Industry Groups Episodes

In this episode of The Treasury Whisperer’s Talkcast Podcast, host Seth Marlowe interviews Stephanie Prebish, Senior Managing Director of Association Services at Nacha (www.nacha.org). Stephanie shares her career journey from bank teller to payments industry leader, including how a newspaper ad for “electronic banking” eventually led her to Nacha more than two decades ago. Seth and Stephanie discuss Nacha’s role in supporting membership, conferences, education, professional accreditation, and pr...

In this episode of The Treasury Whisperer’s Talkcast Podcast, host Seth Marlowe interviews Elyssa Morgan, senior payments and growth leader at NEACH (www.neach.org) and host of the Payments on Tap podcast. They explore the evolving payments landscape, from ACH education andoperational risk to RTP, FedNow, stablecoins, fraud, and the growing need for financial institutions to think more strategically about payments. Elyssa shares how her career moved from branch banking to back-office operations ...

In this episode of the Treasury Whisperers Talkcast Podcast,host Seth Marlowe interviews Sean Carter, CEO of NEACH (www.neach.org) and the NEACH Payments Group (www.neachgroup.com). Sean explains NEACH's role as a regional payment association providing education, rules, and risk management support for financial institutions, the consolidation of regional associations from 30 to 9 due to bank mergers and industry shifts, and the relationship between NEACH and NACHA, including how PAs participate ...

In this episode of the Treasury Whisperer's Talkcast Podcast,host Seth Marlowe interviews Elena Casal, Chief Client Officer at The Clearing House (www.theclearinghouse.org). They explore the evolving landscape of US payments, delving into real-time payment systems, industry misconceptions, and the role of technology like AI and stablecoins. Elena shares insights from her extensive career across financialservices firms and her vision for the future of faster, more secure transactions. Links: Ele...

In this episode of the Treasury Whisperer's Talkcast Podcast, host Seth Marlowe interviews Pat Culkin, the President and CEO of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP). The AFP is the premier global professional society for treasury andfinance professionals with a network of over 16,000 members. They discuss Pat's unique career journey, the impact of the AFP conference, the importance of connecting professionals globally, and the challenges and opportunitiespresented by technology in t...

In this episode of the Treasury Whisperer's Talkcast Podcast host Seth Marlowe interviews Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the US Faster Payments Council or "FPC" (www.fasterpaymentscouncil.org). They discuss the FPC's mission to facilitate a world-class payment system in the US, Reed's extensive experience in the payments industry, and his role in the creation of the FPC. The discussion also touches on the "Payment Beer Nerds," a group formed during the pandemic to connect payments industry...