Women in Payments

"I think that competence is what brings you through the door but it's your mission and confidence that will take your further."    SWIFT's Regional Country Manager Fedra Ware shares six words and six thoughts on her career journey, and the advice she has for the rising stars of the industry.   About My Career in Six My Career in Six is a weekly podcast produced by Women in Payments,...

"Building authentic relationships in any industry is a vital career pillar you must build on." Kerri-Ann Santaguida, Vice President and General Manager, Merchant Services Canada at American Express shares six words and six thoughts on her career journey, and the advice she has for the rising stars of the industry. About My Career in Six My Career in Six is a weekly podcast produced by Women in Pay...

"I think a challenge that lies ahead is how to create a convenient and simplistic approach to shopping regardless of which channel the customer wants to shop in." Kim Kuzmak, VP, Client Management, Global Merchant Services at American Express chats with Kristy Duncan about the changes in the payment landscape over the past year as they look ahead to the market forces and trends that will continue...

”The culture you send out is the culture that comes back, so I like to perpetuate a culture where there is balance and teams remain happy.” Citi's Liquidity Management Services Head for Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan, Treasury and Trade Solutions Vani Rao chats with Allison Barbosa on six words and six thoughts on her career journey and advice she has for the rising stars of the industry....

“It also has a very positive impact on society, enabling economic inclusion and faster access to money. I think that’s what makes instant payments a game changer." Citi's Global Head of Domestic Payments Elena Gomez talks to Women in Payments CCO Allison Barbosa about instant payments and how it’s revolutionizing the traditional payment methods as well as the challenges businesses face with the gr...

“When you overcomplicate with technology and too many details, you lose sight of what your purpose really is. If you stay focused on the end-user, that helps you focus on developing that innovation.” From adopting an innovation-driven mindset to the future of innovative thinking, Rachel Fernandes, Senior Manager, Enterprise Innovation from CIBC discusses creating a culture of innovation with Krist...

On this week's episode of Pause for Payments, Alison Tosh, Trade Head for Australia & New Zealand for Citi sits down with Kristy Duncan to discuss the ongoing supply chain disruptions, first driven by the pandemic and now prolonged by the catastrophic Russia-Ukraine conflict. They explore how companies continue to evaluate their supply chains looking for strategies to ensure they protect their...

Veronique Raynaud, VP Merchant Services Pricing Europe from American Express chats with Women in Payments Founder and CEO Kristy Duncan about flexible working, leadership and the four types of diversity needed for teams to thrive within the organization. About Pause for Payments Pause for Payments is a weekly podcast produced by Women in Payments, where in each episode, we sit down with an inspiri...

What are digital immigrants? In this episode of Pause for Payments, Mike Cook, Global Payment Leader of IBM, chats with Kristy Duncan about the shift to digital in payments. About Pause for Payments Pause for Payments is a weekly podcast produced by Women in Payments, where in each episode, we sit down with an inspiring woman leading the way in the payments world and discuss industry and career-re...

“If we can create an environment where people are stretched, have opportunities to learn and grow, where they feel they can be themselves and be motivated, the business objectives will take care of themselves.” Hannah Lewis, UK Country Manager and Senior Vice President, Head of UK for International Card Services from American Express chats with Kristy Duncan on a colleague centric approach and how...

"The not so easy part is making sure that you’re helping your leaders and team members understand the change – the reason for the change and the emotion side of the change.” USAA's Credit Card Executive Katie O'Dell chats with Kristy Duncan about the role of leadership in driving transformational changes as well as the challenges that arise during the process. About Pause for Payments Pause for Pa...

“You can bring your authentic self to work and succeed .” Citi's Head of Trade, APAC, Treasury & Trade Solutions Kanika Thakur chats to Women in Payments Founder and CEO Kristy Duncan about encouraging and motivating the next generation of women in payments, mentorship and the hurdles she's faced as a women leader. About Pause for Payments Pause for Payments is a weekly podcast produced by Wom...

”I believe that success is in many small actions that’s executed with care over time. ” J.P. Morgan's Head of APAC Client Service & Implementation, Payments Indira Sahab chats with Women in Payments Founder & CEO Kristy Duncan on six words and six thoughts on her career journey and advice she has for the rising stars of the industry. About My Career in Six My Career in Six is a weekly podc...

