Payments Symposium 2009
Focus on Success
Strategy - Technology - Operations
September 13 - 15, 2009

Focus for Success is the theme of this year's Payments Symposium, and we are proud to have Rudy Hanley and Russell Goldsmith as our keynote speakers. Both will share their success stories and deliver the key message: By concentrating organizational efforts on the core business and paying attention to the specific needs of a targeted customer base, any institution can maximize effectiveness and achieve success.


Keynote Speakers



Russell Goldsmith
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
City National Bank


As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of City National Bank, Russell Goldsmith leads a financial institution of nearly $17 billion in total assets. Since Mr. Goldsmith became Chief Executive Officer in October 1995, City National’s assets and earnings have increased nearly 400 percent.  It now has 63 banking offices, including 15 full-service regional centers, in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada and New York City. Mr. Goldsmith serves on the Federal Reserve Board’s 12-member Federal Advisory Council, representing the Twelfth Federal Reserve District and chairs the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy and Jobs, a new independent organization with leading economic stakeholders representing business, labor, higher education and the non-profit sectors.


Rudy Hanley
President and Chief Executive Officer
SchoolsFirst FCU


Rudy Hanley is the President and CEO of SchoolsFirst FCU, formerly Orange County Teachers FCU.  The credit union, with $8 billion in assets and a member-owned financial cooperative, provides a full range of up-to-date financial services to more than 400,000 Members from 28 branch locations. Prior to joining SchoolsFirst FCU in 1982, Mr. Hanley worked for the California Credit Union League (CCUL) and the Washington D.C. office of the Credit Union National Association (CUNA).  A graduate of the University of California at Irvine, Mr. Hanley has a bachelors degree in mathematics and a teaching credential.  He obtained his Juris doctorate from Western States University, College of Law.

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