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Maria Smith

Payments Executive | Strategy | Partnerships | Emerging Tech Start-Up Advisor, Maria Smith & Associates, LLC

Maria Smith is listed as Payments Executive | Strategy | Partnerships | Emerging Tech Start-Up Advisor, Maria Smith & Associates, LLC. Maria spoke at Money20/20 USA 2023 in October 2023 (speaker, “Living on the Edge: Democratizing Banking”). Speaks mainly on Financial Access Summit.

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About

Maria has over 25 years working with Fortune 100 companies on the merchant-side of global payments strategy, development of financial products & services, rewards/loyalty management and strategic partnerships. Maria is currently leading Walgreens payment and financial services organization, which includes reducing cost of payment and driving the financial services category as an alternative profit strategy. She spent over 20 years with The Walt Disney Company where she served as the global internal consultant for all payment programs and products in the US, Europe and Asia, and was part of the team that launched the highly successful Disney Visa Credit Card and Debit Card portfolios with Chase. At Starbucks she led payment strategy, Starbucks Card and strategic marketing partnership in loyalty. Maria also worked with Expedia on cross-brand collaboration in loyalty program development related to financial products. Maria is also an advisor to emerging technology start-ups in payment

Sessions at 1 conference

Money20/20 USA 2023 22 October 2023

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