Ginger Schmeltzer - Principal at GDS Advisors

Ginger's Bio:

Ginger Schmeltzer is a seasoned payments professional and recognized digital banking and mobile expert with significant experience providing strategic planning and analysis to the global banking and payments industry. Ginger’s expertise includes facilitating the delivery of new payment services in a rapidly evolving mobile payments market, mobile capture capabilities and bill pay and P2P transfers. Ginger currently is founder and principal at consulting firm GDS Advisors, LLC.

Prior to forming her own firm, Schmeltzer was the Senior Vice President of Emerging Payments at Fiserv, Inc., where she led development and execution of enterprise-wide initiatives to facilitate the delivery of new payment services. Schmeltzer also served as Senior Vice President of Digital Channel Management at SunTrust Bank where she oversaw online banking, mobile banking and digital money movement technologies. During her time at the bank, Schmeltzer also developed and executed strategies for mobile financial services, person-to-person payments and electronic billing and payment.

She is a frequent speaker at banking and payments industry conferences, has been widely quoted in the industry press including the American Banker, Bank Systems & Technology, The Financial Brand, CU Times and the New York Times. Schmeltzer was named one of the Most Influential Women in Payments in both 2013 and 2014.

Schmeltzer holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in international business and Spanish from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She also holds an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.