What if there was a way for consumers to move outside traditional search engines and digital advertising to protect privacy AND get financial rewards from use of their data? Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency offer key solutions. On this episode our guest is Dr. Kurt Nielsen, President of Partisia Blockchain, a WEB 3.0 public blockchain built for trust, transparency, privacy and speed of light finalization. Listen along as Kurt walks us through it all. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/10/partisia-blockchain/

PayPod: The Payments and Fintech Podcast

Web 3.0 And Crypto With Dr. Kurt Nielsen of Partisia Blockchain: Ep 201

For our 200th episode, we take a look at the big picture of payments to explore the latest trends, technologies, and forces driving change in the space! Paul Golding, Senior US Payments and Lifestyle Analyst for Macquarie Group, joins the show as a subject matter expert to offer key insights. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/10/macquarie/

Trends In Payments With Paul Golding Of Macquarie Group: Ep 200

Startup investment and VC funding are areas of finance ripe for innovation. As Fintech tools and platforms continue to evolve, cost reduction and efficiency become a primary focus. On this episode, Rémy Astié, Founder & Co-CEO of Vauban joins the show to discuss the growth in VC investing, and how their platform is making start-up investing faster, easier, and more accessible... which is great for both investors and the start-ups looking for capital. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/10/vauban/

Revolutionizing Start-Up Investing With Rémy Astié Of Vauban: Ep 199

eCommerce businesses continue to thrive, but only with the right strategy and supporting platforms like Shopify. Having the optimal payments stack is also crucial to success. Chase Clymer, Co-Founder of Electric Eye, a growth agency focusing on eCommerce brands using Shopify specifically joins the show to explore. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/09/electric-eye/

eCommerce And Shopify Payments Insights With Chase Clymer of Electric Eye: Ep 198

Micropayments, financial transactions involving small sums of money, typically online, have been overlooked by many traditional payments and financial organizations. However, the "microeconomy" is actually massive, and offers exciting opportunities for those that cater to it... and financial inclusion itself. Sushil Prabhu, Chairman and CEO of Dropp, a platform enabling micropayments, joins the podcast to break it all down. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/09/dropp/

Exploring Micropayments With Sushil Prabhu Of Dropp: Ep 197

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) not only has the chance to revolutionize the economy, it has the chance to save it. This makes bridging the gap between traditional finance and cryptocurrencies, neobanks, and beyond, absolutely crucial. Rachid Ajaja, CEO and Founder of AllianceBlock joins the show to discuss these opportunities, and how his company is helping DeFi products and services drive value and mainstream adoption. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/09/allianceblock/

Decentralized Capital Markets with Rachid Ajaja of AllianceBlock: Ep 196

Small and Midsize Businesses (SMB) have unfortunately often found themselves underserved by traditional banks when it comes to lending. How can fintech-powered solutions bridge the gap? On this episode, Brian Geary, President of Linear Financial Technologies joins the show to explore this and share his company's story. Quality tech platforms can reduce lending friction, reduce costs for banks (making it easier to service smaller players), and more.... listen along to find out how! Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/09/linearft/

SMB Lending Insights With Brian Geary Of Linear Financial Technologies: Ep 195

Digital transformations are happening across many industries, and banking is no exception. Banking customers have come to expect mobile apps and other digitized services, while open banking continues to establish itself as the future. Vikram Srivats, VP and General Manager at WaveMaker joins the show to discuss their low code development platform, and how banks can successfully navigate digital transformations. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/09/wavemaker/    

Helping Banks Navigate Digital Transformation With Vikram Srivats Of WaveMaker: Ep 194

When it comes to fraud prevention, behavioral biometrics presents the latest, and perhaps greatest, way to leverage technology for increased security and privacy. Add in passive authentication and the implications for improved user experience across banking, payments, and elsewhere are significant. Bill Sytsma, Senior VP at Callsign, joins the show to discuss. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/09/callsign/

Behavioral Biometrics And Fraud Prevention With Bill Sytsma Of Callsign: Ep 193

Many companies struggle with wasted time and effort around bill payments, spend management, and other accounting processes related to expenditures. Airbase aims to solve these problems by bringing these important mechanisms all under one roof. Listen along as Airbase Founder Thejo Kote joins the show to explore. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/08/airbase/

Solving Spend Management Problems With Thejo Kote of Airbase: Ep 192

The contactless payment revolution continues, and on this episode we explore a unique payment method under this umbrella... pay by text. Larry Talley is the Founder and CEO of Everyware, a company simplifying the process of collecting payments by offering pay by text solutions. Listen along as Larry breaks down why this payment method is so powerful, and the keys to Everyware's success in a constantly shifting payments landscape. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/08/everyware/

Paying By Text With Larry Talley Of Everyware: Ep 191

Over the last year and a half, few industries have faced as many challenges as the restaurant industry. The silver lining of these challenges is that many restaurants have adapted to COVID-19 challenges and more by improving their management and payments solutions with the help of technology. Joel Montaniel is the CEO and Co-founder of SevenRooms, a technology company that has been helping restaurants digitally transform themselves and grow their revenues. Listen in as Joel walks us through how technology is evolving the restaurant industry. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/08/sevenrooms/

Restaurant Financial and Management Technology with Joel Montaniel of SevenRooms: Ep 190

The fintech landscape continues to evolve, and a comprehensive marketing strategy remains critical to achieving growth. Whether it's deciding what channels to pursue, crafting messaging, or just crafting a landing page that is tested and effective... effective growth marketing strategies can yield incredible results. Listen along as Shameer Sachdev, founder of Growth Gorilla, a fintech marketing agency, joins the show to explore what works for organizations of all sizes. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/08/growth-gorilla/

Fintech Growth Marketing Strategies With Shameer Sachdev Of Growth Gorilla: Ep 189

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology continue to take the financial world by storm, attracting more investor interest than ever before. Learning about the ins and outs of crypto trading, what kinds of coins are out there, and more, isn't exactly easy. Bad information or a lack of understanding can lead to costly mistakes. Edmund McCormack, founder of Dchained, joins the podcast to share how his company is bringing crypto membership and DeFi education to a wide range of people. Ed also shares insights on the larger world of cryptocurrency, including what's coming next. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/08/dchained/

Learning Cryptocurrency With Edmund McCormack of Dchained: Ep 188

Contactless payment solutions, and particularly mobile payments, continue to rise. Beyond that, the need for a completely frictionless mobile experience uniting payments, banking, and beyond has become more apparent than ever. How can fintechs and payments organizations rise to meet this demand? Will Graylin, Founder and CEO of OV Loop joins the show to share his company's story and his vision for bringing all of the financial and payments accounts consumers have into one frictionless, highly secure, digital wallet experience. Find show notes and more: https://www.soarpay.com/2021/08/ov-loop/

Frictionless Mobile Payments With Will Graylin Of OV Loop: Ep 187

Welcome to PayPod, a show that explores the fast-changing world of payments and fintech. The show features interviews with leaders and entrepreneurs in the payments and fintech industries. Each episode, you’ll hear an interview directly with a leader of the payments industry. We talk with fintech entrepreneurs, security experts, mobile developers, eCommerce pros, and more... From credit card processing to bitcoin... from retail point of sale systems to cutting edge digital payments software… merchant accounts. mobile checkout, lending marketplaces, and beyond… we cover it all!

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