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Venable attorneys Andrew Bigart, Jonathan Pompan, and Jim Williams are excited to be speaking on a variety of panels at LEND360—a premier event for leaders in the consumer financial services industry. They will share insights on key legal, regulatory, and compliance developments affecting lenders, banks, payment companies, and other financial services firms.
Our Speaking Engagements
Instant Payments, Instant Lending: Transforming Credit in Seconds
Panelists:
- Andrew Bigart - Partner, Venable LLP
- Mollie Markham - Manager, Customer & Industry Relations, Federal Reserve Financial Services
- Todd Lavaas - Executive Vice President of Payments and Technology, North American Banking Company
- Trey Swallow - SVP, Strategic Partnerships, Nuvei
Instant payments are revolutionizing lending by turning days into seconds. Faster funding means happier borrowers, fewer abandoned applications, and stronger competitive positioning. Real-time disbursements simplify personal loans, small-business credit, and mortgage refunds by cutting servicing costs and improving liquidity. The panelists will discuss how credit companies are using instant payments to reshape their markets and what your organization needs to get started.
The Bank's Side of the Table: How Sponsor Banks Evaluate, Onboard, and Grow with Lending Partners
Panelists:
- Jonathan Pompan - Partner, Venable LLP
- Carey Ransom - Managing Director, BankTech Ventures
- Jason Hass - Head of Business Development, First Electronic Bank
- Princeton Graham - Operating Partner, LF Partners
Most lenders interact with sponsor banks at some point, but few see how the bank thinks about a partnership from its side of the table. This session pulls back the curtain. Drawing on FEB's experience as one of the larger sponsor banks in the market, we will walk through what a bank partnership actually entails, what we evaluate when a prospective partner comes through the door, and where these relationships succeed or break down. The goal is a practical, no-spin look at how the model works so that lenders can approach bank partnerships better prepared and with realistic expectations.
Innovative Credit Risk Assessments and Cash Flow Underwriting at Scale
Panelists:
- Jim Williams - Counsel, Venable LLP
- Dennis Kramer - Director of Credit Risk and Data Science, Purpose Financial
- Michael Goodwin - Product Leader, Credit, Plaid
- Scott Barton - Founder & Managing Partner, 2OS
Legacy credit scores weren't built for today's lending speed or complexity. This session brings LEND360 experts together to share their experiences with innovative approaches to credit risk assessment and cash flow underwriting, including what works and the lessons they learned along the way. Gain insights into how consumer-permissioned cash flow data helps lenders build faster, more precise risk models without adding borrower friction and how operationalizing cash flow underwriting balances borrower experience with underwriting accuracy. Learn where cash flow data adds the most predictive value, what it takes to move from pilot to production, and how these strategies drive revenue and competitive differentiation.
Who's Governing Your AI? How We Built a Framework That Scales
Panelists:
- Jim Williams - Counsel, Venable LLP
- Sarah Hartung - Commercial Product Manager, Old National Bank
- Meredith Winegar - Transformation Officer Director, Old National Bank
As AI adoption accelerates, effective governance has become essential to balancing innovation, risk, and compliance. Join this session for an inside look at how an organization can develop and scale an AI governance framework that enables responsible growth. Learn the key principles, stakeholder partnerships, and practical strategies used to establish oversight, manage risk, and support the successful adoption of AI across the enterprise. Attendees will leave with actionable insights for building a governance model that can grow alongside their AI initiatives.
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