Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Paula is the general counsel/chief compliance officer at Better Mortgage. Previously she served as senior litigation counsel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the Enforcement Bureau. Prior to joining the CFPB she was a litigation partner at Mayer Brown and early in her career was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York.

Jim Harper is the senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

Mr. Schweid runs the Electronic Services Division at Coconut Grove Bank.� In this role he is responsible for all aspects of the Bank’s digital banking and card based services for individuals, private banking and business clients.� This includes determining the strategic direction the Bank takes with regards to product specifications, sales strategies, vendors, and daily execution for clients.� He is also responsible for managing the call center team.In addition to his role at Coconut Grove Bank, Mr. Schweid is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank’s Faster Payments Taskforce.� This taskforce has been assembled by the Federal Reserve Bank with the objective of assessing alternative approaches for implementing safe, ubiquitous, faster payment systems within the U.S.� As part of the taskforce, Mr. Schweid is leading the sub workgroup focused on defining the current landscape of the payments industry and the next steps to launching potential improvements.Before joining Coconut Grove Bank, Mr. Schweid ran Treasury Management, Corporate Services, and was a Regional Manager at City National Bank and Seacoast National Bank.� In both positions he ran various sales teams and negotiated partnerships and contracts with vendors of all types.� Previously he worked in the investments area at Great Western Bank and Prudential Securities.�Mr. Schweid’s background includes an undergraduate degree in business/finance from Eckerd College, and an M.B.A. from Florida International University.� He is also the current President of the South Florida chapter of the Association of Financial Professionals (SFAFP) and past President of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center.

Bob Mark is a managing partner at Black Diamond Risk Enterprises.

Shirley Leung is commercial and corporate litigation associate at Blank Rome LLP.

Ren� Lacerte is the chief executive and founder of Bill.com, which he launched in 2006.

Lynn David is the president of Community Bank Consulting Services.

As Director of Financial Technology Strategies, John Jacobs provides eOriginal with his extensive experience as a business development, sales executive, and business process consultant. Mr. Jacobs is responsible for the expansion of eOriginal business across several key verticals, including financial services, equipment leasing, solar and security alarm industries. Across these verticals and particularly within marketplace lending, Mr. Jacobs is a go-to speaker at conferences and meetings, often asked to share his extensive knowledge into how digital transaction management improves business processes, customer experience, and creates operational efficiencies across the entire enterprise within financial services.Additionally, Mr. Jacobs advises clients on how to use eSignature and eAsset� Management Services the most effective and compliant way possible. His goal is to ensure industry wide acceptance and also works with key industry consultants, and funders to help standardize the eContracting processes within different verticals who seek to streamline business operations.Prior to joining eOriginal, Mr. Jacobs spent several years consulting small, medium and large businesses on running advertising campaigns on major television networks across the country, while also helping to expand his clients’ footprints into online advertising.�

Simon Dixon is the CEO & co-founder of online investment platform�BnkToTheFuture.com�who have invested over $60m in FinTech companies. He is also the�Fund Manager of�Bitcoin Capital�& author of the book 'Bank to the Future'. An active FinTech & Bitcoin angel investor with investments in BitPay, Kraken, BitPesa and over 20 others. An ex-director of the UK Digital Currency Association & UK CrowdFunding Association, who regularly speaks on the future of finance to governments, businesses, investors and financial institutions. An ex-investment banker that left corporate in 2006 to work on his book on the future of banking.�You will find Simon regularly quoted & appearing in much of the major press & media including BBC, FT, CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal to mention a few.�

Menekse Gencer is PwC's global payments fintech leader.