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PRESS RELEASE

October 13, 2025 | Las Vegas, NV

 

Mastercard at Money 20/20: Where insight meets action

At Mastercard, we’re not just participating in the future of money. We’re shaping it.

Join us at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, October 26–28, 2025, as we showcase how we’re driving transformation across the financial services ecosystem through trusted technologies, innovation, and human-centric design. From AI and blockchain to open finance and cybersecurity, our solutions help make transactions faster, safer, and smarter—addressing today’s needs while paving the way for tomorrow.

Visit the Mastercard Booth #13061 at the Venetian Convention & Expo Center to experience interactive demos that bring our technology to life. Discover how we’re helping to make transactions smarter with Mastercard Agent Pay, helping by enhancing security through our identity and dispute management solutions, and helping businesses grow, digitize, and protect their business with our commercial solutions.  

Please see below for Mastercard’s full lineup of activity, including official Money 20/20 sessions featuring Mastercard executives: 

Sunday, October 26

“AI and the Future of Work in Finance” featuring Greg Ulrich, Chief AI & Data Officer

9:30–11:30 a.m.
Casanova, 501-504, Level 1

This session will explore the best practice and successful deployments of AI, the balance between automation and keeping humans in the loop, and what a human-centric approach to AI looks like right now.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Greg Ulrich, Chief AI & Data Officer

“Enhancing Experiences: Smart Data in the Age of Open Finance” featuring Jess Turner, EVP, Global Head of Open Finance

2:40—3:10 p.m. 
Data Summit: Galileo, 1001-1003, Level 1

There’s data – information on hand – and then there’s enriched data, which is intelligence securely put to work. This session will explore the role consumer-permissioned data plays in personalizing customer experiences, helping to drive engagement and building loyalty, diving deep into the next phase of open finance.

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Jess Turner, EVP, Global Head of Open Finance

Monday, October 27

“AI in Finance: Scaling Financial Intelligence - Powered by NVIDIA & Oracle Cloud” featuring Ranjita Iyer, Executive Vice President, Services, North America  

9:45—10:10 a.m.
MoneyPot Stage, Money Hall

Discover how cutting-edge generative AI and high-performance cloud infrastructure are reshaping financial services. This session will explore how specialized Large Language Models are delivering hyper-personalized financial services.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Ranjita Iyer, Executive Vice President, Services, North America

“Who's in Control? Agentic AI & the Future of Financial Power” featuring Greg Ulrich, Chief AI & Data Officer  

10:15—10:40 a.m.
Emergent Stage, Money Hall

AI assistants are evolving into autonomous agents that make financial decisions without human input. This raises critical questions about control and accountability in our economic systems. This panel will examine agentic AI development and its impact on financial services focusing on what makes agentic AI fundamentally different from previous technologies.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Greg Ulrich, Chief AI & Data Officer

“Payments Shed Podcast” featuring Ranjita Iyer, Executive Vice President, Services, North America 

11:30—11:55 a.m. 
MoneyPot Podcast Booth 1, Money Hall

What happens when a payments strategist and a commercial leader sit down behind the mic? Whether you're building a fintech, scaling your payments stack, or leading a team through change, listen into this live podcast recording for real insights, industry-first ideas, and conversations that actually move the needle.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Ranjita Iyer, Executive Vice President, Services, North America

“Fraudwatch: Money2020 Special Edition” featuring Marie Aloisi Executive, Vice President, US Market Development, and Seckin Yilgoren, Senior Vice President, Security Solutions, North America 

1:15—1:55 p.m. 
MoneyPot Podcast Booth 1, Money Hall

In this live podcast recording of Fraudwatch, a series delivered by Mastercard and Glenbrook providing payment industry information and fraud trends, we’ll explore how technologies, like gen AI, are helping to protect business and customers in an increasingly digital world.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshots of Marie Aloisi Executive, Vice President, US Market Development, and Seckin Yilgoren, Senior Vice President, Security Solutions, North America

“Reimagining Claims & Payments: AI’s Role in Healthcare Finance” featuring Scott Abrahams, Global Head of Commercial Verticals

2:00 —2:25 p.m.   
Emergent Stage, Money Hall 

Healthcare's complex payment ecosystem remains trapped in outdated systems that delay care and drain resources. This session will reveal how AI is finally modernizing this critical infrastructure.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Scott Abraham, Global Head of Commercial Verticals

“The Unstoppable Blockchain Force Transforming Commercial Payments” featuring Raj Dhamodharan, Executive Vice President, Blockchain & Digital Assets  

2:50 —3:10 p.m. 
The Intersection Stage, Money Hall

The commercial payments market stands at a breaking point. Blockchain technology has quietly matured into the solution businesses demand. This session will reveal how financial leaders are implementing blockchain right now to revolutionize B2B payments, creating instant cross-border transactions and unlocking programmable money flows.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Raj Dhamodharan, Executive Vice President, Blockchain & Digital Assets  

“Mr. Open Banking Podcast-LIVE! 2 Pick a Card” featuring Jess Turner, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Open Finance 

