The Payments Shed

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Thomas 'Hal' Robson-Kanu , former Premier League footballer, Wales international, and founder of The Turmeric Co, for a conversation exploring the remarkable journey from elite sport to building one of the UK's fastest-growing wellness brands. Thomas shares how a homemade turmeric remedy, ori...

Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Esme Wilson, Private Equity Vice President at Pollen Street Capital, for a conversation exploring why confidence is returning to payments and fintech investment — but under a very different set of rules than just a few years ago. Esme shares her perspective from the front line of private equity, discussing the return of deal activity, how founders should...

Recorded from The Payments Shed studio in London, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Eyal Nevo, CEO of PCI Booking and creator of Orchestra Solutions, for a conversation exploring why payment orchestration has become one of the most important pieces of modern payments infrastructure. Eyal shares the remarkable journey behind Orchestra Solutions — a business that evolved over more than 15 y...

Season 5 of The Payments Shed Podcast continues with one of the most influential voices in modern B2B marketing and personal branding. Grant Evans is joined by Lara Acosta — entrepreneur, Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree, three-time founder, and the world's #1 ranked female creator on LinkedIn. Having built an audience of more than 340,000 followers and generated millions of content views, Lara has...

Season 5 of The Payments Shed Podcast kicks off with a conversation that goes far beyond social selling. Justin Hanna is joined by Randy Petway, Senior Director and Head of Global Accounts EMEA & LATAM at LinkedIn Sales Solutions, to explore how B2B sales has fundamentally changed — and why so many organisations are still relying on outdated playbooks. Randy shares why the future of sales is i...

Recorded live from Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Ian White, Senior Vice President, Open Finance Europe at Mastercard, for a conversation exploring how one of the world's largest payments companies is helping shape the next generation of financial services. Ian shares Mastercard's perspective on the evolution of open banking, the growing convergence of payments an...

Recorded live from Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Ian White, Senior Vice President, Open Finance Europe at Mastercard, and Nikogiannis (John) Karantzis, CEO of Xryma, to discuss one of the event's major announcements: a new partnership designed to accelerate cross-border account-to-account payments. The conversation explores why A2A payments have historically struggle...

Recorded live from Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Mark McNulty, Head of UK & Europe Payments at Citi, for a conversation exploring how global businesses are managing liquidity, treasury, and payments in an increasingly complex economic environment. Mark shares how large multinational organisations are rethinking cash management, cross-border payments, and working cap...

Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Jim McCarthy, CEO of Thredd, for a conversation exploring how card issuing infrastructure is evolving to support the next generation of fintechs, banks, and embedded finance providers. Jim shares his perspective on the transformation of the issuing landscape, why legacy technology continues to hold many organisa...

Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Harry Maurice, Director at Visa Consulting & Analytics, to unpack new industry research into embedded finance and what businesses really need from their financial services partners. Harry shares why embedded finance has moved from innovation project to boardroom priority, and why many providers are still over...

Recorded live from Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Luis Lancos, Founder and CEO of DataWhisper, for a conversation exploring how businesses can unlock more value from their payments and financial data. Luis shares why many organisations are sitting on vast amounts of data but still struggle to turn it into meaningful insights, and how advances in AI are creating new oppor...

Recorded live from Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Rogier Rouppe van der Voort, CEO at PCN, for a conversation exploring how recruitment, talent, and hiring strategies are evolving across payments, fintech, cybersecurity, and SaaS. Rogier shares his perspective on the talent challenges facing fintech businesses today, why attracting and retaining the right people has beco...

Recorded live from the Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Liam Gray, Head of Account Management at Plaid, for a conversation exploring how open banking, data connectivity, and AI are reshaping financial services. Liam shares how Plaid has evolved from an account connectivity provider into a critical layer of financial infrastructure, helping businesses unlock smarter payments...

Recorded live from the Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Richard Davies, CEO of Allica Bank, for a conversation exploring how one of the UK's fastest-growing banks is reshaping business banking for established SMEs. Richard shares the journey behind Allica Bank’s rapid growth, why the UK's established SME market has been underserved for so long, and how technology an...

Recorded live from the Money20/20 Europe MoneyPot studio in Amsterdam, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Eric Queathem, Co-Founder of Velocity, and Stuart Barclay, Co-Founder and COO, for a conversation exploring the realities of building a fintech startup in one of the most talked-about sectors in payments today. Eric and Stuart share their journeys from established careers in payments i...

Recorded live from the Money20/20 Europe MoneyPot studio in Amsterdam, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Eric Barbier, Founder and CEO of Triple-A, for a conversation exploring the evolution of digital asset payments and their growing role in mainstream commerce. Eric shares how Triple-A has expanded beyond its gaming roots to support businesses across ecommerce, travel, luxury retail, an...

Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Michael Donald, CEO of ImageNPay, to explore how identity, trust, and payments are becoming increasingly interconnected in the digital economy. Michael shares the story behind ImageNPay and why he believes the future of commerce relies on giving consumers greater control over how they verify themselves and trans...

Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Ignacio "Nacho" Gironella, Head of Sales Europe at Paymentology, for a conversation about the gap between embedded finance ambition and reality. Nacho shares why embedded finance has become a boardroom priority, where businesses are genuinely creating value, and where the industry continues to overpromi...

Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Mariano Diaz, Chief Banking Officer at XACE, for a conversation exploring one of the most overlooked challenges in embedded finance — distribution. Mariano shares why building great payments technology is rarely enough on its own, and why the companies creating the most value are often those that solve distributi...

Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Louisa Murray, Chief Sales Officer at Equals, to discuss new research highlighting a growing service gap across embedded finance. Lou explains why many providers have focused heavily on technology while underinvesting in customer support, where businesses experience the biggest failures across the customer lifec...

Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Grant Evans sits down with Albert Wong, SVP at OSL, to explore why embedded finance remains one of the industry's biggest opportunities — and one of its toughest execution challenges. Albert shares why many businesses have successfully embedded payments but still struggle to scale, where the biggest friction points sit across technol...

Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Piers Horak, CEO of AI Corp, to separate AI reality from AI hype in payments. Piers shares where AI is genuinely delivering value today, where expectations have run ahead of reality, and how payments businesses should think about trust, data quality, fraud prevention, and customer servicing. They also explore th...

Recorded on a moving boat through the canals of Amsterdam during Money20/20 Europe, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Jordan Lawrence, Co-Founder and CEO of Damisa , for a special episode that not only cuts through the noise surrounding stablecoins, but also marks two major milestones for The Payments Shed Podcast. Jordan becomes the show's first-ever returning guest , and the episode...

In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by John Coyne, Managing Director at Venditan and Director of Altrincham F.C. , for a conversation exploring the hidden infrastructure powering modern retail — and the growing cyber risks that come with it. John shares his journey into retail technology and explains why ERP remains the often-overlooked backbone of ecommerce, payments, f...

In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Jack Frimston and Zac Thompson , Co-Founders of We Have A Meeting, for a conversation on how modern sales is evolving far beyond traditional cold outreach. Jack and Zac share the story behind leaving the 9–5 world to build We Have A Meeting, the early realities of betting on themselves, and how they turned a fresh approach to sales...