Leaders In Payments

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  Embedded Finance That Scales with Jane Podbelskaya, Charge Forward | Episode 529 18.09.2026 27min

  This conversation is part of a three-part series about Embedded Finance that Jane Podbelskaya and I are launching leading up to Embedify 2026, our summit for vertical SaaS leaders on October 13 in Lehi, Utah. Embedded finance sounds simple until you try to scale it. I sit down with Jane, Founder of Charge Forward and a former software engineer turned VC and fintech investor, to unpack the real drivers behind embedded finance adoption in vertical SaaS. The big theme is organizational rea...
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  The Trust Advantage with Andie Hill, Payroc | Episode 528 16.09.2026 27min

  Trust can be the difference between getting “a couple test deals” and becoming the payments partner an agent builds a business on. Greg Myers sits down with Andie Hill, EVP of Agent Sales at Payroc, to unpack what payment providers must prove to earn an independent sales agent’s confidence and keep merchant referrals flowing over the long run. We dig into the real gap between recruiting and earning the business, including why onboarding is where trust most commonly breaks. Andy explains what ...
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  Embedded Finance Special Series: Embedded Accounting, the Next Big Fintech Product with Justin Meretab, Layer | Episode 527 14.09.2026 27min

  QuickBooks and spreadsheets aren’t failing because small business owners don’t care. They fail because owners are busy running the business, and “keeping the books” becomes a second job with high stakes. I sit down with Justin Meretab, co-founder and CEO of Layer, to dig into why embedded accounting is emerging as one of the most practical, high-ROI moves in embedded finance for vertical SaaS platforms. We unpack the difference between accounting software and bookkeeping, then get specific ab...
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  Embedded Finance: From Hype to Execution with Jane Podbelskaya, Charge Forward | Episode 526 11.09.2026 23min

  This conversation is part of a three-part series about Embedded Finance that Jane and I are launching leading up to Embedify 2026, our summit for vertical SaaS leaders on October 13 in Lehi, Utah. AI is making software faster to build, easier to copy, and harder to price with the old per-seat subscription model. So where does durable growth come from when “more features” no longer guarantees higher ARPU and AI agents start doing the work your users used to do? We think the answer is hiding in...
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  Verified Authority for Payments with Jeremy Blackburn, ChainIT | Episode 525 09.09.2026 24min

  Real-time payments are finally delivering what everyone asked for: near-instant settlement. But when the buffer disappears, a new risk takes center stage: not “was the credential valid,” but “did the actor have authority to create the obligation.” Greg Myers sits down with Jeremy Blackburn, founder and CEO of ChainIT, to unpack why authority verification may become the most important layer in modern payments, especially as AI agents start initiating transactions on behalf of people and busine...
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  Going Local to Go Global with João Del Valle, EBANX | Episode 524 04.09.2026 19min

  Your “global” checkout is only as strong as its most local payment method. I’m joined by João Del Valle , CEO of EBANX, to unpack what really happens when a fast-growing merchant tries to launch across emerging markets and discovers that international card acquiring alone is not enough. We get specific about why local payments unlock demand, from PIX in Brazil to pay by bank experiences and domestic card brands like Verve, and why these rails can determine whether you reach the market at all....
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  Special Series: The Trust Advantage - When Trust Wins in Payments with Darrel Anderson, Payroc | Episode 523 02.09.2026 22min

  Trust is the hidden advantage that decides which payments companies earn bigger merchants, stronger partners, and more room to innovate. Greg Myers sits down with Darrel Anderson, Senior Vice President of Compliance at Payroc, to get specific about how trust is built in a world of constant audits, card brand rules, bank expectations, and fast-moving fraud. We share why “perfect security” is easy if you lock everything down, and why the real craft is building a compliance framework that protec...
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  Embedded Finance Special Series: Owning the Payments Experience with John Badovinac, Flute | Episode 522 31.08.2026 25min

  This episode is part of our Embedded Finance Podcast Series, exploring the strategies, opportunities and challenges shaping the future of embedded finance. The series is leading up to Embedify ’26, the Embedded Finance Summit for vertical SaaS leaders, taking place October 13 in Lehi, Utah. To learn more visit embedify2026.com. Payments don’t fail because the API is hard. They fail because the experience is forgettable and customers never adopt it. We talk with John Badovinac, SVP of E...
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  Skip the LinkedIn FOMO and Go To WSAA 2026, with Amanda Beam, Exectras | Episode 521 28.08.2026 8min

  Your LinkedIn feed will be full of “great to see you” posts after WSAA 2026, but the real value happens before the photos, in the hallways and late-night conversations where partnerships actually start. I’m joined by Amanda Beam, Vice President of Partner Relations at Exectras and a member of the WSAA Board of Directors, to give you a clear preview of what to expect September 15th through 17th in Palm Springs, California and why this conference continues to be a must-attend for the acquiring ...
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  Insurance Payments Simplified with Todd Greenbaum, Input 1 | Episode 520 26.08.2026 21min

  Insurance payments are one of the last places you’d expect to still see mountains of paper checks and yet that’s exactly what Todd Greenbaum says is happening across large parts of the industry. We sit down with the President and CEO of Input1 to unpack a simple idea with big consequences: moving money is often the easiest part, while reconciliation, allocation, reporting, and clean data flow are what decide whether billing feels modern or painful. We talk through how premium payments really ...
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  Embedded Finance Special Series: Where AI Really Works in Embedded Payments with Ankita Chowdhry, Payabli | Episode 519 24.08.2026 24min