3:45—4:25 p.m.
MoneyPot Podcast Booth 2, Money Hall 

Mr. Open Banking is the only podcast dedicated to covering the continued evolution of the open banking movement. This live podcast recording will explore how open banking will change finance forever.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Jess Turner, EVP, Global Head of Open Finance

“Building Trust in Agentic Commerce” featuring Eimear Creaven, Co-President, Global Partnerships, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (APEMEA)

3:45—4:10 p.m.
Exchange Stage, Venetian Ballroom, Level 2

Agentic commerce is rewriting the digital economy, as AI agents now search, decide, and pay for consumers. Trust must be designed and demonstrated at every touchpoint—from discovery to payment to resolution. This session explores why performance is the true currency of trust, and how to embed it across ecosystems in an AI-powered era.

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Eimear Creaven, Co-President, Global Partnerships, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (APEMEA)

Tuesday, October 28

“No - Checkout Checkout: Identity, Tokens, and the Future of Embedded Payments" featuring Seema Chibber, Executive Vice President, Core Payments, North America

9:55—10:25 a.m.
Converge Stage powered by Convera

The age of invisible payments is here. This session will explore how tokenization, network standards, open banking, and direct rails are converging to create a seamless, secure payment experience while reducing fraud and boosting approvals. 

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Seema Chibber, Executive Vice President, Core Payments, North America

“Tackling the $890 Billion Challenge” featuring Ranjita Iyer, Executive Vice President, Services, North America

11:40—12:10 p.m.
Converge Stage powered by Convera, Money Hall

While returns are essential for consumers, merchants are facing skyrocketing return rates, opening the door for bad actors to exploit return policies. This session will explore different types of return fraud, including first-party fraud, its impact on merchants, and how industry partners are collaborating to address this growing challenge.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Ranjita Iyer, Executive Vice President, Services, North America

“Harmonizing AI and Human Collaboration: Unlocking the Power of Data” with Greg Ulrich, Chief AI & Data Officer

11:50—12:20 p.m.
Exchange Stage, Venetian Ballroom, Level 2 

This session will explore AI's potential when combined with essential human collaboration and data. In today’s data-driven world, the true potential of artificial intelligence emerges when paired with human ingenuity. This panel explores how organizations can combine AI’s computational speed and pattern recognition with human creativity, judgment, and ethical oversight to achieve transformative outcomes.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Greg Ulrich, Chief AI & Data Officer

“The Know-Your-Agent (KYA) Problem and Potential Solutions” featuring Dennis Gamiello, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Identity 

1:30—1:50 p.m.
Emergent Stage, Money Hall

We are entering the era of agentic commerce. For this to function effectively, we need a process similar to KYC (Know Your Customer) but focused on agents instead of individuals. This session will explore the importance and challenges of KYA in this new landscape.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Dennis Gamiello, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Identity

“AI intimacy at Scale: Humanizing Financial Interactions” Rustom Dastoor, Head of Marketing for the Americas  

1:35—2:05 p.m.
Emergent Stage, Money Hall

Algorithms can now read your financial anxiety. This session will explore how this works and why emotional intelligence matter throughout the payments journey.

 

 

“Smarter Payments, Safer World: Threat Intelligence in Action” featuring Johan Gerber, Global Head of Security Solutions and Colin Mahony, President, Recorded Future

2:10—2:40 p.m.
Exchange Stage, Venetian Ballroom, Level 2 

No organization stands immune to cybercrime. This session will reveal how financial institutions are revolutionizing defense through a powerful trinity: advanced threat intelligence, AI-powered analytics, and unprecedented collaboration.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Johan Gerber, Global Head of Security Solutions and Colin Mahony, President, Recorded Future

“How GenAI Is Transforming Small Business Finance” featuring Mike Kresse, Executive Vice President, Commercial Payments & New Flows, Americas

2:10—2:35p.m.
Emergent Stage, Money Hall

Generative AI is transforming small biz lending, payments & risk. This session will explore real-world AI use cases, ethical challenges & how fintech is driving inclusion in finance.

 

 

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Mike Kresse, Executive Vice President, Commercial Payments & New Flows, Americas

“The Next Frontier of Open Banking: Powering Borderless B2B Finance” featuring Ana Lucia Magliano, EVP, Services, Latin America & Caribbean 

3:55—4:25 p.m.
The Intersection Stage, Money Hall 

Open banking is now becoming the connective tissue for global commerce. This session will explore how open banking infrastructure is helping companies navigate macroeconomic shifts, tariffs, and fragmentation, while enabling more efficient, scalable B2B financial operations.

Money 20/20 style cartoon headshot of Ana Lucia Magliano, EVP, Services, Latin America & Caribbean

Can’t make it to Vegas? Be sure to check out Mastercard’s LinkedIn for updates on how we’re driving the future of finance. 

 

 

Media contact

 

Raul Lopez 
raul.lopez@mastercard.com

 

Laura Nizlek
Laura.nizlek@mastercard.com

About Mastercard

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re building a resilient economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

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