Just for Small Financial Institutions

A program designed for you.

The education team here at WesPay has worked diligently this year to develop a program specifically with the smaller organization in mind.  We understand that you do not have the luxury of being specialists. Everyday brings situations that require you to wear different hats. Our Small Financial Institution Focus track brings a series of topics from all three of our main program tracks: Payments Strategies, Emerging Payments Technologies and Payments Operations.  With this program, you will get a broad view of the hottest topics in the electronic payments industry. All with practical applications you can take back to your office and implement right away.



Define Your Own Mobile Banking and Payments Strategy

Monday, September 14 - 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM
Richard Crone, CEO, Crone Consulting, LLC

As your financial institution decides to enter the mobile space or assess where you are in your mobile strategy, you will need a plan to follow. You’ll need to decide at what level you want to be in this space as well as what your customers’ needs and wants are. Attendees will be guided through the necessary steps to set up this plan and provided with immediate action steps they can take to set up or test their mobile strategies.


Convergence of Risk Assessment Requirements

Tuesday, September 15 - 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Mary Gilmeister, President, WACHA
Fred Laing, President, UMACHA

Federal regulations regarding payments risk assessments have been enhanced recently with new guidance issued by the FFIEC, as well as a new NACHA rule requiring specific risk assessment of Originators by ODFIs. This session will examine the similarities and differences in approach from NACHA and the regulators, and compare how these assessment requirements differ from those of the OCC, FDIC, and other regulatory bodies.


Create New Revenue Streams Through International Payments

Tuesday, September 15 - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Dan Caputo, Director of Institutional Sales, Custom House
Phil Tawtel, Director Enterprise Risk Mgt. and Compliance, Custom House

Create new revenue streams by establishing an international payments program. Utilizing key concepts of international ACH, foreign currency wires, drafts, bank notes, stored value cards and foreign check cashing, financial institutions can implement programs keeping entry costs low while gaining new customers and retaining existing clients.

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