The biggest changes in financial services aren't happening in isolation anymore. Payments, fraud, compliance, AI, banking and fintech partnerships are all connected, and understanding one without the others creates risk.
That's the idea behind the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3: one day, nine sessions and practitioners from across the industry.
• State of the Union for fintechs and sponsor banks
• What makes the fintech and sponsor bank partnership work
• Third-party oversight after the deal is signed
• The future of payments
• Fraud and AML at real-time speed
• A real-world case study
• How financial institutions are actually using AI
• Stablecoins and digital assets
• Preparing banks for the next generation of talent
Thursday, December 3 | 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM ET | Live and virtual | $149 early bird
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
#Fintech #Banking #Compliance
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Twenty-five practitioners. One day. Here's who's speaking at the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3:
Denis Brosnan, CORA Group
Craig Schlosser, Withum
Brenda Banks, Socure
Jared Robinson, Legend Bank
Stephanie Schumacher, SightSpan
Erica Baumbach, First Electronic Bank
Jonnie Davis, Zenoo
Julie Gaiaschi, TPRA
Robert “Red” Daniel, Standups & Startups
Brian Dao, EPCOR
Mike Morris, Wipfli
Rio Miner, FCI Tradecraft
Brian Fitzpatrick, Qredible
Chris Wilson, Alogent
Andrea Valentin, Maxwell State Bank
Brian Davis, The House of Fraud
Laura Gibson-Lamothe, Georgia Fintech Academy
Mary Dishong, Quinte Financial Technologies
Joseph Cuanan, ComplyGraph
Christina Rea, RayCor Consulting
Anmol Sahai, Canarie AI
Joe Ciccolo, BitAML
Rafeh Hulays, Ph.D., Blockchain Intelligence Group
Ralph Dahm, TwinOaksCRS
Aaron French, Kennesaw State University
More speakers to be announced.
If your work touches fintech, banking, payments, fraud, compliance, risk or AI, this is a conversation worth being part of.
Thursday, December 3 | 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM ET | Live and virtual
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
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One week out from the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference.
Thursday, December 3, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM ET, fully virtual. Nine sessions on what's landing on fintech and bank desks right now: sponsor-bank partnerships, third-party oversight, payments, fraud and AML, AI governance, stablecoins and the future workforce.
If your team has been meaning to get ahead of 2027, this is the day to do it. There's still time to register.
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
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Session 1 · 8:45 AM ET · Fintech Industry
State of the Union: Fintechs, Sponsor Banks and the Future of the Industry
Speakers
Denis Brosnan, Portfolio CEO, CORA Group
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The big picture: the fintech market, the sponsor-bank environment, regulatory pressure, funding, consolidation, embedded finance and where the industry is heading.
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Fintech is entering its next stage, and the pressure is coming from every direction.
The Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference opens on December 3 with a State of the Union for fintechs and sponsor banks: where the market stands, what bank partners and regulators are signaling, and where funding, consolidation and embedded finance are heading.
Denis Brosnan, Portfolio CEO at CORA Group, sets the stage. If you're setting 2027 priorities right now, this is the session that frames the rest of the day.
Thursday, December 3 | 8:45 AM ET | Live and virtual
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
#Fintech #SponsorBanks #EmbeddedFinance
Session 2 · 9:15 AM ET · Sponsor Banks
The Fintech and Sponsor Bank Relationship: What Makes the Partnership Work?
Moderator
Craig Schlosser, Practice Lead, Withum
Speakers
Brenda Banks, Head of Sponsor Bank Programs, Socure; Jared Robinson, SVP, Director of Fintech, Legend Bank; Stephanie Schumacher, Global Risk Advisor, SightSpan; Erica Baumbach, VP, BSA, CRA and Compliance Officer, First Electronic Bank
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What each side expects, roles and responsibilities, communication, governance, oversight and how to avoid friction.
A lot of fintech and bank friction doesn't start with the contract. It starts in the gap between what each side assumed the other was handling.
