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Payments on Fire Podcasts

Episode 289 - Stablecoin Infrastructure in Emerging Markets, with Chris Maurice, Yellow Card

In this episode, Chris Maurice, the CEO and co-founder of Yellow Card, joins Drew Edmond to explore how stablecoins are transforming global payments, especially in emerging markets, by addressing liquidity issues, reducing costs, improving compliance transparency, and enabling faster cross-border transactions. Listen in as they highlight the challenges of legacy infrastructure, regulatory evolution, interoperability, and the evolving role of banks and technology platforms in this ecosystem.

Episode 286 - Understanding Trust in the Modern Agentic and Digital Economy, with Jenny Hadlow and Rory O'Neill, Checkout.com

In this episode, Chris Uriarte welcomes Jenny Hadlow, COO, and Rory O’Neill, CMO, from Checkout.com to discuss the findings from their recent report “Trust in the Digital Economy 2025” and explore the interesting dimensions of trust that merchants, consumers, and service providers need to be aware of in today's ever changing digital (and agentic) economy.
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Payments News

Banks Are Starting to Move Money on Chain

OMFIF

“‘Tokenisation’ has been the word on everyone’s lips for a few years. Referring to the representation of assets on blockchains, it promises instant, cheaper settlement, greater efficiency and improved liquidity management. But while the process of tokenising assets is underway, the market has yet to come to a consensus on the appropriate payment instrument. Reaping […]

Ingenico and Visa Collaborate to Accelerate Unified Commerce Solutions Across Industries

Ingenico

“Ingenico has collaborated with Visa, a global leader in payments, to enhance and expand value with current and future clients. The solution combines Ingenico’s Android-based AXIUM smart POS terminals with the Visa Acceptance Platform, including gateway and risk management services. By using Visa’s extensive experience in e-commerce, this collaboration can grow Ingenico’s innovative payment options, […]

FIS Launches 24/7 AI Assistant to Ease Risk Models Management

FIS

“Actuaries spends a substantial amount of their time searching for information buried in technical documentation on risk modeling. Global financial technology leader FIS ® is changing that with the launch of its Insurance Risk Suite AI Assistant, a generative AI tool that instantly answers complex questions about building and maintaining risk models—in any language.”
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