As a Senior Payments Consultant, John Curtis offers over 30 years of experience in payments and financial services. John has deep expertise in management of retail branch operations, core system conversions and integration, and treasury and product management for payments applications in both financial institutions and payment service providers. Throughout his career, he has gleaned experience from implementing new products, determining business case/strategy, evaluating risk, crafting policies and procedures, implementation and rollout, and sales training. John has consulted with Wespay Advisors’ clients on numerous projects, including implementing third-party programs, launching ACH origination, ACH due diligence, risk mitigation and ACH process improvement.
He has contributed to multiple projects with Nacha and continues to sit on industry task forces, helping to shape the future of payments. John is a frequent speaker at industry events, such as the Nacha Payments Conference and local Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) groups. He is a graduate of The Payments Institute and has previous involvement in the American Bankers Association Task Force on Payments Law and past board chair of Payments Resource One.
John holds the Accredited ACH Professional (AAP), Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) and National Check Professional (NCP) designations.
Select Areas of Expertise:
- Product Management
- Retail Banking
- System Conversions and Integration
- Third-Party Sender Due Diligence
- Launching ACH Origination