Leaders In Payments

As we come to the close of financial inclusion month, I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge my guests in terms of what they’re doing to promote financial inclusion and ensure the betterment of our flourishing ecosystem. It’s because of proactive efforts like this that we are getting closer to closing the gap between all the advantages that digital innovations provide and all the challenges that...

A native Canadian with a degree in molecular biology and computer science… and also the only guy I’ve ever met that can create a successful analogy using payments and farming, Instant Financial Founder and CEO Steve Barha speaks to us about the necessity to support financial health in some of the world’s most vulnerable populations. The pioneers of no-fee-no-interest earn-wage access, Instant Fina...

We’re halfway through financial inclusion month and we’ve had some really amazing guests share some of the industry’s top challenges regarding financial inclusion – as well as what their respective companies are doing to proactively close that gap. Today, I speak with FSS CashTech CEO V. Bala about the overwhelming strain of financial inclusion in India and what FSS is doing to alleviate it. An en...

A proud Chicago native with decades of experience driving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the payments space, and a heartfelt desire to “pour back into others some of the lessons his mentors taught him,” Will Lewis is a dynamic individual. He’s a Drake University graduate, the Chief Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Officer at Experian and he is grateful for the opportunity to speak to you abo...

When it comes to payments, it’s no secret that digital is dominating the ecosystem. This, we know. But what about Americans that are either unbanked or underbanked… those that don’t have access to the technology or have the resources required to take advantage of the perks digital disruption provides? In today’s podcast, Paysafecash VP of Strategic Business Development Jan Marc Kuelper and RentMoo...

In this week’s Leaders in Payments Podcast, I speak with The Clearing House SVP of Sales and Relationship Management Elena Whisler about financial inclusion and why there are still so many unbanked and underbanked Americans.  A mother of two, marathon runner of many and proud Canadian native, Elena is passionate about payments inclusion as she talks about the various initiatives The Clearing House...

Rob Lincolne, a self-proclaimed left-handed, homeschooled Tasmanian who currently moonlights as Founder and CEO of Paydock  is our special guest this week on episode 122 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Growing up on an island off the coast of Australia in a family that traveled extensively, Rob has a widespread cultural background with global exposure. This coupled with his extensive industry...

Lara Hodgson, Co-Founder, President and CEO of Now  is our special guest this week on episode 121 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Lara grew up Atlanta, Georgia. She got her undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech and went to business school at Harvard. She has started several businesses in her career including Insomnia and Nourish – which was the inspiration for starti...

Sathish N., Chief Product Officer of FSS  is our special guest this week on episode 120 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Sathish grew up in a small town in India. He has worked for some of the leading companies in India with assignments in Tokyo, London, Copenhagen and the U.S. and has travelled to over 55 countries. FSS has been in business for 30 years and provides payments services and tech...

Flint Lane, CEO and Founder of Billtrust is our special guest this week on episode 119 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Flint grew up on Long Island, New York and from the beginning thought he was going to be a software developer for life. After a few software jobs, he started a company called PayTrust, sold it and started Billtrust in his basement in September of 2001.  Billtrust exists to he...

Today we’re taking a special look at the Unattended Retail space with industry leader Cantaloupe .  Cantaloupe, Inc. is a software and payments company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for the unattended retail market. Cantaloupe is transforming the unattended retail community by offering one integrated solution for payments processing, logistics, and back-office management. The Compa...

Oliver Werneyer, CEO of Imburse is our special guest on episode 117 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Oliver was born and grew up in South Africa and found his way to London after getting married and now resides in Switzerland.   Imburse provides insurers and large enterprises a single connection point to initiate any payment, collection or payout saving them time and money. Imburse currently h...

Trent Sorbe, President and Founder of Central Payments is our special guest this week on episode 116 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Trent is a small-town Midwesterner. He grew up in Iowa, went to college in Iowa and have been in South Dakota for the last 20 or so years.   Central Payments is the payments subsidiary of Central Bank of Kansas City. In 2013, the bank started to think about futu...

