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.
Latest NewsDacia Edmondson joined Equifax in April of 2014 as Senior Director, Product Management for Alternative Data.� She has spent the better part of her career in new product innovation and product management, joining the consumer credit and risk industry in 2010.� Dacia has spent the last five years developing innovative products that promote consumers into better credit in multiple industries including Utilities, Communications, Auto Lending, Insurance, Financial Services, Card, and Multi-Family. �
Cheryl Gurz is Managing Director and Emerging Technology Segment Manager for BNY Mellon Treasury Services. In this capacity Cheryl acts as a payment strategist and thought-leader identifying industry trends and analyzing their potential impact on the firms� global payments business. She is responsible for investigating emerging payment technologies (e.g., Ripple/ODL, Blockchain) and for determining if and how BNY Mellon may leverage them for continued growth within the Treasury Services business. Ms. Gurz has been a speaker at multiple industry conferences, including SWIFT NY Forum, BAFT, AFP Annual Conference, Windy City Forum, TEXPO, New York Cash Exchange, and NACHA Global Payments Conference.Cheryl joined BNY Mellon in December 2012 and brings over 25 years of payments/cash management �experience from diverse roles including product and market management, finance, payment operations and internal consulting. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, she held leadership roles across global transaction banking, specializing in providing strategic solutions to the industry at Citi, HSBC, and MBNA. She began her career at The Chase Manhattan Bank through the Internal Audit Management Development Program.Ms. Gurz holds a Bachelor of Science Accounting degree from Niagara University and a Master of Organizational Leadership from Wilmington University. Ms. Gurz is a U.S. patent holder and a member of The Clearing House Finance Committee, BAFT NA Council, NACHA Payments Planning Committee and Wall Street Bitcoin Alliance.
As VP of Enterprise Mobility Solutions, Jonathan is focused on CA's mobility strategies delivering innovative solutions to enterprises with large-scale mobile and BYOD deployments.Jonathan is passionate about improving the way software is built and delivered. With over 15 years experience, Jonathan has co-founded several venture-backed startup companies, including Replay Solutions in 2004 as CEO, acquired by CA Technologies in 2012. Jonathan�s research has resulted in over 20 patents for technologies covering high performance networking, Smart Mobile Containerization, and the record/replay of computer programs. He is a frequent speaker on software lifecycle best practices and enjoys engaging audiences to uncover new ideas around using technology to deliver value to enterprises while improving the lives of software teams. Jonathan has been featured in interviews with the NYTimes, CNet and others, as well as a keynote speaker at events such as the Morgan Stanley Global Speaker Series, EclipseCon and Velocity.�Jonathan studied Electrical Engineering at Carleton University and currently resides with his family at the heart of Silicon Valley in California. He blogs at http://justreplayit.blogspot.com. Follow his tweets @jlindo.
Mike Trapanese is a Senior Vice President at VantageScore Solutions where he is responsible for strategic planning and alliances. Prior to joining VantageScore, Mike oversaw strategy and corporate development at the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. In that capacity, he was instrumental in developing strategies, programs, investments, and policies to position the bank within the evolving housing finance supply chain. Mike began his career as a management consultant where he worked with some of the largest financial services firms in the world on their most pressing strategic challenges. He holds a MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he was a fellow in the Program for Executives and he holds a BA from Boston College.
Marwan Forzley is the�Co-Founder and CEO of Align Commerce, a next-generation global payment provider which enables businesses to quickly and securely send and receive payments in local currency. Align Commerce uses the blockchain as a new settlement rail to enable frictionless and inexpensive payments. Prior to Align Commerce, Forzley founded and served as CEO of eBillme, an online payments solution that extended online banking to the merchant’s checkout process. After selling eBillme to Western Union, Forzley joined the Western Union’s digital team as General Manager, eCommerce and Strategic Partnerships. With extensive experience and expertise in eCommerce infrastructure, mobile payments, content delivery, and alternative payments, Forzley is one of the top entrepreneurs working to pioneer better payment systems.
Lorann Davis is First Vice President and acting Mobile Channel Manager in Digital Channels at SunTrust Bank. Since 2011, Lorann has been responsible for designing, delivering and managing products and functionality in the digital channels. Her current focus is on the strategy and growth of the mobile and tablet channels where she led the team in launching the bank�s first consumer banking Tablet App as well as the redesign of the Mobile App and Mobile Web. Prior to joining SunTrust, Lorann� spent time at Fiserv where she developed and managed Bill Pay adoption and usage marketing programs for over 2,000 banks and credit unions, and was in various marketing and product management roles in Credit Services at The Home Depot. She has over 15 years of experience in financial services product management and marketing.
