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MPC attracts diverse adding the pandemic compressed years of change
into a few months.
global audience • OV Loop: The post-COVID landscape, from mobile

wallets to touch-free commerce, was explored in a
two-part discussion with panelists Will Graylin, CEO
he eleventh annual MPC and chairman, OV Loop; Eric Allen, CEO at LISNR;
Digital Commerce Event, Christopher Brunner, founder and CEO, AuthVia;
the virtual show, which took and David Shackleton, CEO, OpenBack. Dale S.
T place from Aug. 17 to 19, Laszig, senior staff writer at <i>The Green Sheet</i>,
2021, attracted registrants from numer- moderated. "The capabilities we celebrated 10 years
ous industries, countries and organiza- ago are today's baseline requirements," Laszig said. "I
tions, conference planners stated. was excited to share perspectives on the new digital
literacy from future commerce innovators."
Marla Ellerman, founder and executive director of The • Arkose Labs: In his keynote address, “Playing the
MPC Digital Commerce Event, thanked sponsors, partners Long Game in Mobile Security,” Kevin Gosschalk,
and friends for their support. "Eleven years ago, a small CEO at Arkose Labs, explored emerging trends in
group of mobile payments leaders met in New York City," cybercrime and digital channels, as well as offered
she said. "Today, we meet online all the time to discuss advice on how business and technology partners
emerging trends and opportunities in digital commerce." can collaboratively mitigate fraud. To further
Keynotes explore these topics, Ashish Jain, chief product
officer at Arkose Labs, moderated a panel with
MPC has evolved from a once-a-year gathering to an Rafael Lourenco, executive vice president, partner,
always-on digital platform, Ellerman noted, adding that ClearSale and Rich Stuppy, vice president and senior
MPC21 Virtual included the following keynote speakers: customer experience officer at Kount.
Dominic V. Venturo, SVP and chief digital officer, U.S.
Bank; Kevin Gosschalk, founder and CEO at Arkose Labs; In a pre-conference interview, Gosschalk said,
Eric Allen, CEO, LISNR; Scott Goldthwaite, president, "At the conference I'll provide insights into how
Aliaswire; Jean-Pierre Lacroix, president, SLD; Kathy fraudsters look at this space and discuss longer-
Crumley, global banking strategist, Intel; Kash Razzaghi, term strategies for dealing with increased attacks on
SVP, revenue and partnerships, Circle Internet Financial mobile transactions. [This includes] how businesses
Inc.; David Lott, Retail Payments Risk Forum, Federal and their technology partners can better work
Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Emmanuel Daniel, Chairman, together, through increased accountability and more
The Asian Banker; Eagle Yi, fintech executive and former committed partnerships."
head of WeChat Pay North America; Todd McDonald,
chief product officer, R3; Ashish Arya, global head of Jain agreed, stating he was looking forward to
strategy and marketing, Pinterest; and Rob Hanlon, CEO, exploring these topics with experts. "Off the back of a
Cybermoney. year like no other, we have seen some dramatic shifts
in fraud patterns," he said. "We have all been racing
MPC21 united a rich cohort of finance, technology, to keep up with fast-changing consumer habits; the
regulatory and infosec leaders, Ellerman stated. "Global economic turmoil which pushed more people into
cyberprivacy expert Dr. Ross Federgreen, chief executive fraud than ever before; and changing regional and
officer, CSR Privacy Solutions Inc., is MPC21's master of industry attack patterns."
ceremonies," she said just before the show opened. "Ross Special presentations and more
will open each day of the show, prepping the audience for a
fun-filled day of education, engagement and networking." Other topics explored in a variety of formats included
global trends; next-gen banking; human-centric digital
Highlights transformation; smarter bill payments; prepaid in the

Following offers a taste of the many conference highlights: digital payments, open banking era; how checks enhance
digital payments; StableCoin's impact on payments, the
• U.S. Bank: In addition to delivering the opening Fed's ecommerce study; safe, secure contactless commerce,
keynote, U.S. Bank hosted workshops, networking and much more
and panel discussions on connectivity, commerce
optimization, payroll best practices and emerging Special presentations included the Aite-Novarica Group
digital commerce trends. Peter Gordon, head of Digital Wallet Awards, The Green Sheet Inc.'s 2021 Visionary
enterprise money movement at U.S. Bank, noted Award presentation to Bluefin and a virtual happy hour
that the pandemic made a lasting impact on digital with live magic show sponsored by U.S. Bank.
commerce. "Twenty-two percent of consumers
reduced use of cash during the pandemic," he said,
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