Director, Data Services
American Banker
Daniel Wolfe is director of data services at Arizent, which publishes American Banker. In this role he manages the company's editorial use of automation and AI, with the mission of expanding quality data journalism and products across all brands.
Previously Daniel headed American Banker's payments and credit union coverage, and before that he was editor-in-chief of PaymentsSource, a sister publication that combined with American Banker in 2021. Prior to that, Daniel held roles at American Banker including tech and risk management editor; technology, cards and payments editor; and technology reporter. Throughout his career, Daniel has taken a central role in hosting leading industry conferences including Payments Forum, Card Forum and PayThink. He has appeared on Yahoo! Finance and received the American Society of Business Publication Editors' national silver award for sustainability reporting in 2024 for his coverage of the credit card industry's environmental impact.
He has a master's degree in print journalism from Boston University's College of Communication and a bachelor's degree in English from SUNY Binghamton.
As the digital finance landscape quickly evolves, customers are placing a higher premium on their experience and the level of personalization they get from their financial relationships. For digital natives and tech-savvy consumers, the expectation is that payments will be embedded into digital ecosystems (wallets, super apps, etc.). The roundtable discussion will look at strategies that can be employed to provide seamless, contextual payments for retail and business clients, and how data can be leveraged to deliver personalized offers while also ensuring privacy compliance.