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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.
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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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Binance Pay Lets Overseas Visitors Spend Crypto at PayPay Merchants in Japan

Blockonomi

“Binance Pay users visiting Japan can now spend more than 100 cryptocurrencies at most PayPay-supported merchants. The payments run through HIVEX, a framework that links overseas QR payment apps to PayPay merchants. Tether’s USDt stablecoin acts as the backend settlement layer, and merchants receive Japanese yen. Binance says it is the first crypto payment service to reach PayPay […]
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Brazil Central Bank Bars Crypto Settlement in Cross-Border Payments

Tokenpost

“Brazil’s central bank will ban stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies from settling cross-border payments starting Oct. 1, cutting off a crypto-based back end used by electronic foreign-exchange providers and payment companies. The restriction applies to fintech companies and payment firms that process overseas remittances through electronic foreign-exchange services.”
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