.jpg)
Leaders In Payments
Episodes
516 episodes
Instant Bank-to-Bank Payments with Arpit Goel, CEO of Root | Episode 515
Waiting three to five days for funds isn’t just annoying, it quietly reshapes entire business models. I sit down with Arpit Goel, CEO of Root, to unpack why money movement in the United States still depends on slow, multi-hop workflows and how ...
.jpg)
Embedded Finance Special Series: Embedded Payments That Work with Conn Byrne, Payroc | Episode 514
This episode is part of our Embedded Finance Podcast Series, exploring the strategies, opportunities and challenges shaping the future of embedded finance. The series is leading up to Embedify ’26, the Embedded Finance Summit for vertical SaaS ...
Building the Trust Layer for Payments with Noam Izhaki, CEO of Ballerine | Episode 513
Merchant onboarding is where growth goes to die, and where fraud quietly sneaks in. We sit down with Noam Izhaki, Co-founder and CEO of Ballerine, to unpack why the payments stack can feel real-time and auto...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Marielle Mekkaoui, Payabli | Episode 512
Payments is getting smarter, faster, and more automated and that makes one question feel urgent: where does trust come from when the tech starts acting on our behalf? We sit down with Marielle Mekkaoui, Head of Marketing at Payabli, to talk abo...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Jaime Hawkins, Ingenico | Episode 511
Checkout is getting faster, smarter, and more invisible, but the stakes feel more human than ever. We talk with Jaime Hawkins, Managing Director, North America at Ingenico, about what it takes to build technology that quietly works in the backg...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Ann Berkmeier, Dash Solutions | Episode 510
Payments are getting smoother on the surface, but the real story is what happens underneath when something changes, breaks, or needs to scale fast. That’s why our conversation with Ann Berkmeier, Chief Administrative Officer at Dash Solutions, ...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Garima Chaudhary, Thetaray | Episode 509
AI is racing into payments, but the uncomfortable truth is that speed without trust turns into risk fast. We sit down with Garima Chaudhary, VP of Financial Crime and Compliance AI at ThetaRay, to unpack what it really takes to modernize AML an...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Kim Molinaro, Fiserv | Episode 508
Payments are not just transactions anymore. They are software experiences, API connections, and full business operating systems, and that shift changes what leadership looks like across fintech. We sit down with Kim Molinaro, Head of ISV at Fis...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Kristin Reischel, Rapyd | Episode 507
Payments look like pure software until you move countries, get hit with fraud, or watch a “guaranteed” settlement date slip. That’s where the real story starts, and it’s why I loved talking with Kristin Reischel, Senior Director of Solutions an...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Clarice Leaman, dLocal | Episode 506
Payments don’t fail as an abstract metric. They fail for a freelancer waiting to get paid, a small business trying to accept the locally normal method, or a customer who gets told “we don’t support how you pay.” That’s why our conversation with...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Kimling Lam, Fortis | Episode 505
Payments are getting smarter and more automated, but the real question is simpler: are we making life easier for the humans behind every transaction? For Women Leaders in Payments Month, we’re joined by Kimling Lam, Chief Marketing Officer at F...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Rachel Costello, Maverick | Episode 504
Payments are getting faster and more automated, but the hardest part still isn’t the tech. It’s trust. We talk with Rachel Costello, VP of Platform Growth at Maverick, about why the future of payments is human and how leaders can keep em...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Alexandra Dolia, Akurateco | Episode 503
A failed payment is never just a technical error. It’s a customer stuck at checkout, a merchant losing revenue, and a moment where trust is either reinforced or broken. We sit down with Alexandra Dolia, co-founder and COO of Akurateco, to talk ...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Alex McCandless, Payroc | Episode 502
Payments look instant and invisible until something goes wrong. That’s when you find out whether you’re working with a faceless system or a team you can actually trust. We sit down with Alex McCandless, EVP of Marketing and Training at Payroc, ...
Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Gunita Bindra, Bottomline | Episode 501
Payments are getting smarter, faster, and more automated, but the stakes are still deeply human. I sit down with Gunita Bindra, CRO of Paymode New Business Development at Bottomline, to talk about wha...
The State of Payments: Shifts, Friction & The Road Ahead | Episode 500
In this milestone 500th episode of the Leaders in Payments Podcast, I bring together seven respected leaders from across the payments ecosystem for a special look at the state of the industry.Rather than a traditional one-on-one intervie...
What Would It Take For Insurers To Go Fully Digital? with Ian Drysdale, CEO of One Inc. | Episode 499
Checks still power a shocking amount of insurance money movement, and that single fact creates slow claims, higher operating costs, and an open door for fraud. Greg Myers sits down with Ian Drysdale, CEO of One Inc, to talk about what it really...
The Financial Connectivity Layer with Jose Bethancourt, Co-Founder & CEO of Method | Episode 498
Mailing checks to pay off a credit card in 2026 sounds like a joke, but it is still a real debt consolidation workflow at scale. Greg Myers sits down with Jose Bethancourt, Co-Founder and CEO of Method, to un...
Fighting Fraud with Tamas Kadar, Co-Founder & CEO of SEON | Episode 497
Fraud doesn’t usually announce itself with a flashing warning sign. It shows up as a chargeback, a fake account that looks “normal,” or an account takeover that slips through the exact same checkout flow your best customers use. Greg Myers sits...
Merchants Can Get Paid Instantly While Cutting Fraud with CEO, Marshall Greenwald, IoniaPay | Episode 496
A “successful” card payment can still leave merchants waiting days to actually access their money, paying layers of fees along the way, and carrying fraud risk that never truly goes away. That gap between authorization and settlement is where c...
Automating B2B Accounts Receivable with Thomas Cecil, Co-Founder of PAYRA | Episode 495
A $400,000 B2B card payment sounds simple until a processor flags it, the finance team cannot reconcile it, and the invoice sits open while DSO creeps up. That gap between delivering product and collecting cash is where B2B payments either beco...
AI You Can Trust, Audit and Keep with Russell Moore, Co-Founder & CEO of Amotivv | Episode 494
AI is moving from “helpful assistant” to autonomous actor, and payments leaders are about to feel the difference. I sit down with Russell Moore, Co-Founder and CEO of Amotivv, to get concrete about what breaks...
Customer Engagement Through Payments with Mike Milotich, CEO of Marqeta | Episode 493
Payments don’t fail because teams lack ambition, they fail because the infrastructure can’t keep up with what customers expect. We sit down with Mike Milotich, CEO of Marqeta, to unpack how modern issuer p...
How BNY Simplifies Global Money Movement With Jennifer Barker, Global Head of Payments & Trade & Depositary Receipts | Episode 492
Payments are speeding up everywhere, but the real story is what that speed breaks and what it demands from the people running the rails. I’m joined by Jennifer Barker, Global Head of Payments and Trade and Depositary Receipts at
The Disbursements Playbook with Stephen Faust, CEO of Dash Solutions | Episode 491
Paper checks are the easiest payment method to hate and one of the hardest to remove. They are slow, expensive, fraud-prone, and deeply baked into legacy workflows. Greg Myers sits down with Steven Faust, CEO of