ATLANTA: Pidgin, a secure, instant payments platform built for the future of payments, announced that two of its executives, Kevin Olsen, Senior Vice President, Payments Solutions, and Angela Murphy, Ph.D., Vice President of Marketing & Solutions, will be featured speakers at Nacha Smarter Faster Payments 2025, taking place April 27-30 in New Orleans, LA.

Olsen will speak on the session “Cut the Paper Trail: The Case for Electronic Payments Over Checks," scheduled for Monday, April 28, from 8:30 AM – 9:20 AM CT, as part of the Disruptive Ideas & Technologies track. He will be joined by Scott Anchin, Vice President, Operational Risk and Payments Policy at the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), and Sheila Noll, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at PCBB.

The session will explore the challenges and inefficiencies associated with paper-based payments, including fraud risks, high processing costs, and slow settlement times. Panelists will highlight how financial institutions can leverage real-time and digital payment solutions to streamline operations, enhance security, and meet customer expectations in a rapidly evolving payments landscape.

“Nacha Smarter Faster Payments is the premier event for discussing the future of payments, and I’m excited to join this conversation on the importance of modernizing payment methods,” said Kevin Olsen, Senior Vice President, Payments Solutions at Pidgin. “As businesses and consumers increasingly demand faster, more secure transactions, the transition away from paper checks is more critical than ever. This session will provide actionable insights for financial institutions looking to implement instant and electronic payment strategies.”

Additionally, Angela Murphy, Ph.D., Vice President of Marketing & Solutions at Pidgin, will lead a live demo session at Smarter Faster Payments 2025, sharing her expertise on faster payments adoption for both the RTP Network and FedNow Service. Known as Payments Elsa, Murphy is a recognized thought leader in faster payments, artificial intelligence, and innovation strategy. Her 15-minute “lightning session” will delve into how working with third-party service providers can help banks and credit unions streamline the faster payments implementation process, provide better experiences for their account holders, and drive revenue.

Nacha Smarter Faster Payments brings together industry leaders, financial institutions, and technology providers to discuss the latest innovations and trends shaping the payments ecosystem. Attendees will gain valuable insights into emerging technologies, compliance considerations, and strategic approaches to improving payment efficiency.

For more information about Pidgin and its instant payments solutions, visit https://www.pidgin.net/. To learn more about Nacha Smarter Faster Payments 2025, visit https://payments.nacha.org/.

About Pidgin

Pidgin is a new, innovative and secure faster payments ecosystem, enabling financial institutions, business owners and individuals to process transactions faster and with lower fees. Engineered to deliver innovation both today and in the future, no matter how payments evolve, Pidgin allows financial institutions to send and receive faster payments almost instantly, but in a more secure way than virtual wallet alternatives. When using Pidgin, money is kept within the financial institution, as opposed to a holding account owned by a fintech provider. For more information, please visit www.pidgin.net or follow them on Twitter @PidginPayments and LinkedIn.

Fonte: Business Wire