QUEST - Key Persons
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- Senior Vice President, Director of Managed Services Solutions / Fifth Third Bank
- Senior Vice President, Director of Managed Services Solutions at Fifth Third Bank
Biography
Adam Keck is Senior Vice President, Director of Managed Services Solutions at Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio. Adam began his Fifth Third career as a member of the Bank's Leadership Program in the Consumer line of business. After a two-year rotation, his first role was Officer, Equity Sales Operations and Consumer Loan Specialist Team Manager. Adam managed two teams and focused on fulfilling equity loans. From that role, he transitioned to the Commercial Bank and Treasury Management division where he continues to serve the enterprise.
As Officer, Senior Payments Product Analyst he led three Treasury Management products. From this role, he was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Payments Product Manager. In this role he was responsible for Accounts Payable automation solution innovation that achieved 117% to goal in year one of launch and resulted in $1.4 million revenue run rate in the first six months. He was subsequently promoted to Vice President, Director of Payable Products and oversaw key initiatives to drive growth in one of the Bank's most strategic product investments, AP Automation. His efforts resulted in 396% growth YOY in 2020. In January 2022, he moved to his current role.
Adam earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business Administration from Xavier University. His MBA studies included a focus on pricing strategy. After graduation, Adam gained early experience at the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and AGC Automotive Americas before beginning his career at Fifth Third.
Adam spends time coaching youth sports in his community including Baseball, Basketball, and Soccer. When coaching Adam focuses not only on helping children understand the foundation of the sport but also ensuring they are developing critical life skills such as teamwork, inclusion and integrity.
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- Member of the Global Payments Committee
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- Member of the Global Payments Committee
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- VP, Shopping Experiences / Royal Bank of Canada
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- Member of the Emerging Payments Committee
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- Leader of Real - Time Payments for the Americas
- Leader of Real - Time Payments, Americas
Bridget Hall is the Leader of Real-Time Payments for the Americas at ACI Worldwide, responsible for delivering innovative solutions to execute ACI's Real-Time Payments strategy in the region. She has extensive experience in product management, commercial analysis, solution packaging, operations, and finance.
Bridget has spent her entire career in payments and finance. After working in a community bank before completing a triple major at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO), Bridget advanced to work in the securities industry at financial advisory firms, brokers/dealers, and clearing firms as well as corporate disbursements providers focused on enabling digital payments. She has held a number of roles at ACI Worldwide across the company's Finance and Product divisions, with steadily increasing responsibility and impact, culminating in her current role leading ACI's Real-Time Payments strategy in the Americas.
In addition to her leadership at ACI Worldwide, Bridget serves on a number of advisory committees, sharing her substantial experience and expertise to help guide and shape critical discussions related to global business and finance, including:
UNO Supply Chain Management Advisory Board, College of Business Administration (2019-Present)
U.S. Faster Payments Council Board Advisory Group (2019-2020, 2023-Present)
U.S. Faster Payments Council Education & Awareness Work Group (2019-2020)
U.S. Faster Payments Council Cross Border Payments Work Group (2024-Present)
Sigma Kappa sorority: Considerable volunteer work, including director-level positions in the national organization, mentoring women in professional growth and career development (2005-Present)
Cross River's customers span across several unique industries within financial services. These include gig economy payouts, crypto, gaming, B2B payments, billpay and remittances, marketplace lending, banking-as-a-service and many more. Lastly, Matt's support of the development of Cross River's Cross Border Payments product will help expand access of these best-in-class payment services globally.
In addition to serving Cross River, Matt actively participates in the payments industry, promoting instant payments with customers through public webinars with his partners, such as Trustly, and engagement with organizations like NYPAY. He is also a member of the RTP Advisory Committee formed by The Clearing House and contributes to various working groups related to instant payments.
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- Member of the Global Payments Committee
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- Member of the Emerging Payments Committee
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- Member of the Emerging Payments Committee
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- Member of the Global Payments Committee
Jane Larimer is President and CEO of Nacha, which governs the modern ACH Network, the payment system that quickly and safely moved 31.5 billion payments in 2023. Nacha also develops rules and standards, provides industry solutions, and delivers education, accreditation, and advisory services.
Jane has led Nacha since July 2019, guiding the association as it builds consensus to further innovation in the payments industry. Jane has been recognized for her work in advancing the ACH Network and for Nacha as a leader in payments education. In 2022 and 2023, Jane was named one of Washington DC's Most Influential People by Washingtonian Magazine, and in 2021, she was named one of the Most Influential Women in Payments by PaymentsSource.
