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Leaders In Payments
Hear directly from C-level executives in payments/fintech about industry trends, successful strategies, products, services, and what the future holds for the payments/fintech industry. We cover the entire industry from merchant acquiring, payment processing, ISOs, payfacs, fraud, security, issuing, b2b, fintech, to start-ups, if it goes on in payments we will be talking about it.
Episodes
471 episodes
The Signal: Embedded Finance - Building the Infrastructure Layer with Jaris Founder & CEO Chris Aristides | Episode 470
In this first episode of a new series on the Leaders in Payments podcast, host Greg Myers sits down with Chris Aristides, Founder and CEO of Jaris, to explore what it truly takes for payments companies and ISOs t...
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Season 7
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Episode 470
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25:03
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The New Rules of Ecommerce with Alex Dewison, Global Payments | Episode 469
In this episode of the Leaders in Payments podcast, host Greg Myers sits down with Alex Dewison, Director of Digital Solutions at Global Payments, to explore the rapidly evolving world of online com...
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Season 7
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Episode 469
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33:09
The Signal: Embedded Finance: Lending as a Platform Feature with Aarati Soman, Parafin & Jaron Ruckman, NMI | Episode 468
Payments leaders are feeling the squeeze of shrinking margins, price-driven churn, and rising expectations from merchants who want funding that feels as seamless as a card transaction. We sat down with Aarati Soman, Head of Product at Parafin, ...
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Season 7
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Episode 468
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23:51
The Signal: The Real "Payment Meets Fraud" Journey with Brian Rust at Worldpay | Episode 467
Fraud hasn’t disappeared - it got smarter. Organized rings now aim upstream at SaaS platforms and ISVs that embed payments, where a single gap in onboarding, transaction logic, or refund flows can be scaled into thousands of attacks overnight. ...
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Season 7
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Episode 467
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25:24
Viktoria Soltesz, Founder & CEO of PSP Angels | Episode 466
Ever launched a beautiful product only to watch payments derail the experience? We sat with Viktoria Soltesz - founder of PSP Angels and the Soltesz Instit...
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Season 7
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Episode 466
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26:36
The Signal: Untangling B2B Payments: Why Complexity Persists & How to Fix It with Fauwaz Hussain, Global Payments | Episode 465
If your AR feels like a maze of phone calls, spreadsheets, and “we’ll match it later,” this conversation shows a cleaner path. We sit down with Fauwaz Hussain, Senior Director of B2B Partnerships and Strategy at
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32:55
Special Series: The Future of Modern Payments with Pat Antonacci, Chief Product Officer at The Clearing House | Episode 464
Money keeps moving while the world sleeps, and the rails behind it are evolving fast. We sit down with Pat Antonacci, Chief Product Officer at The Clearing House, to break down how CHIPS, ACH (EPN...
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Season 7
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Episode 462
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25:43
The Signal: What's New for Platforms & Payments featuring Matt Downs of Global Payments | Episode 463
In this Signal Series episode of the Leaders in Payments Podcast, I sit down with Matt Downs, President, Integrated and Platforms at Global Payments, to unpack the biggest platform-payments shifts h...
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Season 7
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Episode 463
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29:26
Farooq Malik, Co-Founder & CEO of Rain | Episode 462
Money is changing faster than most teams can update a roadmap. We sit down with Farooq Malik, Co-Founder and CEO of Rain, to unpack how stablecoins and tokenized dollars are moving from crypto headlines to th...
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Season 7
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Episode 462
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23:48
Andrew Helms, CEO, USA at SumUp | Episode 461
Forget the hype - small merchants need tools that actually work when a line forms and a card won’t tap. Andrew Helms, CEO USA at SumUp digs into a merchant-first approach that puts transparency, servic...
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Season 7
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Episode 461
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28:04
Edward Woodford, CEO and Founder of zerohash | Episode 460
Money that waits for Monday is losing ground to rails that never sleep. Greg sits down with Edward Woodford, CEO and Founder of zerohash, to explore how stablecoins and tokenized deposits are reshaping cross-...
