The Payments Podcast

This episode features Andrew Bartolini of Ardent Partners discussing the 2025 State of ePayables report. While accounts payable (AP) has advanced over the past two decades, full automation is still uncommon. Key findings highlight the need for alignment between AP, procurement, and treasury, the underreported fraud risks, and AI's growing impact. Reflecting on the report's content, Andrew also urg...

In this episode, we talk with Kat Moy, Head of Education at the Accounts Payable Association (APA), about the ongoing disconnect between Accounts Payable (AP) and Treasury teams. They explore why these silos exist, the downsides of poor collaboration, and how strategic alignment can help improve cash flow, reduce costs, and manage risk. Kat shares practical tips like using centralized platforms an...

In this Paymode episode, Bottomline's Tom Dolan explores the risks of outdated technology in accounts payable and receivable, highlighting the impact of legacy processes and systems. Turning to emerging and embracing innovations, Tom discusses the transformative impact of AI and data analytics in modernizing these functions to create efficiencies and enable smarter decision-making.

It’s crunch time and the ISO 20022 deadline is only six months away. Our host chats with Bottomline’s payments expert, Frederic Viard, on this structured, machine-readable format and the global harmonization intention that sits behind it. All the big banks are ready for the deadline, but what does it mean for other financial institutions that aren’t? What are the risks, the options, the penalties,...

In the special edition of the Payments Podcast Paymode Series, Paul McMeekin chats with Katie Elliot about how companies can keep fraud at bay and protect their business payments, including mitigating against BEC and check fraud. She also shares tips on trends that businesses should prepare for from a fraud perspective.

In this episode, we chat with ACT’s Naresh Aggarwal and Bottomline’s Leo Gil about cash management strategies to gain executive buy-in, conflicting KPIs, cash management concepts and a tailored approach, and the critical importance of flexibility and resilience for treasurers. We also dive into the potential of AI and technology pitfalls to avoid.

On the back of recent payment fraud research, our host chats with Eliza Thompson of digital financial crime platform Themis, on how fraudsters exploit the interplay between insider access and external attack vectors with payment fraud. This issue is increasingly concerning, with over 45% of respondents identifying collusion as a primary threat. Eliza shares her insights on what banks and businesse...

In this episode, we celebrate International Women's Day by acknowledging women's achievements and advocating for gender parity. Champions Julie Ashmore-Dann, Carrie White, and Zhenya Winter share their thoughts and experiences on positively accelerating action to support women's advancement.

ACH and same-day ACH payments are common in B2B, but the integration of digital banking with private B2B payment networks is a brand-new concept, giving businesses the chance to leverage advanced features from within one single, automated platform. Bottomline’s Jessica Cheney explores what incorporating a B2B payments network into digital banking means for businesses.

Our host chats with Bottomline’s Chief Technology Officer, Eve Aretakis, on some of the major tech advancements impacting B2B payments in 2025. In this episode, we cover top tech priorities in business payments, the advantages and perils of AI, the benefits of integrating and embedding payment technologies to drive added value, and the ever-present threat and prevention of fraud.

As we approach 2025, it's an excellent time for finance leaders to take stock, reassess, and plan for the upcoming year. Finance teams of all sizes will strive to achieve more with fewer resources while adapting to external technology advancements, economic shifts, payment regulations, and fraud prevention measures. In this episode, we interview BNY’s Head of B2B Payments, Rhea Wagh, to gain her i...

As we look to 2025, Finance Teams–-from treasury to accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR)—look to take advantage of new payment innovations and automation, tightening fraud prevention measures and driving greater efficiencies from their business payments lifecycle. In this episode, we chat with two of Bottomline’s corporate payments experts, Jamie DelMedico in the US and Richard Ranso...

In this episode, we explore how AI-powered invoice ingestion and coding for billing and payments can revolutionize accounts payable (AP) teams, particularly in the real estate industry, which deals with high volumes and complex transactions. Podcast guest David Stifter, CEO and Founder of PredictAP, emphasizes the significance of using artificial intelligence to focus on the invoice capture stage...

In celebration of International Day of Banks, Bottomline’s banking experts, Jessica Cheney and Frederic Viard, share their insights on payment trends and predictions for 2025. Amid significant innovation and disruption in the payments landscape, banks are striving to stay current, competitive, and compliant. In this episode, our experts discuss key topics such as real-time payments, fraud preventi...

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Despite advances in threat detection, uncovering insider fraud threats continues to be a challenge for banks and businesses. Undetected, insider threats often result in financial, reputational, and operational damage. In this episode, Nick Griffin discusses the tough task behind identifying and addressing malicious individuals within organizations. Nick also covers seven essential capabilities of...

In this episode, we interview Darrell Riekena from Bottomline about the transformation of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role. We discuss how it has evolved to encompass a mix of C-Suite responsibilities, focusing on data and systems. Topics include the timeline for digital transformation 2.0, the impact of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) buzz, the importance of first-party data, and the wid...

In this episode, we chat with Jodie Kelley, CEO of Electronic Transactions Association (ETA). As the leading advocate for business payments in the US and Canada, ETA is heavily involved in lobbying for and educating on payments legislation and policy frameworks, fraud prevention measures, and shaping the future of payments. Sharing her insights, Jodie discusses the key trends impacting business pa...

It’s been said that real-time payments have spurred financial institutions to modernize their operations to keep up with where their customers and their customers’ customers have already gotten to. In this podcast, we talk to Jessica Cheney to get her take on adoption rates in the US market and the interoperability between the Clearing House’s RTP and FedNow’s Instant Payments offerings.

Since our last update on instant payments, FedNow’s Instant Payments has become readily available in the US market, India and China are showing a strong upswing, and the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation mandates that any euro payments across EU member states be completed within seconds, 24/7. We chatted with Lipis Advisor’s founder, Leo Lipis, to get an update on instant payments in the current EU...

To ensure financial stability in the UK, banks and other financial service firms operating in the UK must be ready to handle unexpected disruptions to their services. Our guest, Richard Ransom, discusses the UK’s new legislation (SS1/21) and the responsibility firms have to mitigate any risk, minimize impact, and continue providing essential services regardless of the cause of the disruption.