The world of payments is constantly evolving and has experienced fragmentation with competing standards, technologies, and processes.  Despite that we expect to see greater growth in digital payments, devices and products that make lives more convenient while at the same time making lives more complicated.
 
Traditional banking is changing with the technologies but with those changes comes opportunity for new participants in the market maximizing the use of those new technologies.  The key features of these developments will include ease of use, user authenticity, pricing, maintaining of a secure platform, speed of payment and reliability.  Examples of this entering the market are alias based payments and digital wallets.
 
As the world of payments move forward the expectation is that banks and technology companies will cooperate to bring these new tools to consumers, organizations, and companies.
 
The NW AFP presents “Alternative Payments:  Where Will They Fit in the Corporate Payments Spectrum?” to share the perspective through three speakers including:
 
Ariel Gara
Mobile Payments and Digital Retail Program Manager, Recreational Equipment, Inc., (REI)
 
Ariel is the Mobile Payments Program Manager for REI, driving strategy and subject matter expertise for alternative payments and mobile wallets. Prior to REI, Ariel worked at Amazon Payments, partnering with key Ecommerce brands to help them improve their checkout experiences. Previously she was Director of Marketing and Business Development for mobile web innovator, WompMobile, and held business development roles in the creative and technology industries.
 
 
Everette Glass
Director; Senior Treasury Product Sales Specialist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
 
Everette has been with Bank of America for 19 years.  Everette has been in the payments industry for 16 years and is a subject matter expert on the Bank of America host-to-host and web-based platforms as well as being SWIFT Corporate certified.  He is currently working in the Core and Emerging Payment Technologies group which is tracking emerging digital payment technologies and trends around the globe.


Julie A. Walker
Senior Treasury Analyst & Card and Payments Specialist, Recreational Equipment, Inc., (REI)

Julie is a Payments Expert and Senior Treasury Analyst at REI.   Julie brings more than 35 years’ experience in treasury and payments, both as a banker and as a corporate practitioner. She is involved in the development and execution of REI's payments acceptance strategy initiatives as well as managing REI’s merchant services relationships and Interchange optimization.   
 
Julie served on the Northwest Association for Financial Professionals (NWAFP) Board for 10 years as treasurer, chairman and on the programs committee. She currently serves as an Advisor to the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) Board.

Approved for up to 1.2 CTP/CCM recertification credits by the Association for Financial Professionals
                    

Sponsorship

NWAFP would like to thank Bank of America for sponsoring this January 2017 Meeting.

Registration

The meeting and lunch are included in the annual membership. All Members are eligible to bring a new one-time guest at no cost. Both members and guests must register. If the paid member cannot attend a meeting, a substitute may attend. Non-members pay the guest price of $45. Non-working students pay the student guest price of $15. To register for this meeting, click the button below.

Logistics

The meeting will take place at McCormick & Schmick's Harborside. The registration and networking begin at 11am, lunch at 11:30am, and the presentation will be from 12:00 - 1:00pm.

NWAFP provides parking validation when parking in the lower McCormick and Schmick's lot. If riding the bus, use King County bus route 40. The restaurant is also within walking distance of a stop on the Seattle Streetcar. The NWAFP encourages ride sharing to its meetings.