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Season 7
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Episode 460
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23:02
Afshin Yazdian, CEO of Kurv | Episode 459
Payments shouldn’t feel like a maze. We sit down with Kurv’s CEO, Afshin Yazdian, to unpack how a legacy “lifestyle business” evolved into a modern payments platform by stripping out friction, investing in hum...
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Season 7
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Episode 459
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26:09
Keith Raphael, Co-founder & CEO of Straddle | Episode 458
What if account-to-account payments felt as dependable as swiping a card? We sit down with Keith Raphael, Co-founder and CEO of Straddle, to explore how a trust-first approach can transform ACH, RTP, and FedN...
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Season 7
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Episode 458
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22:46
Special Series: The Future of Modern Payments featuring Block and JP Morgan Payments | Episode 457
Cash flow used to mean waiting and worrying. Today, it can mean deciding and doing. We sit down with Ana Garcia of JPMorgan Payments and James Chi of B...
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Season 6
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Episode 457
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22:15
THE SIGNAL: Payments as the Small Business OS with US Bank's Shruti Patel | Episode 456
The backbone of the economy is feeling both confident and squeezed, and we wanted to get specific about what actually helps. In this episode I sit down with Shruti Patel, Chief Product Officer for Business Banking at
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Season 6
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Episode 456
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21:42
THE SIGNAL: Turning SaaS into a Payments Powerhouse with NMI | Episode 455
In this episode, we dig into how modern SaaS platforms turn payments into a core product, a revenue engine, and a defensible moat without breaking customer trust or slowing product velocity. With NMI’s CMO Pet...
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Season 6
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Episode 454
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33:35
Peter Dougherty, President of Spreedly | Episode 454
Growth shouldn’t stall at the border. We sit down with Peter Dougherty, President of Spreedly, to unpack how an open payments platform helps global brands launch faster, reduce vendor risk, and optimize a...
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Season 6
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Episode 454
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18:57
THE SIGNAL: SaaS is Dead, Long Live SaaS + Payments | Episode 453
Subscriptions aren’t enough anymore. We dig into why the next wave of software winners are building full commerce platforms where payments are invisible to users yet central to growth. With NMI’s CMO Peter Gal...
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28:51
Robert Bueninck, CEO of Unzer | Episode 452
If you run a small or mid-sized retail business and feel stuck between legacy tools and rising customer expectations, this conversation is your playbook for breaking through. We sit down with Unzer CEO Ro...
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Season 6
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Episode 452
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15:33
THE SIGNAL: Fraud Frontlines: The Fed's Perspective on Fraud Today with Mike Timoney | Episode 451
Fraud losses are climbing, checks are supposedly fading, and yet check fraud is hitting all-time highs. We sat down with Mike Timoney, a payments veteran now leading secure payments wor...
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Season 6
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Episode 451
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37:01
THE SIGNAL: Embedded Payments, No Spin: From Integration to Innovation with NMI | Episode 450
Most software teams still think of payments as a chore. We take you inside the playbook that turns it into a growth engine. I sits down with NMI CTO Phillip Goericke to unpack how embedded payments evolved fro...
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Season 6
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Episode 450
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24:00
Episode 449 | Jess Houlgrave, CEO of WalletConnect
What if paying with crypto felt as effortless as tapping your card? We sit down with Jess Houlgrave, CEO of WalletConnect, to unpack how stablecoins, smarter wallet-to-app messaging, and a new wave of SD...
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Season 6
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Episode 449
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24:23
Paytech Women Leadership Summit Day 2 | Episode 448
Recorded live from the PayTech Women Leadership Summit in Atlanta, this episode brings together an inspiring cross-section of executives, founders, coaches, and industry veterans who are shaping the h...
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Season 6
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Episode 448
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19:43