The Payments Show Podcast

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Šarūnas Matulevičius who is the Head of Product at CoinGate. CoinGate is Payment Gateway which provides Cryptocurrency Payment Processing services for businesses of any size. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Additional Revenue Streams for Businesses 2. Signup Users Who Prefer Crypto Payments 3. Merchant Directory 4. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple,...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Georgy Sokolov who is a Co-Founder at Wirex. Wirex is a digital payment platform which makes cryptocurrencies and traditional currencies equal and accessible to everyone through a Mobile App and next generation Wirex Card. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Make Crypto and Traditional Currencies Equal and Accessible to Everyone 2. Spend Crypto...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Gulnaz Khusainova who is the Founder of Easysize. Easysize helps fashion and beauty e-commerce retailers to be more sustainable by reducing returns using AI, Payment Data and Big Data for accurate sizing and fit. Summary of topics discussed: 1. The Role of Fashion & Beauty in the Payments War 2. Reducing Returns and Increasing Sustainabi...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Jimmy Fong who is the Chief Commercial Officer at SEON. SEON provides detection tools and solutions to help businesses to reduce the costs, time, and challenges faced due to fraud. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Real-time intelligence 2. Social Footprint 3. Breaking the Economics for Professional Fraud Rings 4. Connect to 25 networks in und...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Adam Zamecki who is the Director of Sales at SecurionPay. SecurionPay is a Payment Platform that is focused on sales conversions.  The entire design and simplified user flow are built to minimize cart abandonment and increase sales. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Increased Sales Conversions 2. Cross-selling 3. User Experience Design 4. Paym...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Mark Peard from Xero. Mark is responsible for developing Financial Partnerships for Xero in Australia and New Zealand. Xero provides an easy-to-use cloud-based accounting software service for small businesses and their advisors around the world. Xero connects more than 2 million subscribers with an ecosystem of over 800 third-party apps incl...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Matt Holme who is the Founder and CEO of YouPay YouPay is a payment system that lets someone else pay for a customer’s order. You can use YouPay to receive the gifts that you want, while letting your Payer quickly, securely and safely pay for you. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Let Someone Else Pay For a Purchase 2. Double Your Customers Pe...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Salvatore Salpietro who is the Chief Integration Officer at Fundraise Up. Fundraise Up enables non-profits to raise donations by supplying them with an advanced AI-powered payment system that removes friction from the donation process Summary of topics discussed: 1. Brand New Digital Customer Experience Designed For Nonprofits 2. Fast Paymen...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Peter Peng who is the Founder and CEO of Jetson. Jetson is a Voice AI Platform for Commerce which enables consumers to order anything by simply speaking to a smart speaker or mobile device. The payment system is powered by the Jetson Pay Digital Wallet. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Jetson Pay Digital Wallet for Voice Payment 2. Conversati...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Dominic Frisby who is a Columnist for MoneyWeek Magazine and the Author of multiple books about Money & Finance. His books include “Bitcoin: The Future of Money” , “Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Shape Our Future” and “Life After The State” . Summary of topics discussed: 1. Scalability of Cryptocurrency 2. Why the Int...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Yogesh Sangle who is the is the Global Head of Consumer Business at NIUM, which is based in Singapore. NIUM provides business payment solutions for SMEs, Financial Institutions, Enterprises and other Payment Service Providers. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Real-time Instant Payments 2. Multicurrency Payments and Accounts 3. International B...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Garima Shah who is the is the President of Biller Genie, based in the US. Biller Genie is the invoice-getting, software-connecting, automatic-reminding, all-in-one cloud-based Accounts Receivable solution that makes it easy to track invoices and get paid faster. Summary of topics discussed: 1. How to Get Paid Faster 2. 3 Major Factors to Con...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Lachlan Heussler who is the is the Chief Commercial Officer of InDebted. InDebted is disrupting the Debt Collection industry by using the latest machine-learning and messaging technologies to provide customers with faster, more convenient and flexible ways to pay and settle their outstanding debts. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Digital-Fir...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Gehrig Kunz who is responsible for Product Marketing at Hedera Hashgraph. Hedera is a public distributed ledger built from the ground-up to support decentralised applications and Hedera’s cryptocurrency called HBAR. HBAR is fast, resource efficient and has extremely low transaction fees which are less than $0.01 cents. This allows for microt...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Brandon Spear who is the President of MSTS. MSTS is a global B2B payment and credit solutions provider. The company is disrupting the global credit industry with Credit as a Service and other payment experiences which make B2B payments faster and easier than ever before. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Credit as a Service to Onboard B2B Cust...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Samuel McCulloch, who is the Director of Business Development at RealT. RealT enables investors around the world to buy into the US real estate market through fully compliant, fractional and tokenised ownership. The platform is powered by Blockchain, Ethereum and Stablecoin technology. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Overcoming the current c...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Daniel Faggella, who is the CEO of Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research. A key area of focus for the company is helping the Financial Services industry to reduce payment fraud using AI solutions. Scammers are taking advantage of the COVID situation to commit eCommerce fraud, card payment fraud and insurance fraud. Daniel explains how AI ca...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Alexander Busarov, who is a Co-Founder of Tael.  Tael is a Cryptocurrency Token for Safe Consumer Products. The Tael Platform allows consumers to securely verify a product’s authenticity by scanning a special NFC-enabled label. Every scan earns them Tael cryptocurrency tokens. These tokens can then be used to purchase goods and services.   S...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Michiel Meyer from Addity Payments in The Netherlands. Addity provides payments solutions for fast scaling companies including Fintechs, Software Providers, e-Billing Companies and Financial Institutions. Addity enables businesses to sell using Subscriptions, QR Codes, SMS and email. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Increase Conversion by pro...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Nathan Archie who is the Australia & New Zealand Country Manager for Payoneer. Payoneer is a cross-border payments platform which enables businesses, online sellers and freelancers to make and receive payments globally as easily as they do locally. Summary of topics discussed: 1. Helping SMBs Grow in New and Global Marketplaces 2. Enterp...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Jeremy Larsson who is the UK General Manager and Director of Strategic Partnerships at CurrencyFair.  CurrencyFair solves the pain experienced by anyone that needs to send money abroad. Businesses, Expats and overseas home-owners typically pay large spreads (up to and even exceeding 5%) and high international transfer fees of around €25 on e...

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Haroon Durrani from the Payments Strategy Team at Westpac Bank in Australia. Westpac is the first bank in Australia to introduce the Dynamic CVV security capability with the new Instant Digital Card. This new solution helps to protect merchants and Westpac customers from fraud, in addition to improving the payment experience for customers wh...

In Episode 3 of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Paul Weingarth who is a Co-Founder of Slyp, based in Australia. Slyp is a Digital Smart Receipts Platform which delivers receipts inside a customer’s banking app. The platform improves the payments experience for customers and unlocks new value for retailers and banks. I spoke with Paul to ask how Slyp helps businesses with Payments. Summary of...

In Episode 2 of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Gil Hildebrand who is the Founder and CEO of Gilded. Gilded is a Payments, Invoicing and Accounting Solution for companies that want to transact in Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Summary of topics discussed: 1. The challenges with International Payments systems today 2. Why the transfer of value has not been democratised in the...

In Episode 1 of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Eric Benz who is the CEO of Changelly. Changelly is an instant cryptocurrency exchange. It helps customers in 2 ways. Firstly, it helps customers convert regular currency into cryptocurrency. And secondly, it helps customers exchange between different types of cryptocurrency tokens, such as exchanging Bitcoin for Ethereum, as an example. [Detai...