Christine Wittman, PNC Bank

Senior Operations Manager, PNC Bank

Chrissy is a Senior Operations Manager and Vice President at PNC Bank, where she leads a high-performing team responsible for cash forecasting, order management, and strategic initiatives across the bank’s commercial and ATM vaults, retail branches, and vendor-serviced ATM network. With over 15 years of experience in retail bank operations and cash services, Chrissy has driven major process improvements, led large-scale optimization projects, and collaborated closely with partners such as the Federal Reserve and national cash vendors.

 

Her leadership in orchestrating self-service strategies has resulted in significant cost savings and enhanced customer experience, including a 46% reduction in network cash holdings over a single year. Chrissy is passionate about leveraging data analytics and operational excellence to solve complex challenges in the cash ecosystem. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics from Oregon State University and a BSBA from the University of Pittsburgh.

11:30pm

Conference September 29 - Main Conference

Panel: Keeping Choice in Cash - Choice in a Consolidating Market

The U.S. cash landscape has been shaped by a wave of consolidation and changing expectations around banking services in recent years. As FIs look to streamline operations and invest in new technologies and automation, the competitive dynamics of cash are also shifting.

 

In this panel, experts from the largest banks in the U.S. will discuss how competition in cash can be maintained as the market continues to mature. The conversation will explore the effects of consolidation in the current market and the role automation plays in cash operations. Panelists will also use their experiences in cash to predict future trends for the ecosystem.

 

With collaboration at the heart of the event, this panel discusses what is needed to preserve access to cash in an everchanging landscape.