At the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3, Brenda Banks (Socure), Jared Robinson (Legend Bank), Stephanie Schumacher (SightSpan) and Erica Baumbach (First Electronic Bank) dig into what makes the fintech and sponsor bank relationship actually work: expectations on both sides, roles and responsibilities, governance, oversight, and how to keep friction from slowing everything down. Craig Schlosser of Withum moderates.
Thursday, December 3 | 9:15 AM ET | Live and virtual
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
#Fintech #SponsorBanks #BankingAsAService
Session 3 · 10:15 AM ET · Third-Party Risk and Governance
From Onboarding to Ongoing Oversight: Managing Fintech Partnerships After the Deal Is Signed
Moderator
Jonnie Davis, Chief Revenue Officer, Zenoo
Speakers
Julie Gaiaschi, CEO and Co-Founder, Third Party Risk Association
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Due diligence, monitoring, reporting, complaints, issues and escalation, audits, and vendor and third-party oversight.
Signing the partnership agreement is the easy part. The real work starts the day after.
This session at the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3 walks through managing fintech partnerships after the deal is signed: due diligence that holds up, ongoing monitoring, reporting, complaints and escalation, audits, and third-party oversight a bank partner or examiner can actually follow. Julie Gaiaschi, CEO of TPRA, joins moderator Jonnie Davis of Zenoo.
Thursday, December 3 | 10:15 AM ET | Live and virtual
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
#ThirdPartyRisk #Fintech #Compliance
Session 4 · 11:15 AM ET · Payments
The Future of Payments: Faster, Smarter and More Connected
Moderator
Robert “Red” Daniel, Founder and Chief Comedy Officer, Standups & Startups
Speakers
Brian Dao, VP, Growth & Industry Relations, EPCOR; Mike Morris, Partner, Wipfli; Rio Miner, Founder and CEO, FCI Tradecraft; Brian Fitzpatrick, Chairman and CEO, Qredible
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ACH, RTP, FedNow, cards, embedded payments, cross-border payments and where payment innovation is heading.
ACH, RTP, FedNow, cards, embedded payments, cross-border. Money is moving faster and across more rails than ever, and the operating model has to keep up.
At the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3, Brian Dao (EPCOR), Mike Morris (Wipfli), Rio Miner (FCI Tradecraft) and Brian Fitzpatrick (Qredible) take on the future of payments: what's changing across the rails and where payment innovation is heading next. Robert "Red" Daniel of Standups & Startups moderates.
Thursday, December 3 | 11:15 AM ET | Live and virtual
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
#Payments #FedNow #Fintech
Session 5 · 12:45 PM ET · Fraud and AML
When Faster Payments Meet Faster Fraud
Speakers
Chris Wilson, VP, Business Development, Alogent; Andrea Valentin, Chief Risk Officer, Maxwell State Bank; Brian Davis, Founder, The House of Fraud
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Fraud, scams, mule accounts, AML, transaction monitoring, identity, payments fraud and the convergence of fraud and AML.
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Faster payments mean faster fraud. Scams and mule accounts move at the speed of the rails, and the old line between the fraud team and the AML team gets harder to defend every year.
At the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3, Chris Wilson (Alogent), Andrea Valentin (Maxwell State Bank) and Brian Davis (The House of Fraud) cover scams, mule accounts, transaction monitoring, identity and the convergence of fraud and AML.
Thursday, December 3 | 12:45 PM ET | Live and virtual
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
#Fraud #AML #FinancialCrime
Session 6 · 1:30 PM ET · Case Study
Case Study: Lessons From the Field
Speakers
Laura Gibson-Lamothe, Executive Director, Georgia Fintech Academy
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Partnership breakdowns, fraud spikes, compliance failures, operational gaps and the lessons learned.
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Frameworks are useful. What actually happened is more useful.