  Payments is full of “after-the-fact” reporting, but we want a world where the system warns you before the damage is done. I’m joined by Ankita Chowdhry, AI Product Lead at Payabli, to break down where AI is genuinely making a difference in payments right now and where it’s still mostly experimentation. We get specific about risk queues, underwriting reviews, compliance workflows, and why modern reasoning models can reduce manual work without sacrificing safety. We also dig into what embedded ...
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  Modern Payments Infrastructure For Banks with Vijay Oddiraju, CEO & Co-Founder of Volante | Episode 518 21.08.2026 27min

  Legacy payments platforms do not usually fail with a dramatic outage. They fail by slowing every change request, inflating every integration, and turning “simple” upgrades like ISO 20022 into a stress test. Greg Myers sits down with Vijay Oddiraju, CEO and Co-founder of Volante Technologies, to talk about what banks are learning as real-time payments expand and modernization becomes unavoidable. We dig into how Volante started with a focus on automating financial data exchange, then found its...
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  Payments Performance That Moves Revenue with Klas Bäck, CEO & Co-Founder of Pagos | Episode 517 19.08.2026 23min

  Payments can be your second or third biggest cost line and one of your biggest levers for growth, yet most companies still treat payment performance like an afterthought until revenue dips. Greg Myers sits down with Klas Back,, CEO and Co-founder of Pagos, to unpack why enterprises keep “leaving money on the table” through avoidable declines, misconfigured vendors, outdated card network programs, and fragmented reporting that hides what is really happening. We get practical about what payme...
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  Embedded Finance Special Series: How vSaaS Turn Payments into Growth with Marni Mullikin, Maverick | Episode 516 17.08.2026 18min

  Embedded finance is booming, but most platforms miss the point: customers do not want more financial products, they want fewer steps. We sit down with Marni Mullikin, Director of Platform Growth at Maverick Payments, to unpack how vertical SaaS companies can embed payments in a way that actually improves workflow, increases engagement, and creates durable revenue. We dig into why embedded payments is usually the smartest first move, from faster revenue collection and better cash flow to the...
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  Instant Bank-to-Bank Payments with Arpit Goel, CEO of Root | Episode 515 12.08.2026 30min

  Waiting three to five days for funds isn’t just annoying, it quietly reshapes entire business models. I sit down with Arpit Goel, CEO of Root, to unpack why money movement in the United States still depends on slow, multi-hop workflows and how that slowness creates “float” across payroll, staffing, marketplaces, insurance, and the creator economy. When settlement is delayed, someone benefits, and Arpit makes a sharp case that incentives are the real blocker, not the lack of technology. We d...
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  Embedded Finance Special Series: Embedded Payments That Work with Conn Byrne, Payroc | Episode 514 10.08.2026 19min

  This episode is part of our Embedded Finance Podcast Series, exploring the strategies, opportunities and challenges shaping the future of embedded finance. The series is leading up to Embedify ’26, the Embedded Finance Summit for vertical SaaS leaders, taking place October 13 in Lehi, Utah. To learn more visit embedify2026.com. In this episode I sat down with Conn Byrne, Executive Director of Integrated Payments at Payroc, to get practical about what embedded payments and embedded fin...
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  Building the Trust Layer for Payments with Noam Izhaki, CEO of Ballerine | Episode 513 05.08.2026 22min

  Merchant onboarding is where growth goes to die, and where fraud quietly sneaks in. We sit down with Noam Izhaki, Co-founder and CEO of Ballerine, to unpack why the payments stack can feel real-time and automated while KYC, KYB, underwriting, and compliance still depend on slow investigations, scattered systems, and ever-growing analyst teams. We walk through Noam’s journey from building early online platforms in Tel Aviv to learning hard lessons in remittances and then at Wix, where the sa...
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  Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Marielle Mekkaoui, Payabli | Episode 512 31.07.2026 20min

  Payments is getting smarter, faster, and more automated and that makes one question feel urgent: where does trust come from when the tech starts acting on our behalf? We sit down with Marielle Mekkaoui, Head of Marketing at Payabli, to talk about why the future of payments is still human, even in an AI-first era. We get into what embedded payments should actually look like inside vertical SaaS platforms, and why “embedded” cannot be a checkbox feature. Marielle breaks down Payabli’s view of...
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  Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Jaime Hawkins, Ingenico | Episode 511 29.07.2026 21min

  Checkout is getting faster, smarter, and more invisible, but the stakes feel more human than ever. We talk with Jaime Hawkins, Managing Director, North America at Ingenico, about what it takes to build technology that quietly works in the background while people stay front and center. From her roots in industrial engineering to years of client-facing operations, Jaime explains how process thinking and data analytics shaped her into a different kind of commercial leader and why one mentor’s bl...
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  Women Leaders in Payments: The Future is Human with Ann Berkmeier, Dash Solutions | Episode 510 27.07.2026 17min

  Payments are getting smoother on the surface, but the real story is what happens underneath when something changes, breaks, or needs to scale fast. That’s why our conversation with Ann Berkmeier, Chief Administrative Officer at Dash Solutions, centers on a simple idea with big consequences: companies don’t scale by accident, they scale by design. From her early work in large-scale banking migrations to leading global transformation programs and now operating at the intersection of people, AI ...