Modernizing Payments Infrastructure for Enterprise Growth - GDS Group

Modernizing Payments Infrastructure for Enterprise Growth

In Person Executive Dinner at Scarpetta
22 April 2026, New York 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm EST
A Meet the Boss live event in conjunction with

Payments have evolved from back-end rails to a core driver of growth. Enterprises are now under pressure to deliver seamless checkout, strong authorization performance, and resilient infrastructure across channels, while balancing fraud, cost, and operational complexity. At the same time, consumer expectations rise and commerce is becoming increasingly digital, mobile, and more always-on than ever before. As new models like agentic commerce emerge, the landscape is shifting quickly. AI-driven traffic is expected to surpass organic search by 20281, and real-time payment rails are redefining expectations around speed and immediacy. Leaders now face a critical question: how do you modernize payments infrastructure without increasing friction, risk, or cost?

Forward-looking organizations are rethinking payments as an integrated system, aligning front-end experiences with scalable processing, orchestration, risk management, and payouts. The opportunity is clear: increase conversion and strengthen customer trust while preparing infrastructure for what’s next.

Join a curated group of senior payments and digital commerce leaders for an exclusive closed-door executive dinner to benchmark strategies, share lessons learned, and explore how enterprise organizations are strengthening performance across checkout, orchestration, and digital trust.

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Discussion topics

Making checkout a growth lever by helping reduce friction, improve conversion, expand payment choice and strengthening customer trust.

Balancing fraud protection with customer experience by minimizing false declines while protecting revenue and brand integrity.

Building resilient, future-ready payment infrastructure through orchestration, redundancy, smart routing, and preparation for agentic commerce and real-time rails.

Event Agenda

Day one

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Arrivals, welcome drinks, and networking

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Event welcome and introductions

7:30 pm - 9:15 pm

7:30 pm - 9:15 pm

Table discussions and three-course dinner

9:15 pm - 9:30 pm

9:15 pm - 9:30 pm

Event Wrap Up

Why Attend

Closed door, tailored conversations to benchmark, share and get better equipped to solve complex transformation projects.

Experience shared learning

Meet industry leading like-minded executives tackling similar initiatives.

Benchmark with your industry peers

Discover and network to gain expertise and experience on how to best act and succeed.

Accelerate your projects

Accelerate In-depth face time with the world’s leading organizations pushing the boundaries to solve your challenges.

An engaged experience

An expert host facilitates conversations, with live polling, Q&As, and gamification to ensure focused conversation.

Discover next-level ideas

Ensure project success with access to industry experts and cutting edge thought leadership.

De-risk new projects

Gain a range of insights from peers and technical experts who are current with emerging business trends.

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