Learn From Industry Experts.
Build a Future-Ready Payments Strategy.
Join payments professionals from across the country for exclusive educational masterclasses, hosted in partnership with leading payments associations, and featuring guest speakers. Led by Mark Majeske, SVP Faster Payments at Alacriti, these sessions provide practical guidance on the RTP® network, the FedNow® Service, Visa Direct, Zelle®, cross-border payments, stablecoins, tokenized deposits, fraud considerations, and the future of money movement.
Whether you’re developing your instant payments roadmap or evaluating emerging payment technologies, you’ll leave with actionable insights, a framework for making strategic payments decisions, and earn Continuing Education Credits.
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What You'll Learn:
How to prepare for stablecoins and tokenized deposits
Where faster payments fit into your payments strategy
Emerging use cases driving adoption of newer rails
Cross-border and real-time payment opportunities
Fraud and risk considerations
Emerging use cases driving adoption of newer rails
How to align business objectives with payment rails
Upcoming Masterclasses
- 08/12/26
- Memphis, Tennessee (Offered Virtually)
Session Title
Session Description
Every payments decision financial institutions make today will influence their ability to support the next generation of money movement. This interactive masterclass will help attendees understand how to maximize today’s investments in instant payments while preparing for emerging capabilities such as stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and programmable money and what roles ACH and wire modernization play in this journey.
Attendees will gain exclusive insights from Alacriti’s market research, including adoption trends, send and receive activity, fraud patterns, emerging use cases, and future investment priorities. A candid fireside chat with financial institution leaders will highlight lessons learned from their instant payments journeys, successful use cases, and common implementation pitfalls to avoid.
The masterclass concludes with a forward-looking discussion on the future of money movement, including stablecoins, tokenized deposits, regulatory developments, and what financial institutions should prioritize today to remain competitive tomorrow.
Featuring
- Brad Nightengale, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, Visa
- Dan Gonzalez, VP - Head of National Accounts, Federal Reserve Financial Services
- Rusiru Gunasena, SVP - Head of Business Development for Service Providers, The Clearing House
- 09/11/26
- Las Vegas, Nevada
Session Title
Session Description
Every payments decision financial institutions make today will influence their ability to support the next generation of money movement. This interactive masterclass will help attendees understand how to maximize today’s investments in instant payments while preparing for emerging capabilities such as stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and programmable money and what roles ACH and wire modernization play in this journey.
Attendees will gain exclusive insights from Alacriti’s market research, including adoption trends, send and receive activity, fraud patterns, emerging use cases, and future investment priorities. A candid fireside chat with financial institution leaders will highlight lessons learned from their instant payments journeys, successful use cases, and common implementation pitfalls to avoid.
The masterclass concludes with a forward-looking discussion on the future of money movement, including stablecoins, tokenized deposits, regulatory developments, and what financial institutions should prioritize today to remain competitive tomorrow.
Featuring
- Jakub Petri, VP - Global Sales and Partnerships, Visa
- Dan Gonzalez, Federal Reserve Financial Services
- Keith Gray, VP - Strategic Partnerships, The Clearing House
- 09/23/26
- Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Session Title
Session Description
Payments industry expert Mark Majeske will provide a comprehensive review of the latest developments across the RTP® network, FedNow® Service, Visa Direct, and Zelle®, stablecoins, and other emerging forms of digital money. Attendees will gain insights into the forces shaping payments—adoption trends, transaction growth, emerging use cases, and fraud considerations.
The session will also explore how financial institutions can maximize the value of their instant payments investments, operationalize real-time money movement, and prepare for emerging innovations such as Request for Payment, tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and other next-generation payment technologies.
Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges affecting the market, along with guidance for how to remain competitive in the future of payments.
Featuring
- Emily Braziel, Payment Solutions Manager, Royal Credit Union
- 09/28/26
- Middleton, Wisconsin
Session Title
Session Description
Payments industry expert Mark Majeske will provide a comprehensive review of the latest developments across the RTP® network, FedNow® Service, Visa Direct, and Zelle®, stablecoins, and other emerging forms of digital money. Attendees will gain insights into the forces shaping payments—adoption trends, transaction growth, emerging use cases, and fraud considerations.
The session will also explore how financial institutions can maximize the value of their instant payments investments, operationalize real-time money movement, and prepare for emerging innovations such as Request for Payment, tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and other next-generation payment technologies.
Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges affecting the market, along with guidance for how to remain competitive in the future of payments.
- 11/02/2026
- Kansas City, Kansas
Session Title
Session Description
Every payments decision financial institutions make today will influence their ability to support the next generation of money movement. This interactive masterclass will help attendees understand how to maximize today’s investments in instant payments while preparing for emerging capabilities such as stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and programmable money and what roles ACH and wire modernization play in this journey.
Attendees will gain exclusive insights from Alacriti’s market research, including adoption trends, send and receive activity, fraud patterns, emerging use cases, and future investment priorities. A candid fireside chat with financial institution leaders will highlight lessons learned from their instant payments journeys, successful use cases, and common implementation pitfalls to avoid.
The masterclass concludes with a forward-looking discussion on the future of money movement, including stablecoins, tokenized deposits, regulatory developments, and what financial institutions should prioritize today to remain competitive tomorrow.
Featuring
- Kris Varma, Senior Director, FI Sales & Growth, Visa
- Dan Gonzalez, VP - Head of National Accounts, Federal Reserve Financial Services
- Steve Douglass, VP - Sales and Business Development, The Clearing House
Mark Majeske
Senior Vice President of Faster Payments
Meet Our Speaker
Mark Majeske has been directly involved in the development and launch of many of the industry’s most significant payment innovations, including the RTP® Network, FedNow® Service, and Zelle®. He currently leads the faster payments strategy at Alacriti and serves on the Faster Payments Council Board of Directors.
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