Alacriti, a leading provider of cloud-based payment technology and money movement solutions, is rolling out a series of masterclasses across the United States. Titled “From Instant Payments to Digital Money: Creating Your Payments Roadmap,” the series is hosted in partnership with Wespay, UMACHA, PaymentsFirst, and EPCOR—four regional payments associations that collectively serve thousands of financial institutions across the country.

Each session features payments industry expert Mark Majeske, senior vice president of faster payments at Alacriti, alongside speakers from Visa, the Federal Reserve, and The Clearing House. The masterclasses are designed for payments executives, product leaders, and other professionals at financial institutions who are advancing their instant payments and payment innovation strategies.

The series is intended to help financial institutions build on their existing investments in instant payments while preparing for stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and the next generation of money movement. The timing reflects an industry inflection point: The Clearing House’s RTP® network has been operating since 2017, the Federal Reserve’s FedNow® Service launched in July 2023, and federal legislation signed in 2025 established a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, adding new urgency to institutions’ digital money planning. Attendees will gain access to the results of exclusive Alacriti data analysis covering instant payment adoption trends, transaction patterns, and emerging use cases.

The curriculum spans today’s leading payment rails—including the RTP® network, the FedNow® Service, Visa Direct, Zelle®, cross-border payments, and digital money—and offers guidance on orchestrating payments and aligning rail investments. Real-world case studies will highlight successful use cases, implementation lessons, and common pitfalls.

“Every payments decision a financial institution makes today determines what’s possible tomorrow,” said Majeske. “The challenge is that you’ve got instant payments, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits all emerging at once. Alacriti built its entire platform around helping financial institutions navigate this complexity in real time. Our masterclasses are an extension of our mission to educate the financial institution market on the future of payments, and help them make confident decisions about the future.”

Masterclass Schedule:

• Wespay Payments Symposium – Sept. 11, Las Vegas | Jakub Petri (Visa), Dan Gonzalez (Federal Reserve), Keith Gray (The Clearing House)
• UMACHA Navigating Payments Conference – Sept. 23, Brooklyn Center, MN | Emily Braziel (Royal Credit Union)
• PaymentsFirst Solutions Payments Conference – Sept. 28, Middleton, WI
• EPCOR Paymentspalooza – Nov. 2, Kansas City, KS | Kris Varma (Visa), Dan Gonzalez (Federal Reserve), Steve Douglass (The Clearing House)

The series kicked off in August with a virtual session held in partnership with Southern Financial Exchange, featuring Brad Nightengale (Visa), Dan Gonzalez (Federal Reserve), and Rusiru Gunasena (The Clearing House).