Bryan Pendleton

About Bryan Pendleton

Enterprise operations and payments executive leading large-scale platforms, complex regulatory environments, and mission-critical banking functions across deposits, payments, fraud, risk, and operational resilience. Over 20 years building and transforming operational ecosystems for national banks, including leadership of deposit and payment operations across Retail, Commercial, Private Bank, and Community Bank divisions, as well as the post-acquisition integration of Silicon Valley Bank deposit and payment functions. Accountable for high-risk, high-volume, always-on environments spanning ACH, Wires, RTP, Card, Check, Lockbox, Item Processing, FX, and enterprise command-center operations. Focused on three pillars:• Enterprise resilience - risk rigor, controls, operational continuity• Scalable growth - automation, platform modernization, core simplification• People and culture - high-trust leadership, talent development, performance accountabilityBoard and regulatory exposure includes American Banker Payments Intelligence Board, FDIC 370, AML/Fraud councils, and enterprise risk and resiliency committees. Build systems and teams that keep money moving, safeguard the institution, and enable modern banking at scale.

Experience

1. Board Member - Payments Intelligence Advisory

   American Banker

   Oct 2025 — Present

Education

• Western Carolina University

  Bachelor of Business Administration & Law, B.S.B.A.

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  Master of Business Administration - MBA