

SardineCon Austin
Austin's fraud and risk community is coming together — don't miss it.
Join us for SardineCon Austin, an exclusive evening for fraud fighters, compliance/risk, and payments leaders to connect, hear a panel discussion, and talk about what's actually working — and what isn't — in the field.
Machine Speed: How AI Agents Are Reshaping Fraud Operations - Fraud no longer moves at human speed, and neither can the teams fighting it. In this panel, leaders from payments, live events, and fraud-agent tooling discuss how AI agents are changing the way financial crime and trust & safety teams operate, moving beyond static alert queues into a model where investigations, decisions, and interventions happen in real time. From bot-driven attacks at ticketing scale, to real-time elements of how payment flow shapes fraud decisioning, to transaction-level fraud decisioning at a global payments company, panelists will share what's actually working, what breaks when you remove humans from the loop, and where agent-driven fraud ops are headed next.
Panelists:
Steven Coats - Director of Global Fraud Prevention @ Ticketmaster
Peter Gerhardt - VP of Embedded Finance @ FIS
Debjit Saha - VP of Engineering & Product, Risk & Compliance @ MoneyGram
Expect great conversation and quality company protected under the Chatham House Rule.
Agenda
6:00 - 6:45 PM: Welcome drinks and bites
6:45 - 7:30 PM: Fireside Chat
7:30 - 9:00 PM: Apps, beverages, and networking
Space is limited — RSVP to save your spot. ✅