Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.

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    Douglas Green is a director at Volante Tecnologies and a member of the Fed's faster payments task force.

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  • Tony Sabetti is product manager, mobile/NFC technologies for CPI Card Group. With over 25 years of experience launching secure identification and mobile solutions, Sabetti is responsible for the product management and business development of CPI’s mobile/NFC solution, delivering secure digital credentials to mobile devices for Near Field Communications (NFC) payments and identification.In previous positions, Sabetti led development and deployment of mobile commerce platforms, which integrated payments, loyalty and offers in a single NFC tap at over 100,000 merchant locations across the United States. He has also worked in leadership positions in sales and marketing, in which he secured designs of NFC chipsets and secure elements into mobile phones; secured chips for EMV bank cards, ePassports, and government ID cards; and developed and implemented the first two large-scale contactless payment solutions in the world.Sabetti has been an active member of the Smart Card Alliance (SCA) for the past 7 years and was listed on their 2015 Honor Roll. He is currently serving as secretary on the SCA Mobile & NFC Council.

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    Sukanya Madhavan is director of product management at Forte Payment Systems, where she directs the design and development of complex strategic technology projects within the financial services industry. Previously, she has serviced TMX Finance, Cash America and Wipro Technologies, where she led large business and process improvement initiatives, successfully influencing change at all levels of the organizations.

  • Natalie Kelly has over 19 years of payment industry experience with a primary focus on innovation, digital, emerging technologies, and alternative payment solutions. In her current position as Global Head of Digital Issuer, Processor & Consumer Solution Delivery, she is responsible for driving the digitization of payments by consulting with Visa Issuers and Processors on all aspects of channel development (ecommerce, mobile, app, in branch, etc.) and their go-to-market strategy.In 2000 Natalie was chosen by Visa as one of two people to complete the Visa Management Training Program where she held positions in every aspect of the company.� In her tenure at Visa she has held various leadership roles, such as: Lead Innovation Account Executive for Bank of America, Sr. Account Executive for Bank of America Debit, Director of North America Western Region Client Sales, and Emerging Channels Manager for eCommerce, Mobile and Chip technology solutions, among others.Before joining Visa, Natalie was a Senior Officer at SouthTrust Bank where she developed and executed the overall Issuing and Acquiring bank card strategy.Natalie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce and Business Administration from The University of Alabama. She currently resides in the Bay Area with her husband and three children. �

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    Jon Squire is the CEO of CARDFREE, a new company based in San Francisco that offers merchants a one-stop solution to mobilize and enhance the customer experience for maximum ROI. Squire brings with him more than 19 years of business, marketing and product development experience in financial services and emerging technologies.Squire is well known for his leading edge work with NFC, barcode and alternative technologies that integrate with the point of sale. He worked to launch the first national mobile P2P offering in partnership with Sprint and PayPal.Before joining CARDFREE, Squire was CMO at CorFire, SK C&C’s global mCommerce division. While at CorFire, he managed sales, business development, strategy and marketing. He was also SVP of Mobile Payments at mFoundry where he helped create the first mobile wallet initiatives in the U.S. with retailers, carriers and financial institutions. Between his work at CorFire and mFoundry, Squire has been involved in the two largest mobile payments programs in the nation.Early in his career, he led mobile/e-commerce payment initiatives for Wells Fargo and managed E*TRADE Advisory Services. Squire earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Lehigh University.

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    Lou Anne Alexander is chief market development officer of payments for Early Warning. She has also served in positions at banks such as Wells Fargo, Wachovia and First Union.

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    Carol Benson is a Managing Partner at Glenbrook Partners.

  • As co-founder and CEO of Ascend, Steve leads a team that is defining the next generation of lending through the use of behavioral economics and real-time data to actively monitor and reward consumers for positive financial behaviors demonstrated throughout the life of their loan.� In addition to his role at Ascend, Steve currently serves as a member of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Advisory Board, as well as an advisor/investor to multiple start-ups. �The former head of marketing and business development at Intuit Financial Services (Mint.com and Quicken), Steve has also held senior executive roles at HSBC and Washington Mutual, and advised global financial services firms as co-founder of Sung Carlson Associates.� Steve holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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    Cara Wood is a marketing associate at Capterra.