PayPod: The Payments and Fintech Podcast

In a world of huge banks, it's easy to forget that millions of folks in the United States bank at smaller institutions in their local communities. These are community banks, and they hold massive appeal precisely because they're smaller, more nimble institutions. Just like big bank customers, community bank customers are getting credit cards and using them to pay for goods and services, and busine...

It's time for another edition of PayPod: The Payments Industry Podcast! This episode going to be talking about the future of banks, including mid-market and larger banks... and their relationship to their business banking customers. Specifically, diving in to the question of whether the future of business banking is going to be centered around a company's bank relationship, or whether upstart FinT...

Whether you're offering merchant services, or just a small business owner selling products and services to customers… when it comes to credit card processing, chargebacks are the enemy. Unfortunately, too many people underestimate just how costly chargebacks can be, and don't bother with tools and information that could help them reduce, fight, and even eliminate chargebacks. Scott was joined on t...

Welcome to another episode of PayPod: The Payments Industry Podcast! This week, we're finally dedicating a whole episode to a topic that has had people in payments and FinTech buzzing for a while... cryptocurrencies. Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard about Bitcoin, the most famous cryptocurrency. But do you truly understand how cryptocurrencies work? Furthermore, do you...

Small business owners have so much to worry about... and if you're offering merchant services or other business solutions to them, knowing how to address those worries is crucial. But before you can even hope to do that... you need to know exactly what keeps small business owners up at night. Our guest this week has the answers because his company has conducted multiple surveys and analyzed a trem...

It's time to listen in to another episode of PayPod: The Payments Industry Podcast! This episode we have our first repeat guest as Scott was again joined by Adam Carlson. In addition to being the CEO of Soar Payments LLC, Adam also runs a sister business called Tactical Payments. TacticalPay focuses on helping businesses in the firearms industry, which are hard to place, find credit card processin...

Do you know what it takes to successfully market an ISO in 2018? Our guest this week had some great advice and insight on doing just that! Scott was joined by Michelle Geraci who is VP of Sales with Transaction Services. Michelle and Scott spoke at length about the keys to marketing an ISO in a rapidly changing payments landscape. Things aren't quite as simple as they used to be, but understanding...

Fintech is pushing the world forward in incredible and surprising ways... but predicting where it will all lead is something only a few experts have true insight on. Fortunately, Scott was able to chat with one such expert, Chris Skinner, who has dedicated his career to exploring the present, and future, of payments and fintech industries on this week's show. Chris Skinner is known as an independe...

Advanced payment gateways can bring huge benefits to businesses. Everything from security, to ease of transaction completion for consumers can be improved with the right gateway. That's our topic for todays episode! Scott was joined by Adam Zamecki who is the Sales Director at SecurionPay, a fast growing payment gateway with a ton of great offerings. They're Swiss based, but Adam himself works out...

When it comes to running a successful business, staying on top of your accounts receivable is critical. How you handle AR management can lead to increased revenue, or huge financial problems (if done poorly). Joining Scott to explore all of this on this week's PayPod episode is Nicole Dwyer who is the Chief Product Officer at YayPay. YayPay helps business stay on top of their AR management. The go...

We've spent a lot of time focusing on the payments industry in the US... but it's important to also think globally! On this episode of PayPod: The Payments Industry Podcast, Scott was joined by aa true expert on the global payments industry, Faisal Khan. Faisal is a banking / payments consultant specializing in cross-border payment systems and a crypto money evangelist. He is the co-host of Around...

We've got another great episode of PayPod: The Payments Industry Podcast for you! On this particular show, we did something a bit different, however. Scott attended a fantastic payments industry conference, the Midwest Acquirers Association (MWAA) Conference 2018! While he was there, he was fortunate to watch some great talks, mingle with some of the best in brightest in the industry, and even int...

It's time to dive into another episode of PayPod: The Payments Industry Podcast! On this episode, we're covering another topic that is crucial for business owners and payments industry professionals to be familiar with... digital fraud protection. Digital fraud can create massive problems for a business, including financial penalties, an erosion of customer trust, and more. Scott was joined by an...

It's time to dig into another episode of PayPod: The Payments Industry Podcast! This week, we're talking about independent sales organizations (or ISOs)... specifically what it takes to succeed as an ISO today. Helping Scott explore all this is a brilliant guest who has been working in the payments industry for over 30 years. Mark Dunn is the founder of Field Guide Enterprises LLC, a company that...

We're back with a new episode of PayPod: The Payments Industry Podcast! This week, we're exploring a payments issue that affects many businesses... chargebacks. Our guest this week who helps us explore this is a true expert on the subject. Scott Stone, CMO of Chargeback. Chargeback sets out to build software and tools that help all merchants, large and small, high risk or not, prevent and manage c...

It's time to plug in to receive another episode of PayPod: The Payments Industry Podcast! This episode is particularly special to us as our host Scott was joined by a member of the Soar Payments team... the very business that sponsors this show. Our guest is Adam Carlson, CEO of Soar Payments LLC. Adam a tremendous amount of insight to share about high risk merchants, and more specifically the uni...

Welcome to the first ever episode of PayPod: The Payments Industry Podcast! This week, we're talking about innovations in payment gateways. Helping us explore this are our guests from PDCflow, Stefan Tapia and Matt Thomas. PDCFlow is an application that allows multi-channel payments with integrated eSignatures for compliant payment authorizations, all on one central platform. Listen in to learn ho...