Megan Ryan is the Market Intelligence Analyst, Payments, for American Banker. Before joining American Banker, Megan served as a payments policy analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, where she translated complex technological and regulatory payment developments into practical insights for Fed stakeholders. Her work often focused on understanding the future of fintech, accelerating faster electronic payments across domestic and global networks, and researching developing technologies such as digital assets, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and digital identity. She also spent a year at the Board of Governors on the Digital Innovations Solutions team, conducting hands-on research into offline digital payments and crypto-asset market intelligence to support the Fed’s understanding of payment technologies and development of policy views.
Joey Pizzolato is a reporter at American Banker, covering payments. Previously, he’s covered auto and equipment finance, the mortgage and housing industry, and bank technology and marketing. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from the Naslund-Mann School of Writing at Spalding University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from DePaul University.
Nick Baker is a contributing editor at large for American Banker Live Media and is the founder of Byline Strategies, a communications consultancy for financial markets and crypto. Nick won a Gerald Loeb Award as deputy editor-in-chief of CoinDesk, where he oversaw the reporting that exposed Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX fraud. He spent 16 years at Bloomberg News as a reporter, editor, and manager covering U.S. markets and market structure, and began his career at Dow Jones Newswires. His bylines have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Bloomberg Markets. He has been a guest on NPR’s Planet Money podcast.
Zunera Mazhar is Head of U.S. & Global Policy and Government Relations at The Digital Chamber, where she leads policy strategy and regulatory engagement shaping the future of digital assets, tokenization, and on-chain financial infrastructure.
Zunera brings more than two decades of experience across traditional financial institutions, federal regulation, and emerging technology policy. Prior to joining the industry, she served in senior leadership roles at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), including Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, where she helped lead national initiatives exploring digital assets and financial innovation across U.S. regulators.
Her work today focuses on bridging policymakers, financial institutions, and digital asset innovators as global financial infrastructure evolves toward on-chain markets.
Artem Korenyuk is a Managing Director, leading Citi’s Enterprise Digital Assets. His team works across all business lines to identify, assess, and deliver on new digital asset opportunities, execute on an enterprise-wide strategy, and develop common digital asset capabilities across the firm. Previously, he was a Managing Director and Head of Strategy, Growth & Platforms for DTCC’s Institutional Trade Processing Business. He also led Innovation and Digital Assets for DTCC across the enterprise. Earlier in his career, Artem helped launch a new Derivatives business for DTCC. Artem’s career started at Citi in the OTC Derivatives space.
Jody Mettler is the Chief Operating Officer of BitGo and is also responsible for managing BitGo Trust companies to meet high standards of customer care and to ensure the safe and secure custody of their assets. Prior to joining BitGo, Jody was the Director of Global Transformation at Citicorp. She spent over 20 years with Citicorp in various capacities ranging from corporate accounting to operations management primarily within the Institutional Client Group servicing large corporations to develop payment facilitation methods. Jody also served as a member of the Board of Directors for Citicorp South Dakota Trust Company and is a member of the digital asset legislative task force to facilitate trust administration digital asset laws.
Billy Miller, Chief Operating Officer, Securitize: Billy is an accomplished executive in the transfer agent industry. His success as COO of Pacific Stock Transfer led to its strategic acquisition by Securitize in early 2022, helping bridge the gap between traditional financial infrastructure and digital processes. At Securitize, Billy has played a critical role in the institutional-grade design, launch, and ongoing operations of the real-world assets and funds the company brings on-chain. He also serves as a Board member of the Securities Transfer Association, where he advocates for modernizing the transfer agent industry through the adoption of digital processes leveraging blockchain technology.