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Episode 303 - Fanning the Flames: Every Payment, Every Environment, All at Once

This episode is a follow up to Drew Edmond's 2025 payments performance optimization series, and an accumulation of what he has learned about how optimization actually works today. And here's the short version - for subscription payments and for subscription businesses, an individual transaction success depends on a lot more than just the payment.  Tune in as Drew outlines a data-forward approach that spans every environment a payment touches, highlighted by clips from previous guests from the payments performance optimization series.
Card Networks ECommerce Investment Merchant Acquirers

Episode 302 - Catching Up on the Capital Markets, with Timothy Chiodo, UBS

About a year ago, we chatted with with Tim Chiodo of UBS and Chris Kim of Capital Group about the investment side of payments. It’s been a pretty volatile 12-months in the equity market since then - well-timed for Bryan Derman to welcome Tim back on the podcast and catch up on the market factors playing into the payments space.  Listen in as they recap the performance of payments stocks, dive into the e-commerce market, provide perspective on the card networks, discuss merchant acquiring growth opportunities, and finish up with a lightning round on emerging technology. 
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Meta’s Muse Says It Can Manage Your Money. Should You Let It?

Yahoo Finance

“Meta launched Muse, its new AI agent, earlier this month — and it’s already claiming to help some consumers save money. At the 2026 Meta Connect conference, Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang spoke about Muse’s ability to shop for products online, manage travel plans, save money on insurance costs, negotiate utility bills, and more. […]
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Agentic Commerce Fraud Looks Clean, Which Is the Problem

DevPro Journal

“If your software touches a checkout page, a billing portal, or an invoice, your next big fraud problem probably won’t look like fraud at all. AI agents are now comparing prices, filling carts, and completing purchases. The agent traffic reaching your merchant customers isn’t a pilot, it’s production. Most of the fraud tooling we’ve built […]
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Block Launches Its First Ever Bitcoin Consumer Advertising Campaign, Making the Case for Bitcoin as Everyday, Usable Money

Block

“Block, Inc. launched “Bitcoin Does,” the company’s first major bitcoin consumer advertising campaign. Created primarily for the 60 million bitcoin curious Americans, the campaign shows real-world examples of how bitcoin can function as practical, everyday money, from buying a flower bouquet to splitting a dinner bill with friends. The campaign is rolling out across YouTube, […]
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