rausch
Managing Director, Global Head of Banks, Brokers & Exchanges, RBC Investor & Treasury Services

Amy Sahm
Senior Vice President and Manager, International, Fulton Financial Corporation

David Scola
Head of North America, Americas & UK Region, SWIFTGpi

Nick Smit
Managing Director, Head of Financial Institutions - Americas, ING Bank N.V.

Ajith Thekadath
Global Head, Visa B2B Connect, Visa Business Solutions, Visa

Barry Tooker
Chief Product Officer & Global Head of Product Management, iSoftware4Banks, Inc.

Dominic Venturo
Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Bank

Gerald Walker
CEO Americas, ING

J. Christopher Ward
Executive Vice President, Head of Product, Treasury Management, PNC

Peter Zotos
Managing Director, Client Executive, North America Banks & Broker Dealers

2019 Sponsors

GOLD:
• RBC
• Wells Fargo

SILVER:
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• CGI

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
• Anz
• Barclays
• BMO
• BNP Paribas
• BNY Mellon
• China Systems
• Citi
• COPP Clark
• CXI
• Deutsche Bank
• Finastra
• HSBC
• IBM
• ING
• iSoftware4Banks
• INTL FCStone
• J.P Morgan
• Kapital Bank
• Pelican
• Persistent
• PNC
• Ripple
• Standard Chartered
• Societe Generale
• Surecomp
• Swapstech
• TD
• Visa