Andrew Hoag, Founder and CEO of Teampay is our special guest this week on episode 115 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and I’m your host Greg Myers.  Andrew grew up in North Dakota, went to a small liberal arts college near Minneapolis and then move to Silicon Valley.  He is currently based in New York where he started Teampay in late 2016.  Finance teams today are still using 20-year-old techno...

Meg Nakamura, Co-founder and CEO of Apto Payments is our special guest this week on episode 114 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Meg grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and has been in San Francisco for the last 13 years. She’s passionate about enabling other companies to solve interested use-cases with their products. Apto was started in 2014 and currently has approximately 50 employees. In 201...

Michael Young, Founder and CEO Photon Commerce is our special guest this week on episode 113 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Michael grew up in Philadelphia, moved to the West Coast to attend grad school at Stanford. He dropped out of Stanford and started a few companies before realizing the need for a Cash App or Venmo like solution to make b2b payments fast and easy.    Photon Commerce has...

This is the second episode of this quarter's Pulse of Payments series and I’m talking with Petr Kozyakov, the Co-founder and CEO of Mercuryo . The topic for today’s episode is crypto payments – or better said accepting cryptocurrency as a method of payment.  Everyday there are articles being written about Bitcoin, Stablecoin and other cryptocurrencies but typically that is related to buying a...

John Lunn, the CEO of Gr4vy and he is our special guest this week on episode 111 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  John was born in the UK, raised in Switzerland and about 5 years ago moved to the Bay Area. John was employee number 4 at PayPal outside of the U.S. He also ran PayPal Ventures for 5 years prior to starting Gr4vy .    Gr4vy is a tool in the cloud that allows companies to add, manag...

Eric Frazier, the CEO of Payrix is our special guest this week on episode 110 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Eric is a Columbus Ohio native, a hard-core Buckeye fan, a golf fanatic and has been in the payments industry for 20 years. He’s worked for large companies as well as founded or co-founder 5 companies. He’s passionate about building a company cultures that innovates and ideates.  Payr...

Steve Barha, the Founder and COO of Instant Financial is our special guest this week on episode 109 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Steve is from British Columbia, Canada and got a double major in Molecular Biology and Computer Science. He’s a technology entrepreneur and has founded multiple companies.   Instant Financial is a pioneer in the no fee, no interest, earned wages access space. Ins...

Brian Shniderman, the CEO of Opy and the Chief Strategy Officer for OpenPay is our special guest on this quarter's Pulse of Payment edition.  The topic for this episode is one of the hottest trends in payments  - Buy Now Pay Later.   Not a day goes buy without an article being written or announcement being made in this space. From Square’s acquisition of AfterPay to Apple’s announcement that...

Neil Bergquist, the Co-Founder and CEO of Coinme is our special guest on this episode -episode 107 of the Leaders in Payments podcast.  Neil is from Edmonds, Washington and got involved with a tech incubator after college and it was there he was introduced to bitcoin.  Coinme is the largest licensed cash to crypto exchange in the US. It was started in 2014 with a bitcoin ATM. Today they operate 17...

That was Oded Zehavi, the CEO and Co-Founder of Mesh Payments and he is our special guest this week on episode 106 of the Leaders in Payments podcast. Oded grew up in a small town outside of Tel Aviv Israel. He spent time at both PayPal and Payoneer before starting Mesh Payments.   Mesh Payments helps SMBs and midmarket companies in the U.S. to manage and control their expenses. Their clients can...

As we come to the end of July, we’re also coming to the end of the Women Leaders in Payments month sponsored by American Express.   I’ve had 5 tremendous women leaders on the show, and they have provided some incredible advice and perspectives on women leadership in general and specifically related to payments.  In this episode I’m going to pull together the best of the best related to advice from...

Vivian Greentree, SVP and Head of Global Corporate Citizenship at Fiserv is our special guest on this the 104th episode of the Leaders in Payments Podcast – This is also the 5th episode this month as we’re celebrating Women Leaders in Payments month sponsored by American Express.  Vivian grew up in Tucker, Georgia and after high school attended the University of Georgia and then joined the Navy wh...