Navigating the Future of Banking and Payments
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The Clearing House Annual Conference returns November 17-18, 2026, convening senior leaders from across financial services in downtown Manhattan for a forward-looking program that addresses critical business opportunities and the policies that are shaping the sector.
As regulatory change accelerates, innovation reshapes the landscape, and global dynamics shift, this year’s program is built to cut through the noise and deliver the insights, perspectives, and connections you need to stay ahead.
Register now to take advantage of our early bird rates, ending on September 1.
2026 Keynote Speakers
Christopher J. Waller
Christopher J. Waller took office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on December 18, 2020, to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2030.
Prior to his appointment at the Board, Dr. Waller served as executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis since 2009.
In addition to his experience in the Federal Reserve System, Dr. Waller served as a professor and the Gilbert F. Schaefer Chair of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. He was also a research fellow with Notre Dame's Kellogg Institute for International Studies. From 1998 to 2003, Dr. Waller was a professor and the Carol Martin Gatton Chair of Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics at the University of Kentucky. During that time, he was also a research fellow at the Center for European Integration Studies at the University of Bonn. From 1992 to 1994, he served as the director of graduate studies at Indiana University's Department of Economics, where he also served as associate professor and an assistant professor.
Dr. Waller received a BS in economics from Bemidji State University and an MA and PhD from Washington State University.
Walter Isaacson
"We hold these truths…” Celebrating the 250th birthday of America
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, bestselling historian Walter Isaacson, biographer of Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk, offers a powerful exploration of the sentence that gave birth to a nation: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”
Crafted by Thomas Jefferson and refined by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, those words became America’s shared creed, a unifying vision for a people of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. In this inspiring talk, Isaacson brings to life the drama of how this revolutionary idea came to be, what it has meant through generations, and how its promise can guide us today.
With vivid storytelling and timeless insight, he will examine how the Founders’ ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness continue to shape our understanding of leadership, citizenship, and common purpose. Both a historical journey and a call to reflection, this talk will remind audiences what is enduring and good about our nation and how we can keep that spirit alive.
2026 Panel Topics
Advancing Banking and Payments
In the Digital Age
- Advancing On-Chain Money: Tokenized Deposits and the Future of Wholesale Payments
- How Disruptions on the Horizon Are Poised to Reshape the Business of Payments
- Innovation and the Future of Settlement Rails in a Changing Payments Ecosystem
- Mapping Digital Assets to the Marketplace: Real-world Use Cases for Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits and Beyond
- Market Infrastructures and Pathways Forward: Areas of Convergence and Divergence
- Securing Payments: Advancing Solutions to Meet the Evolving Financial Crimes Landscape
- Trust, Consent, Safety, and the Future of Agents in Open Banking
Shaping Policy In
Banking and Payments
- Adapting Consumer Protection Regulation to Agentic Commerce, Digital Assets, and Other Emerging Payments Technologies
- AI in Banking and Payments: The Risk and Regulatory Responses
- At the Intersection of Banking & The Blockchain: Regulating Tokenized Bank Deposits
- Instant Payments and Beyond: Fraud, Liability, and Enforcement in a Modern Payments Ecosystem
- Re-writing the Rules of Supervision and Enforcement: Which Issues Remain Critical Now that Regulators Are Focused on Material Risks?
- The Post-GENIUS Landscape: Regulatory Developments for Stablecoins
- The Shifting Shape of Banking: Assessing The Changing Boundaries Between Banks and Nonbanks
Why you should attend
With two days of in-depth dialogue on the evolving payments landscape and the shifting regulatory environment, this is a must-attend conference for the U.S. financial sector.
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