Gail Letts – Facilitator
Having spent the majority of my career in banking leadership, I have remained keenly focused on the issues and emerging technologies that have the potential to fundamentally impact our industry.
Over the past 35 years, I have watched technology reshape how we think about trust in financial services. Online banking forced us to rethink the branch. Mobile payments and digital wallets forced us to rethink the card. Cybersecurity threats forced us to rethink the perimeter.
Each of these shifts created winners and losers. And in every case, the institutions that recognized the implications early and moved strategically built advantages that compounded for years.
Today, we are standing at the front edge of what may be the next—and potentially most consequential—technology shift.
Quantum computing has the potential to fundamentally reshape the cryptography that underpins virtually every digital transaction in financial services. While the widespread impact of quantum computing may not be immediate, the time to understand and prepare for its implications is now. Protecting the trust of our clients, employees, and stakeholders requires us to begin thinking differently about the privacy and security we have worked so hard to safeguard.
I invite you to join me, Aaron Faulkner (Co-Founder of Tychon), Sean Lindsey (formerly Mastercard’s PKI and PQC Lead), and Garland Garris (a former FBI leader with deep financial services fraud and risk experience) for an important and informative webinar exploring Quantum Readiness for Financial Institutions.
Together, we will discuss:
- What’s at stake for financial institutions
- Why attention and preparation are required now
- Why financial services may be uniquely exposed
- The questions Boards and executive leadership teams should be asking
- How institutions can begin creating a practical path forward to mitigate emerging risks
This timely discussion will take place on October 6, 2026 from 11 am – 12 noon ET.
I hope you will join us for this important conversation as we explore what may be one of the most significant technology challenges—and opportunities—on the horizon for financial services.