Payment Systems in the Internet Age

Save the Date for this afternoon program in San Diego on February 6! Scroll down for featured speakers.

The Ballroom at the Kona Kai Resort
1551 Shelter Island Dr, San Diego, CA 92106

1:00 p.m.    Registration

1:30 p.m.    Welcome –  Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading and Investments and GIC Chairman

1:30 p.m.     Keynote:  Patrick Harker, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

2:30 p.m.  Money and Payment Systems: Existing and and Rapidly Developing Systems

• Existing, real-life, innovation: when faxes coexist with digital currencies
  • Bob Mendte, President, InsurCard
• Developing innovation, using the global mobile infrastructure
  • Livia J. Klimovitsky Szabo, CEO and Founder, SupiPay
  • Peter Melerski, Retired Ernst & Young AG Partner and Board Member, Fintech Investor
• Moderator: Stephen Sexauer, Chief Investment Officer, San Diego County Retirement Association

3:15 p.m.  Central Banking in the Digital Age: What is Money?

• What history teaches us about digital currencies 
  • Warren Weber, Retired Senior Research Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 
• Money and central banking with digital currencies
  • Rodney Garratt, Maxwell C. and Mary Pellish Chair in Economics, UC Santa Barbara and former Vice President of Money and Payments Studies, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
• Moderator: Bob Eisenbeis, Vice Chairman and Chief Monetary Economist, Cumberland Advisors

4:30 p.m.  Bitcoins, Distributed Ledgers and the Payment System: Opportunities and Security Challenges

• Security issues in the Internet Age
  • Preston McAfee, Chief Economist, Microsoft 
• Anonymity and secrecy
  • James McAndrews, Former Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Moderator: David Altig, Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and GIC Board Member

5:30 p.m.  Conclusion: Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading and Investments and GIC Chairman 

Continuing Education

Payment Systems in the Internet Age has been approved for 5 CTFA credits.    This statement should not be viewed as an endorsement of this program or its sponsor.

IMCA® has accepted Payment Systems in the Internet Age for 3 hours of CE credit towards the CIMA®, CIMC®, and CPWA® certifications.

This program has been accepted by AFCPE® CEU Department for 4 CE credits. Upon completion of the approved conference or workshop, each Certificant must complete the Proof of Participation section on the CEU Form. 

The CFP Board has approved Payment Systems in the Internet Age for 4.00 CE credit hours.