Women in Payments Chief Commercial Officer Allison Barbosa and Accenture's Managing Director, Europe Banking Credit Lead Dilnisin Bayel discuss just how big the Buy Now Pay Later opportunity is, why it’s so popular and what the banks can do to move into this space. About Pause for Payments Pause for Payments is a weekly podcast produced by Women in Payments, where in each episode, we sit down with...

”It’s not about what you need to do but more about what you want to do for the company” SWIFT's Head of Sibos and Events Jaime Lee talks to Women in Payments Founder & CEO Kristy Duncan on six words and six thoughts on her career journey and advice she has for the rising stars of the industry. About My Career in Six My Career in Six is a weekly podcast produced by Women in Payments, where In e...

”I always like to say that the greatest is yet to come, because if you think you’ve already achieved your greatest you start getting complacent.” Citi's Director, Asia Liquidity Product Management Head, Treasury & Trade Solutions Rupa Mankad chats with our CCO Allison Barbosa on six words and six thoughts on her career journey and advice she has for the rising stars of the industry. About My C...

Bank of England's Executive Director for Payments Victoria Cleland and Women in Payments Founder and CEO Kristy Duncan discuss diversity and inclusion in the payments ecosystem as well as Bank of England’s real-time gross settlement renewal (RTGS). About Pause for Payments Pause for Payments is a weekly podcast produced by Women in Payments, where in each episode, we sit down with an inspiring wom...

”When we build a culture that's better for women, it's actually a culture that's better for everyone.” Women in Payments Founder and CEO Kristy Duncan chats with Lauren Giles, Chief Counsel, Elavon & Associate General Counsel at U.S. Bank on six words and six thoughts on Lauren's career and advice she has for the rising stars of the industry. About My Career in Six My Career in Six is a weekly...

EY's Partner, Strategy and Transactions Jochen Kaempfer and Senior Manager Consulting Abhay Rathi joins Women in Payments CCO Allison Barbosa to discuss the importance of asserting new business models, role of data as a differentiator and collaborating with FinTechs to win in the payments landscape. About Pause for Payments Pause for Payments is a weekly podcast produced by Women in Payments, wher...

"Insecurities can be a good thing. They can really help you to be more focused, go that extra mile, over prepare and prevent you from finding yourself in a comfort zone." J.P. Morgan's Head of Global Clearing Renata Vilanova Lobo speaks to our CCO Allison Barbosa on charting a career, overcoming insecurities and changing roles at a senior leadership level. About Pause for Payments Pause for Paymen...

"Women, as well as their managers and firms would do well to recognize that empathy and collaboration are important ingredients towards leadership." In this episode of Pause for Payments, Gayathri Vasudev, Managing Director & Head of Global Clearing Product of J.P. Morgan, chats with Kristy Duncan about the impact of work-life balance. About Pause for Payments Pause for Payments is a weekly po...

”Feedback comes in all forms; it’s the reaction of others to your work, the peer communications that you have, overall tone of the meetings That’s all feedback that you need to pay attention to.”  Bank of America's Enterprise Payments Executive​ Sara Walsh speaks to our CCO Allison Barbosa on six words and six thoughts on her career journey and advice she has for the rising stars of the indus...

”A network is your single most competitive advantage that you have.” Kristy Duncan chats with Sara Savidge, Managing Director, International Growth & Expansion at J.P. Morgan on six words and six thoughts on Sara's career journey and advice she has for the rising stars of the industry. About My Career in Six My Career in Six is a weekly podcast produced by Women in Payments, where In each epis...

“Through merchant services, you usually get real-time updates about how much you sold that day, currencies you sold that in, and treasurers really care about real-time positioning.” Natalie Willems-Rosman, Managing Director-Merchant Services Sales Executive at Bank of America  joins our founder and CEO Kristy Duncan in this episode of Pause for Payments as they discuss how the role of the tre...

“Continue to put time in building sponsorship relationships .” Kristy Duncan chats with Duygu Yenidogan- Schmidt, Vice President, Global Head of Product and Marketing, American Express Network Services at American Express, on six words and six thoughts on Duygu's career journey and advice she has for the rising stars of the industry. About My Career in Six My Career in Six is a weekly podcast prod...