Payment Talks
Payments Talks, hosted by Scott Harkey, uncovers valuable and inspiring insight from the leaders in global payments. From fintech entrepreneurs to pure payments chiefs we discuss what's new, what's changing and how the industry is responding - often it seems in real-time - just like payments!
New directions, new opportunities, payments is an industry that moves at a pace that other industries would find hard to fathom. This makes it one of the most innovative, leading the way for other industries with new seamless, interactive ways of operating and being.
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AcceptPayments.com: How Are Marketplaces Evolving the Dynamics Between Merchants and PSPs?
<p>Consider the possibility of business owners accessing payment deals from the entire PSP market and applying online round-the-clock, 365 days a year. This is the visionary concept being developed by our guest, Sebastian Wood, Founder, and Director of AcceptPayments.com, through an innovative online comparison marketplace. How do such marketplaces transform the relationship between merchants and PSPs? Could this redefine how businesses seek out their PSPs? And what role will digitalizing onboarding and AI play in this transformative journey?</p>
Form3: The Rise of Faster/Real-Time Payments
<p>Cloud native payments-as-a-service platform Form3 is at the forefront of helping FIs seamlessly connect to the rails that enable RTP and Faster Payments. How soon will having access to money in seconds rather than days become standard? Will customers be happy to leave it to the experts? What about real-time fraud? Does everyone in the payments ecosystem need to chip in?</p>
Everyone should give a damn – Enfuce shares a passion for issuing
<p>We talk to Enfuce, award-winning issuer, issuer processor and program manager, who saw the potential of the cloud early to capitalise on speed and scale whilst not compromising accuracy. Co-founder Monika Liikamaa explains the 'levelling up' ethos behind Enfuce, from 'making it count' to 'everyone giving a damn.' We upack how virtual cards will evolve into objects that become their own payment facilitator, the importance of the card rails or 'motorway' and leveraging these foundations that are already built, critical for the facilitation of money around the world.</p>
Marqeta: How Fintech Products Are Impacted by Macroeconomic Trends
<p>Financial well-being products, budgeting and spending tools, accelerated wage access, tech is already helping solve some of the problems raised by the cost of living crisis. With many adults facing difficulties paying bills, Jeff Parker, SVP and MD of Marqeta, the modern card issuing platform, discusses the influence of culture and asks, is credit good? Data, AI and ML are already helping drive the accuracy of behaviours and we could see improved credit decisioning, whilst tokenised virtual cards could provide credit on the fly. One things for sure, tech remains creative in tough economic times.</p>