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Episode 83 – Settlement Systems in Detail – Carol Coye Benson, Glenbrook
Episode 178 – Tokenization – Russ Jones, Glenbrook
Episode 218 – The Technologies, Policies, and Realities of Cross-border Payments – Glenbrook
Episode 231 – Fanning the Flames: Payments Orchestration – Glenbrook…
Episode 236 – How to Make Money in Payments – Russ Jones, Glenbrook
Episode 246 – Going Real-Time – with Dimitri Dadiomov, Modern Treasury
Episode 184 – Talking ACH – with Michael Herd, Nacha
Episode 257 – Scams, Stings, and Swindles in Payments – Catching up with David Maimon, SentiLink
Episode 175 – Delegated Push Payments – Russ Jones, Glenbrook
Episode 179 – Understanding US Payment Regulation – with Jennifer Aguilar, Alston & Bird LLP
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Episode 283 – Banking on Stablecoins, with Scott Southall and Will Artingstall, Citi
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Episode 136 – Global Payments and the Fintech Innovations Changing the Industry – Carol Coye Benson, Glenbrook
For a front row seat on payment innovation you have plenty of choices. Yes, Stripe and Square are based in the tech hotbed of the Bay Area and it's tempting to stare at their success. But a look around the world reveals the evolutionary breadth of how payments are made, regulated, and brought to market. India and China alone reveal how remarkably different approaches can scale to enormous dimensions.
Episode 135 – Innovation in Payments – Russ Jones, Glenbrook
2020 has been an active period for payments innovation. COVID-19 has been a forcing function for digital payments across multiple payment domains. "Touchless" and "contactless" payments are now common themes of retailer advertising.
Episode 134 – Ecommerce Fraud in the Time of COVID – Eyal Raab, Riskified
COVID is a forcing function for digital channel growth across the world as consumers and businesses reduce their reliance on physical interactions. We've seen usage shifts in how bank accountholders in Peru transact - from branch to digital - as well as big shift in payment behavior.
Episode 133 – Payments are (still) on Fire – Steve Sarracino, Founder, Activant Capital
You'd have to be aggressively disinterested in the payments industry not to be aware of its attraction to investors. The COVID-19 pandemic has done nothing to dampen the interest, if not outright enthusiasm, for the payments industry among investors of all stripes.
Actually, the pandemic has lit a fire under key industry segments like the e-commerce domain, digital banking, and disbursements.
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