Payments on Fire

Episode 137 – Ecosystem Enablement for Financial Inclusion of the Poor – Kosta Peric and Paula Hunter on Mojaloop

By George Peabody on December 16 2020

Financial inclusion for the poor is a global challenge. In this episode, we dive into the story of Mojaloop, a platform that enables interoperability and transaction routing between mobile money system operators, banks, and other providers. It’s a fascinating, and evolving, story. Take a listen. = = = = = = Individual Benefits, Nation Building […]

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Episode 136 – Global Payments and the Fintech Innovations Changing the Industry – Carol Coye Benson, Glenbrook

By George Peabody on December 1 2020

For a front row seat on payment innovation you have plenty of choices. Yes, Stripe and Square are based in the tech hotbed of the Bay Area and it’s tempting to stare at their success. But a look around the world reveals the evolutionary breadth of how payments are made, regulated, and brought to market. […]

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Episode 135 – Innovation in Payments – Russ Jones, Glenbrook

By George Peabody on November 10 2020

2020 has been an active period for payments innovation. COVID-19 has been a forcing function for digital payments across multiple payment domains. “Touchless” and “contactless” payments are now common themes of retailer advertising. And, of course, many other trends have accelerated this year. Fintechs, mobile wallets, the expansion of open banking initiatives, and point of […]

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Episode 134 – Ecommerce Fraud in the Time of COVID – Eyal Raab, Riskified

By George Peabody on October 28 2020

COVID is a forcing function for digital channel growth across the world as consumers and businesses reduce their reliance on physical interactions. We’ve seen usage shifts in how bank accountholders in Peru transact – from branch to digital – as well as big shift in payment behavior. We outlined a lot of this in our […]

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Episode 133 – Payments are (still) on Fire – Steve Sarracino, Founder, Activant Capital

By George Peabody on October 14 2020

You’d have to be aggressively disinterested in the payments industry not to be aware of its attraction to investors. The COVID-19 pandemic has done nothing to dampen the interest, if not outright enthusiasm, for the payments industry among investors of all stripes. Actually, the pandemic has lit a fire under key industry segments like the […]

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Episode 131 – Bridging the Payment Information Gap with Phixius – Peter Tapling

By George Peabody on August 25 2020

NACHA’s Phixius is a new service for the exchange of the information about a payment between the sender and receiver. Take a listen to Payments on Fire® host George Peabody as he discusses Phixius with NACHA Advisor Peter Tapling. He helps us understand Phixius, how it works and where it applies. It’s a compelling idea. […]

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Episode 130 – Privacy Regulation and the High Stakes of Compromise – Scott Giordano, Spirion

By George Peabody on August 11 2020

In this Payments on Fire® George and Scott Giordano, VP and Sr. Counsel, Privacy and Compliance at data privacy management firm Spirion, talk about what can and has gone wrong, the high cost of sanctions for failure, and how to reduce the risks attendant with the handling of personal data. Privacy. It’s a huge issue. […]

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Episode 129 – How COVID Changes the Shape of Fraud – Rafael Lourenco, ClearSale

By George Peabody on July 17 2020

In this episode, George speaks with Rafael Lourenco, EVP and Partner of fraud management provider ClearSale. Rafael returns to Payments on Fire® to address COVID’s impact including new online threats and the consumer behavior changes that challenge the customer checkout experience and fraud detection.   COVID-19 has contorted how merchants do business into new shapes. […]

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Episode 128 – How a NextGen Payments Company Builds on the Cloud – Eric Rosenthal, Rapyd

By George Peabody on June 18 2020

Take a listen to Rapyd‘s Eric Rosenthal and Glenbrook‘s George Peabody as they discuss Rapyd’s swift global expansion, its ability to quickly build new capabilities, and the firm’s cloud-based tech stack. It uses its “white label PayPal” model to payment-enable a wide range of companies and use cases. Programming Payments Has Been Hard Among the many […]

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Episode 126 – New Tech, New Models: ACH at the POS – Craig McDonald, Trustly

By George Peabody on June 3 2020

Take a listen to Craig McDonald, Chief Business Officer of Trustly and George as they discuss how Trustly makes its proposition possible. While Trustly is ramping up its U.S. presence, it does have timing on its side. In this pandemic-constrained age, merchants will be looking for lower cost payments and certainty. Trustly appears to have […]