APP Southwest Regional Roadshow - Fort Worth

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Deluxe Offices

One of many events in APP's upcoming year of 'Diving Deep Into Payments'.

Regional Roadshows are APP's more casual live seminars. Each takes place in one day across the country. We host 3 a year and try to reach new areas every year. At $75, these are incredible ways to get your staff steeped into payments knowledge without breaking your budget.

APP is packing our bags and leaving on our annual Regional Roadshow. Connect with the industry in Atlanta, Fort Worth, and Chicago.

AGENDA COMING SOON

Each Regional Roadshow is a full day of sessions covering trends, hot topics, and deep-dive discussions. APP Regional events are an excellent chance for you or a teammate to stay informed on industry topics in between attending APP's annual conference, Level Up. The last segment is always APP's famous Roundtable - time and space set aside for members to share challenges, ask questions, and collaborate by sharing best practices.

Registration Options

Registration Options	Credits	Price
Member Pass - 2026 APP Southwest Regional Roadshow Must be logged in to get member price.	6.00 (ETA CPP Credit)	$75.00
NonMember Pass - 2026 APP Southwest Regional Must be logged in to get member price.	6.00 (ETA CPP Credit)	$125.00

Thank you for registering for this year's APP's Regional Roadshow. APP appreciates your support and we look forward to seeing you.

Program Title: APP Roadshow - Southwest Regional

Event Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Times: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM local time. There is a networking event following the last session.

Event Address: Thank you again to our site partners, Deluxe, for providing the event venue.

Palmwood Events

640 Taylor St Suite 1300

Fort Worth, TX 76102

It is located in a meeting area in the Frost Bank Tower in downtown Fort Worth, about 3 blocks from the Deluxe office

Hotels:
APP does not have a block of rooms. We do know that some attendees will be starying at each of these nearby options:

Courtyard by Marriott Fort Worth Downtown/Blackstone
601 Main St
Fort Worth, TX 76102

Embassy Suites by Hilton Fort Worth Downtown
600 Commerce St
Fort Worth, TX 76102

Directions, Parking & Hotel Info:
Please check the 'know before you go' section on the website.

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.

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The agenda is tentative and subject to change.

Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM	Opening Welcome to the APP East Regional
9:10 AM - 9:55 AM	Mastercard Scam Merchant Monitoring A panel of risk and fraud experts discuss the new Mastercard rules and answer questions from the audience
9:55 AM - 10:40 AM	Session TBD Details are coming soon.
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM	Donut Break
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Session TBD Contactless payments have become the standard for speed, convenience, and efficiency. But as with every technological advancement in financial services, innovation attracts new forms of criminal exploitation. Attackers are no longer limited to skimming devices or card cloning — they are now turning to sophisticated methods such as Ghost Tap and other NFC and EMV relay attacks, which exploit the very protocols designed to keep transactions secure. Ghost Tap, sometimes called “phantom tapping,” allows fraudsters to trick a payment terminal into believing a legitimate card is present, when in fact the transaction is being relayed from a stolen credential, a remote device, or even a compromised smartphone. Relay attacks on EMV and NFC take this a step further: criminals extend the communication between the card and the terminal across large distances, bypassing physical safeguards and enabling fraudulent purchases in real time.
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM	The New Payments Landscape: Enforcement, Innovation, and Emerging Risk This session examines the most significant legal, regulatory, and industry developments reshaping the payments ecosystem. Attendees will gain practical insight into evolving enforcement priorities at the federal and state levels, expanding expectations for payment processors, banks, fintechs, and marketplaces, and emerging liability theories affecting payment service providers. The program will also explore new fraud and risk management obligations, merchant-of-record and third-party sender developments, high-risk merchant categories, stablecoin regulation, fintech charter developments, and the legal challenges presented by AI-driven "agentic commerce." Speakers: Ellen Berge Venable
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM	Bank Compliance Session - Name TBD Session Details coming soon.
2:45 PM - 3:05 PM	Break
3:05 PM - 3:50 PM	Super Secret Interactive Risk Session You'll get details on this session on the day of the
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM	Roundtable Discussion on Your Tougher Cases & What Keeps Us Up at Night A roundtable discussion with you, the audience, discussing the tougher cases, the trends, and the items discussed during the Regional. Ask questions of your peers. Share best practices. Find solutions and friends facing the same dilemmas that you are.
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Reception Our friends at Ballerine are planning a fun reception after the last session. More details coming soon.