The case study session at the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3 works through partnership breakdowns, fraud spikes, compliance failures, operational gaps, and the lessons each one leaves behind, with Laura Gibson-Lamothe of the Georgia Fintech Academy.
Thursday, December 3 | 1:30 PM ET | Live and virtual
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
#Fintech #Compliance #RiskManagement
Session 7 · 2:00 PM ET · AI and AI Governance
AI Is Here: How Financial Institutions Are Actually Using It
Moderator
Mary Dishong, Strategic Advisor, Quinte Financial Technologies
Speakers
Joseph Cuanan, AI Developer, ComplyGraph; Christina Rea, Founder, RayCor Consulting; Anmol Sahai, Canarie AI
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Practical AI applications, human oversight, data and privacy considerations, third-party AI, model risk, documentation, accountability and emerging regulatory expectations.
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Plenty of institutions have an AI strategy. Fewer can explain how it's governed, documented and overseen.
"AI Is Here: How Financial Institutions Are Actually Using It" brings together Joseph Cuanan (ComplyGraph), Christina Rea (RayCor Consulting) and Anmol Sahai (Canarie AI), moderated by Mary Dishong of Quinte Financial Technologies, at the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3. Practical applications, human oversight, data and privacy, third-party AI, model risk, accountability and the regulatory expectations taking shape.
Thursday, December 3 | 2:00 PM ET | Live and virtual
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
#AI #AIGovernance #Fintech
Session 8 · 3:00 PM ET · Digital Assets
Stablecoins, Digital Assets and the Next Generation of Money
Speakers
Joe Ciccolo, Founder and President, BitAML; Rafeh Hulays, Ph.D., Head of IT & Product, Blockchain Intelligence Group; Ralph Dahm, Certified Blockchain Investigator, TwinOaksCRS
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Stablecoins, crypto, payments, regulatory considerations, financial crime and institutional adoption.
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Stablecoins have moved out of the crypto conversation and into the payments conversation. The compliance conversation has to move with them.
At the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3, Joe Ciccolo (BitAML), Rafeh Hulays, Ph.D. (Blockchain Intelligence Group) and Ralph Dahm (TwinOaksCRS) cover stablecoins, digital assets, payments, regulatory considerations, financial crime and institutional adoption.
Thursday, December 3 | 3:00 PM ET | Live and virtual
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
#Stablecoins #DigitalAssets #AML
Session 9 · 4:00 PM ET · The Future Workforce
Preparing Banks for the Next Generation of Talent
Speakers
Aaron French, Associate Professor, Kennesaw State University
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How banks attract, develop and keep the people the next era of financial services will depend on.
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The next generation of banking talent is already in the classroom. The question is whether banks are ready for them.
The final session of the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3 looks at what it takes to attract, develop and keep the people the next era of financial services will depend on. Aaron French of Kennesaw State University leads the conversation.
Thursday, December 3 | 4:00 PM ET | Live and virtual
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
#Banking #Workforce #Fintech
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I'm speaking at the Fintech Training Center Virtual Conference on December 3.
My session: [SESSION TITLE] at [TIME] ET.
[One or two sentences on why this topic matters right now: the problem you see teams struggling with, in your own words.]
It's one day, nine sessions, live and virtual, covering sponsor-bank partnerships, third-party oversight, payments, fraud and AML, AI governance, digital assets and the future workforce. If you work anywhere near this, I'd like to see you there.
Register: https://fintechtrainingcenter.com/conference/
A few things that help
Tag the people involved. Speakers, co-panelists and the Fintech Training Center page. Tags travel further than hashtags and let us reshare you back.
Try the link in your first comment. LinkedIn tends to show link-free posts to more people. Delete the Register line, post, then add the link as your own first comment. Leaving it in is fine too.
Post from your personal profile first, then reshare from your company page. Personal reach is consistently stronger.
Reply to the comments you get. Early engagement compounds.
Forward it internally. A note to your own fraud, compliance or payments team is often worth more than a public post.
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