Aliaswire Executives to Present at Nacha Payments Event

MEDIA ADVISORY

BURLINGTON, MA, APRIL 29, 2022 – Executives from Aliaswire, a provider of bill payment and

credit solutions for businesses and banks, will be featured presenters at the 2022 Nacha

Smarter Faster Payments TM Conference next week in Nashville, Tennessee. The event takes

place May 1-4 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.

Aliaswire President Scott Goldthwaite will be part of a panel discussion on reducing payment

risk and maintaining compliance with Nacha’s new Phixius account validation service. Nirmal

Kumar, Aliaswire’s Chief Technology Officer, will co-present with Christopher Chazin, Director

and North America Product Head, Emerging Domestic and Cross-Border Receivables, and

Instant Payments at Citi, on the emergence of real-time payments and their impact on the

customer experience.

Smarter Faster Payments is Nacha’s annual conference, providing payments education, a

dynamic exhibit hall, and valuable networking opportunities for attendees. The event is

designed for a diversity of organizations interested in driving innovation, delivering value

through new solutions and services, and employing these offerings to meet their business

needs and/or those of their customers.

Session descriptions:

Reducing Payment Risk and Maintaining Compliance with Nacha’s Phixius Service

Sun. May 1st, 2:05 - 02:55 PM

Financial institutions, payment processers, fintechs and companies alike are increasingly

challenged to mitigate payment fraud, increase certainty for payment routing, and, all the

while, comply with pertinent regulations, including the Nacha Operating Rules. Stakeholders

have turned to Nacha to help reduce payment data supply chain friction for exchanging and

validating information for these purposes.  In this session, presenters will provide an overview

of the Nacha Phixius peer-to-peer network for payment data exchange and validation, and

present case studies for leveraging Phixius.

Speakers:

o Robert Unger, AAP, Senior Director, Product Management & Strategic Initiatives, Nacha

o Todd P. Youngren, President, Avenu

o Scott E. Goldthwaite, President, Aliaswire

o George Throckmorton, Managing Director, Nacha

Real-Time Bill Payment: A Next Generation Solution for Billers & Consumers

Mon. May 2, 2:10 - 03:00 PM

To successfully compete in the marketplace, billers need to offer a variety of bill payment

options and related capabilities that meet their customers’ evolving needs and rising

expectations. In particular, real-time solutions, such as Request for Payment (RfP) and instant

account validation capabilities, provide an opportunity to drive efficiency and optimize the

customer experience. This session will address how changes in the industry are impacting both

billers and consumers and identify potential use cases for new real-time capabilities.

Speakers:

Nirmal Kumar, Chief Technology Officer, Aliaswire

Christopher Chazin, Director and North America Product Head, Emerging Domestic and Cross-

Border Receivables, and Instant Payments at Citi