An Ohio native raised in Florida, Jane joined Nacha as its first in-house counsel and has also served as the association's chief operating officer and executive vice president of ACH Network Administration.
Jane holds a law degree from the University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law. Prior to Nacha, Jane practiced law in Atlanta at a firm now known as Bryan Cave LLP.
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- Co - Founder
- COO
- Leader
- Co - Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Identifee
Kevin Miyamoto is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Identifee, responsible for all operational and administrative procedures. Prior to working at Identifee, Kevin worked at Corporate Executive Board, now part of Gartner, and spent a number of years working in multiple roles in Wells Fargo's Payments, Virtual Solutions, and Innovations Team. Most recently, Kevin was the Business Manager in Wells Fargo's Sponsorship Team, managing over $850B of payment volume.
Kevin is a natural leader, and every time he is in a room, people gravitate towards him. The way things are trending, Kevin and Identifee will become one of the key contributors in the payments space.
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- Member of the Global Payments Committee
- Senior Vice President / Wells Fargo
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- Member of the Global Payments Committee
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- Chief Innovation Officer / Corporate America Credit Union
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- Member of the Emerging Payments Committee
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- Senior Product Manager at Cross River
Biography
Matthew (Matt) is a Senior Product Manager at Cross River and oversees almost all things payments with a focus on instant rails. He manages five payments products: RTP, FedNow, ACH, Wire Transfers, Cross River's on-us rail, XPay, and he is supporting the launch of Cross River's international payments offering. Matt has helped Cross River build the infrastructure to support real time payments and keep the bank competitive in the Fintech Banking arena. He's always pushing the envelope and going above and beyond for our clients to meet their needs while following industry and regulatory guidelines.
Originally from the greater New York City Metropolitan area, Matt currently resides in Manhattan, New York. His local roots and comprehensive understanding of the financial landscape make him a valuable asset to the region's banking and payments sector. Since graduating from American University in 2014, Matt has been an active contributor to the payments industry, where he's also worked at Mastercard, EY, and The Clearing House. Additionally, Matt is an active member in the NYC Finance community and was awarded a rising star award from the NJ Bankers Association last year.
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- Director, TM Risk Strategy, Treasury & Payment Solutions
The Preferred Partner program is comprised of organizations whose offerings align with the Nacha's core strategy of advancing the ACH Network. Preferred Partners have earned Nacha's recognition for their leadership and innovation toward achieving this goal.
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- Member of the Global Payments Committee
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- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, Commercial Product Management, Payments / M & T Bank
Rui Chaves is a Senior Vice President responsible for Emerging Payables capabilities at the M&T Commercial Bank. He has over 15 years of diverse banking experience with stints in Personal Banking, Client Servicing, Bank Payment Operations and Commercial Treasury Product Management. In his time with People's United and M&T Bank, he has been responsible for day-to-day operational functions for key and highly leveraged commercial products, including Automated Clearing House Origination and Receive services, Account Reconciliation, and Check Positive Pay. Rui transitioned to a front office product role in 2016 and has helped develop enhanced capabilities through vendor partnerships including emerging capabilities in Integrated Payables and Invoice to Pay Automation and instant payments. Rui is active both internally and externally in promoting capabilities for business clients to enjoy a fast, secure and efficient payment experience.
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- Co - Founder & CTO / Modern Treasury
- CTO of Modern Treasury
Sam is co-founder and CTO of Modern Treasury, which provides payment operations software for companies to move and track money with confidence. Sam co-founded Modern Treasury to alleviate the pain points that his team experienced while building a payment operations system at LendingHome. Before LendingHome, Sam co-founded and served as CTO at Agustus & Ahab, and worked for Everlane and Rearden Commerce. He earned his BS from Columbia University, where he also worked on hacking projects. Sam is known to celebrate company milestones with Krispy Kreme deliveries.
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- Member of the Global Payments Committee
Smart Faster Payments 2024 proposal submission. Conference Planning Committee accepted session proposal "Payment Automation: The Future is Now!" for inclusion at Smarter Faster Payments 2024 in Miami. Partnering with Datos Insights, to conduct session.
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- Executive Director / J.P. Morgan
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- Member of the Emerging Payments Committee