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Elena Casal

The Clearing House Chief Client Officer

Elena Casal is the Chief Client Officer at The Clearing House, responsible for creating and managing the holistic experience for its customers and partners. The role is focused on promoting the company’s work to its diverse target segments, including growing the RTP® network across U.S. financial institutions, evolving the customer engagement model for all TCH payments networks, and overseeing business lines focused on payments education, compliance and advocacy. 

Elena has deep experience with product and customers in the payments industry. Prior to joining The Clearing House, Elena held regional and global product management positions at FIS, Clear2Pay and Fiserv where she was focused on building products and services across the global enterprise payments landscape. She also worked at the Federal Reserve Bank within the Retail Product Office and Monetary Policy Divisions with a focus on cross-border activities and economic policy in Latin America. 

Elena currently serves on the Women in Payments Advisory Board, the P20 Board as well as the Girls on the Run Board. 


2026 Agenda Sessions

Which real-time rail will win?

FedNow. RTP. Each claims to be the future of faster payments. But what are banks, platforms, and merchants actually using, and why?

This session reveals what real-time payments look like in practice, where adoption is lagging, and which rails are proving reliable, scalable, and profitable.

Takeaways:
• Compare real-world use cases for RTP, FedNow, and stablecoins.
• Learn which rail types align with various use cases: B2B, P2P, C2B.
• Hear from banks and fintechs on how they’re investing and experimenting

Monday 30 March 15:30 - 16:10 Payments

Add to calendar 03/30/2026 15:30 03/30/2026 16:10 Which real-time rail will win? FedNow. RTP. Each claims to be the future of faster payments. But what are banks, platforms, and merchants actually using, and why?

This session reveals what real-time payments look like in practice, where adoption is lagging, and which rails are proving reliable, scalable, and profitable.

Takeaways:
• Compare real-world use cases for RTP, FedNow, and stablecoins.
• Learn which rail types align with various use cases: B2B, P2P, C2B.
• Hear from banks and fintechs on how they’re investing and experimenting
Payments US/Pacific