Session Overview
For finance leaders, physical cash handling is often viewed as a slow, high-friction operational drag that traps liquidity. However, when treated as a strategic component of financial management rather than a simple storefront chore, cash logistics can become an engine for financial optimization. In this session, Kurtis Johnson, Vice President and Cash Logistics Product Line Manager at Fifth Third Commercial Bank, will break down how organizations can modernize their cash infrastructure to unlock trapped working capital. Drawing on his extensive background in retail automation and banking technology, Johnson will explore the shifting dynamics of the secure cash ecosystem and reveal how to bridge the gap between storefront cash handling and digital bank ledger visibility.

Key Session Takeaways

• Accelerate Liquidity: Learn how to leverage smart technology to secure earlier provisional credit, reducing days sales outstanding (DSO) and freeing up working capital.
• Quantify the Automation ROI: Gain a structured framework to evaluate the financial benefits of cash recyclers and smart safes against the total cost of manual labor, banking fees, and transport logistics.
• Strengthen Audit Trails & Security: Discover how automated banking solutions eliminate reconciliation blind spots, strengthen internal compliance, and de-risk the cash handling cycle from the point-of-sale to the final vault.

Attendees will discover how to transition from legacy, manual workflows to a highly automated, data-driven cash cycle. The discussion will analyze the financial impacts of modern cash recyclers, advanced smart safe deployments, and optimized cash-in-transit (CIT) logistics. CFOs will walk away with a clear blueprint for evaluating the true return on investment (ROI) of automated hardware, utilizing accelerated provisional credit to boost daily liquidity, and establishing tight internal controls that drastically mitigate risk, shrinkage, and reconciliation overhead across their entire retail footprint.

Agenda

4:30pm-5:00pm – Registration 

5:00pm-5:30pm – Networking 

5:30pm-6:15pm – Session and Q&A

6:15pm-6:20pm – Conclusion and next meeting

6:20pm-7:00pm – Networking 

Our speaker will be Kurtis Johnson. He is a banking and cash logistics executive with 20+ years of experience in currency processing, retail cash management, cash automation, and financial technology.  He leads Currency Processing Solutions at Fifth Third Bank, helping financial institutions and retailers modernize cash operations through strategic product innovation, partnerships, and operational transformation. 

Logistics

Bank Office Address – Fifth Third Center, 6111 North River Road, Rosemont, IL  60018

Event Location – 2^nd Floor, Mid City A&B Conference Rooms

Parking – Attendees should park in the Fifth Third Parking Garage located directly across from the 6111 N. River Road Building Entrance (6-story parking deck).

Building Access – Attendees should enter through the main entrance and check in with Security in the Lobby.  

Upon check-in, Security will provide access through the turnstiles to the elevators that will take them to the 2^nd floor where the event is being held.