ETA Strategic Leadership Forum to Feature Blue-Chip Payments Executives
9-25-2018
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) annual event for payments industry executives will bring together leaders for high-level discussions and networking.
September 25, 2018 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) brings together top executives from the acquiring, payments processing, software solutions, banking, retail technology and FinTech industries next week at the 2018 Strategic Leadership Forum (SLF). Payments executives will converge for the premier annual executive-level payments industry event, hosted at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort and Spa in Dana Point, California on October 2-4, 2018.
“ETA is excited to bring payments industry executives together at the Strategic Leadership Forum,” said ETA CEO Jason Oxman. “ETA SLF is the most important annual event in payments, where leaders in our industry strengthen connections and discuss critical industry topics in a resort atmosphere that facilitates strategic networking.”
Distinguished industry leaders will discuss partnerships between fintech companies and acquirers, private equity, software disruption and connected commerce. Top executives who will be leading discussions include:
- Charles Drucker, CEO, Worldpay
- Angela Brown, President & CEO, Moneris
- Kim Crawford Goodman, President, Card Services, Fiserv
- Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO, BlueSnap
- Bradley Wiskirchen, CEO, Kount
- Kim Fitzsimmons, President, Merchant Services’ Corporate & Investment Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Jon Ziglar, CEO, ParkMobile
- Jared Isaacman, CEO, Shift4Payments
New this year, ETA will induct the members of the inaugural ETA Hall of Fame, which recognizes the achievements of eight distinguished professionals. The Hall of Fame will be presented by Visa on Wednesday, October 3. In a ceremony that celebrates the history of payments, Chuck Burtzloff, Diane Faro, Paul Garcia, Dee Hock, Joe Kaplan, Ed Labry, Frank McNamara and Debra Rossi will be recognized and honored for their historic contributions to the industry. The event will also include a tribute to industry pioneer Joe Kaplan, who passed away in 2018, by his colleagues and family members.
SLF is generously supported by platinum sponsors Worldpay, Mastercard, Visa, Global Payments Inc., White & Case, and Wells Fargo. Click here to learn more.
About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the global trade association representing more than 500 payments and technology companies. ETA members make commerce possible by processing more than $6 trillion in purchases in the U.S. and deploying payments innovation to merchants and consumers.
About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the world’s leading advocacy and trade association for the payments industry. Our members span the breadth of significant payments and fintech companies, from the largest incumbent players to the emerging disruptors in the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries around the world. ETA members make commerce possible by processing approximately $56.75 trillion annually in purchases and P2P payments worldwide and deploying payments innovation to merchants and consumers.
ETAs membership spans the breadth of the payments industry to include independent sales organizations (ISOs), payments networks, financial institutions, transaction processors, mobile payments products and services, payments technologies, and software providers (ISV) and hardware suppliers. For more information, visit electran.org.