Mary Ellen Egan

Mary Ellen Egan

Senior Director, Strategy and Content

American Banker Live Media

Mary Ellen Egan is a journalist with more than 25 years of experience in business and investigative journalism. She has been a staff writer and editor at Forbes, The American Lawyer, First Amendment Watch and American Banker. She has freelanced for Bloomberg, Bloomberg Law, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Thomson Reuters. She is currently an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University.

Featured Sessions

Tuesday, May 5, 2026
4:40 pm

The Phone Is the Platform: How Mobile Is Redefining Payments

What began as a convenient alternative to physical cards has become something far more ambitious. Mobile devices–and digital wallets–have quietly become the most powerful point of sale in history. Phones are transforming acceptance, enabling new merchant experiences, and reshaping expectations for security, flexibility, and speed across the payments landscape.