June 29th 12:00 PM EST

2020 was the year of contactless payments and transactions. To keep up with this contactless way of business, every company and transaction had to undergo a digital transformation. Cash is no longer king and set to be the least common payment method worldwide by 2022. It'll be fascinating to see what the future of payment looks like as the security of digital payments and wallets improves with each passing day. Our speakers will take a closer look at the trends and strategies that will shape the industry in the coming year such as biometric authentication, QR codes, real-time and frictionless payments, NFC-based payment, and AI/machine learning to prevent frauds and booster security.

Plaid co-founder and CEO Zach Perret and Head of Financial Access Ginger Baker will discuss the imperative of building a safer ecosystem through partnership and collaboration. In this conversation, Zach and Ginger will note the ways in which Plaid is driving industry progress in providing people with greater control over where and how their data is shared, as well as delivering tools to expedite an open finance framework in which APIs are the core technology powering those connections. The Plaid executives will discuss Plaid’s evolution from infrastructure layer to consumer control center, and what the industry needs to be doing to ensure that we build a safer ecosystem that works for everyone, especially consumers.

According to the latest Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)’s “How America Banks” report, there is an estimated 7.1 million unbanked households in 2019. Given the record levels of unemployment, the pandemic has brought on the FDIC expects this number to rise. Join Joe Adler, American Banker’s Washington Bureau Chief and Leonard Chanin, Deputy to the Chairman of the FDIC as they discuss the FDIC’s stance on financial inclusion and how banks can get millions of unbanked Americans into the traditional banking system.