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💥 NEW EPISODE 💥 Recorded live at PAY360 at ExCeL London and recording in partnership with BPC, this first episode in our three‑part series brings together senior leaders from across the payments ecosystem to unpack the technologies reshaping how we pay.   Graham Barrett spoke with: 🎙️ Julian Farley, Sales Director UK and Europe, BPC 🎙️ Paul Horlock, Chief Payments Officer, Santander UK 🎙️ Claire Gates, Global Head of Payments and Solutions, Crown Agents Bank 🎙️ Simon Eacott, Head of Payments, NatWest 🎙️ Anna Stoianova, Head of Digital Product (Money Transfers), Nordea 🎙️ Francis Gorman, Principal Security Architect, Bank of Ireland   Our guests explore the industry’s most urgent themes, from the rapid rise of digital wallets and the promise (and pitfalls) of agentic AI, to cross‑border payments, fraud prevention, financial inclusion, and the looming quantum threat to payment security.   A fast‑paced, on‑the‑ground snapshot of the ideas shaping the next era of payments. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/e-krjFBA Listen here: https://lnkd.in/e36NYkmg

Vassilina Lapteva Walford, Founder at PaymentVibes, emphasises the need to optimise the full customer journey, balancing conversion, friction and experience. Full episode recorded in partnership with Silverflow at Merchant Payments Ecosystem, Berlin can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e3gKWYzX

Danish Kanojia, Payments Product Lead at Wolt, points to how fintech and banks combine to deliver secure and seamless authentication. Full episode recorded in partnership with Silverflow at Merchant Payments Ecosystem, Berlin can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e3gKWYzX

Alexander Luijt, Commercial Product Manager at ING, outlines how focus is shifting from B2C optimisation to improving B2B payments and invoicing. Full episode recorded in partnership with Silverflow at Merchant Payments Ecosystem, Berlin can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e3gKWYzX

Ugnė B., Group CEO at payabl., highlights how banks are evolving into infrastructure players, partnering with fintechs to drive innovation. Full episode recorded in partnership with Silverflow at Merchant Payments Ecosystem, Berlin can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e3gKWYzX

We caught up with Robert Kraal, Co-Founder at Silverflow, at Merchant Payments Ecosystem, Berlin. Here, he highlights how banks are shifting from insourcing to working with specialist partners across areas like processing and risk. Full episode recorded in partnership with Silverflow can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e3gKWYzX

Victor Padee, MBA, Chief Revenue Officer at Aevi, explains how faster innovation and new entrants are driving fragmentation across the payments landscape.   Full episode recorded in partnership with Silverflow at Merchant Payments Ecosystem, Berlin can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eJtUmCz2

“Sometimes culture is not a natural fit between a fintech and a bank” - Kilian Thalhammer, Managing Director, Global Head of Merchant Solutions - Fintech & Platform Sales at Deutsche Bank, on how successful collaboration depends on shared goals, transparency and balancing fintech agility with banking expertise. Full episode recorded in partnership with Silverflow at Merchant Payments Ecosystem, Berlin can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eJtUmCz2

"It's important for everybody in the ecosystem to keep trying something." - Anurag Chitlangia, Senior Product Manager at Uber on how the industry is experimenting with agentic payments, and how success will depend on what delivers real value and simplicity for the consumer.   Full episode recorded in partnership with Silverflow at Merchant Payments Ecosystem, Berlin can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eJtUmCz2

💥 LATEST EPISODE OUT NOW 💥 Recorded live at PAY360 at Excel London, this special episode of the c-suite podcast, produced in partnership with FinXP, dives deep into the forces reshaping global payments, Banking-as-a-Service, and cross‑border innovation.   Host Debbie West is joined by Jens Podewski, CEO and co‑founder of FinXP, and 🥃Jovi O., CEO of ONE.io, for an insightful conversation about how collaboration, trust, and technological evolution are redefining the financial ecosystem.   Together, they explore: ➡️ Why Banking as a Service is really about speed, flexibility, and access, and why it’s far more complex than simple “plumbing” ➡️ How FinXP and ONE.io built a partnership grounded in transparency, reliability, and honest communication ➡️ The growing role of stablecoins, real‑time rails, and API‑driven infrastructure in transforming cross‑border payments ➡️ Why digital identity may be the most important innovation of the next five years, even more than AI ➡️ A personal reflection on financial inclusion, underbanked communities, and the human impact of better financial access Watch here: https://lnkd.in/eVCu-6UB Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eTiNM3kG