BAFT Virtual Global Payments Conference 2021 | The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) | 2 March 2021 | Virtual Event

The Global Payments Conference is going virtual in 2021. Building on last year's successful in-person event in New York, this year's Global Payments Conference offers a three-day conference with regional programming in mind. Content, speakers and time zones have been considered to make the sessions as pertinent to each region as possible while covering both wholesale and retail topics. Join global and regional payments heads plus industry subject matter experts during this special virtual event!

What to Expect?
• Three programming days tailored to specific regions - North America and Europe; Asia and MENA
• Content covering both wholesale and retail payments topics
• Interact with speakers and panelists during live sessions via Q&A and polling functions
• Special 'Ask The Expert' forums carved out for smaller group discussion on specific topics
• Manage your schedule and appointments via the BAFT Events virtual platform
• Message and connect with speakers and attendees via the BAFT Events virtual platform
• Take notes on sessions and email them to yourself after the session
• Download speaker presentations, sessions handouts, supporting documention and exhibitor flyers
• Watch pre-recorded content and live sessions on-demand 24/7. The platform is open for the entire month of March!

2021 Speakers

Matthew Baden
Regional Director, North America, TDA Creative

Cyrus Bhathawalla
Global Head, Real-Time Payments, J.P. Morgan

Philip Bowkley
Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Institutions Group, International Corporate Banking, Barclays

Karen Braithwaite
Managing Director & Global Head, Transaction Banking, Barclays

Ashley Dowson
Founder & Chairman, INTRADAY Inc.

Rajiv Desai
Head of US Operations and Sales, Pelican

Saravana Govindarajulu
Executive Director, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Stephen Kenneally
Senior Vice President, Payments, American Bankers Association

Gareth Lodge
Senior Analyst, Global Payments, Celent

Ellen Moeller
Head of EMEA Partnerships, Stripe

Brian Murphy
VP, Policy Director, Card Policy Council, American Bankers Association

Samantha Pelosi
Senior Vice President, Payments and Innovation, BAFT

Jim Reuter
Chief Executive Officer, FirstBank

Anand Sampath
Executive Director, Head – Payables & Receivables, Global Cash Product Mgmt, GTB, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Kuresh Sarjan
Managing Director, Regional Head of Sales, Financial Institutions Group (FIG) & Global Liquidity and Cash Management, Asia Pacific & The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

Beth Horowitz Steel
Partner, Glenbrook Partners

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

Stephen Wojciechowicz
Product Manager, Treasury Services, BNY Mellon

Anoop Basavarajaiah
Director Payments, Americas, Volante Technologies

Scott Hendry
Senior Special Director, Financial Technology, Bank of Canada

Jane Hennessy
B2B Connect Sales Sr. Director, New Payment Flows, Visa Business Solutions

John Jackson
Business Lead, RTGS Review

Alan Koenigsberg
Senior Vice President, Global Head of New Payment Flows, Visa Business Solutions

Mehdi Manaa
Chief Executive Officer, BUNA - Arab Regional Payments Clearing and Settlement Organization

Harish Natarajan
Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, World Bank

Samantha Pelosi
Senior Vice President, Payments and Innovation, BAFT

Stacy Rosenthal
Head of Payments Product Management, Santander Bank

Carl Slabicki
Strategic Payment Solutions, Product Management, BNY Mellon

Joanne Strobel
Managing Director, Head of Technical Solutions & Network Management, Global Payment Services, Wells Fargo Bank

Ken Wong
Head, Global Transaction Banking Product Strategy and Innovation, TD Bank

Gayathri Vasudev
Product Executive, Wholesale Payments, J.P. Morgan

Nell Campbell-Drake
Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Andrew Davies
VP, Global Market Strategy, Financial & Risk Management Solutions, Fiserv

Dan DeLuca
Senior Vice President – Head of Fedwire Funds and National Settlement Services Product Management,Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Richard Dzina
SVP, The Clearing House

Hakan Eroglu
Global Open Banking Lead & MEA Innovation Consulting Lead, MasterCard

Dena Hamilton
VP of Product, Featurespace

Mike Herd
SVP, ACH Network Administration, NACHA

Damian Kuczma
Former Head of Payment Operations Strategy and Transformation, Santander

Hays Littlejohn
CEO, EBA Clearing

Matt Loos
Strategy Head of Corporate Development and Market Intelligence, SWIFT

Michael Maxwell
Senior Director, Solutions, HCL

Andrew McFarlane
Executive Director, Modernization, Payments Canada

Kevin McKeever
Head of Payment Advisory, US Cash Management, HSBC Bank

Linda McLaughlin-Moore
Managing Director and Head of Business Resiliency and Operating Efficiency, Deutsche Bank Corporate Bank

Stacy Rosenthal
Head of Payments Product Management, Santander Bank

Katherine Zaveri
Vice President of Global Payments, StoneX Group Inc.

2021 Sponsors and Partner

GOLD SPONSOR:
• J.P. Morgan
• StoneX

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Deutshe Bank
• Feature Space
• HCL
• HSBC
• Visa
• Volante
• Wells Fargo

SPONSORS:
• Copp Clark
• Datasoft Group of Companies
• Kapital Bank
• Nanopay
• Transfer Mate

MEDIA PARTNER:
• Trade Finacial Global