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APP Roadshow: East Regional & Mastercard Fraud Watch 2025

Monday, August 25, 2025 to Tuesday, August 26, 2025
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APP Roadshow - Mastercard Fraud Watch & APP East Regional

APP is Partnering with Mastercard!

Mastercard and APP are hosting a special two-day event in Atlanta August 25 & 26. 

Please join us in Atlanta for the East Regional in the Ponce Market neighborhood at the Mastercard offices.

  • Monday: Mastercard hosts a half-day event, Mastercard Fraud Watch.
  • Monday Evening: Mastercard hosts a social event.
  • Tuesday: APP presents the East Regional, a full-day seminar of 6 sessions, and our famous Roundtable.  

The agenda is still tentative but will be solidified soon.

Cost:
$59 - Members
$99 - Non-Members

Agenda:
View agenda.
Some session descriptions are still being finalized.
 
Event Times: 
Mastercard FraudWatch -
The event will start at 1 pm and end at 5 pm with a reception hosted afterward. 

APP Regional -
The first session will start at 9:00 am and the last session will end at 4:30 pm. 

Thank you to our Sponsors:


 

Registration Options

Credits Price
APP East Regional - Member Pass
Includes:
* 1/2 Day Mastercard Market Fraud Watch
* Full Day APP East Regional 
Please make sure you are logged in to get the member price. Refund & Event Policies - click here.
9.00 (ETA CPP Credit) $59.00
APP East Regional - Non-Member Pass
Includes:
* 1/2 Day Mastercard Market Fraud Watch
* Full Day APP East Regional 
If you are a member, please make sure you are logged in to get the member price. Refund & Event Policies - click here.
9.00 (ETA CPP Credit) $99.00

KBYG - Know Before You Go:

Event Times: 
Mastercard FraudWatch - The event will start at 1 pm and end at 5 pm with a reception being hosted afterward. 
APP Regional - The first session will start at 9:00 am and the last session will end at 4:30 pm. 

Address of location: 
Mastercard offices, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Ste., Atlanta, GA 30308 
Thank you again to our site partners, Mastercard, for providing the event venue.

Food:
Lunch will be provided. 
There will be no breakfast provided but there will be coffee.

Hotel: 
Wylie Hotel Atlanta, Tapestry Collection by Hilton - 551 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
We don't have a room block. This is just a hotel that we know some attendees are staying at.
 
Code of Conduct: 
You can find the Code of Conduct at https://www.paymentpros.org/event-code-of-conduct.

Event Cancellation or Postponement and Refunds:
APP reserves exclusive right to modify, postpone/reschedule or cancel programs for any reason, including but not limited to emergency, inclement weather, or other 'acts of God'. If there is an event cancellation, every attempt will be made to reschedule, and registration fees will be applied to the rescheduled event date. 
You can find the full cancellation and refund policies at  https://www.paymentpros.org/event-code-of-conduct.

Booked sessions & speakers follow. Tentative sessions noted.

MONDAY
August 25, 2025

Time
Session Name
+ Speakers
Description

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Registration Open

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Mastercard FraudWatch 

Topics include: An in-depth look at fraud trends and vectors impacting acquirers including:

  • Merchant fraud trends
  • Deep dive on First-Party Fraud
  • The importance of cyber security in the onboarding process
  • How Mastercard’s Acquirer Security Program helps acquirers, ISO’s and more fight merchant fraud.

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Reception

Stick around after the last session for a light reception.

Sponsor TBD.


TUESDAY
August 26, 2025

Time
Session Name
+ Speakers
Description

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Registration Open

8:15 AM

Welcome to the APP East Regional!

Let's gather, connect, and learn.
Coffee will be available. 

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Risk Trends

Session details coming soon.

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

 Donut Break

APP was started 27 years ago with the founders gathering around coffee and donuts to collaborate on common challenges and fraud trends. We keep the tradition alive at every event with donuts for all!

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

 "The Biggest Threat No One Talks About: Class Action Risk."

We frequently hear about regulatory enforcement actions affecting the acquiring industry. But, dollar-for-dollar, the biggest risk most acquirers face is a merchant class action. In this session, we'll explore recent class action trends, resolutions, and mitigation strategies.

11:00 AM -11:45 AM

Session TBD

TBD

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Mastercard Knowledge Burst

Mastercard gives an update. 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

A light lunch will be provided.

1:00 PM -1:45 PM

Session TBD

TBD

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Credit Reporting 

Session TBD

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Break

Please take a moment to thank our sponsors. 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Session TBD

The hard hats are on as we continue to build the session description. 

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Roundtable

A roundtable discussion with you, the audience, discussing the tougher cases, the trends, and the items discussed during the Regional Roadshow and items you are seeing daily. Ask questions of your peers. Share best practices. Find solutions and friends facing the same dilemmas that you are.

5:00 PM

Reception

Details forthcoming.