PayPod: The Payments and Fintech Podcast

If you’re in the world of Payments or Fintech, you may find yourself working with merchants.... Business owners and individuals who are potentially interested in your services (such as payment processing, billing, payroll, and so on). How do you break through all the noise? How do you present your offerings in a compelling way with competition that’s only increasing? On this episode, Jared Spears, a sales rep for Gravity Payments joins Scott to discuss how to reach merchants with your services. Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

This week we’re diving into another fascinating area of payments… media payments. Whether you’re browsing the web, watching TV, or listening to the radio – you may come across content and ads that have been facilitated by payments between organizations. But how does it all work? Media payments also have a special application when it comes to the political arena and upcoming elections – so in the advance of the presidential election it’s worth covering! Joining Scott to explore all of this is David Frogel, Chief Strategy Officer of FastPay. FastPay is a company which was founded in 2009 that functions to meet the needs of the media industry – specifically when it comes to payments. Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

On this episode, we turn our attention back to the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Specifically, we focus in on the entrepreneurial side of these industries to discuss the keys to success, and just who these "cryptopreneurs" are. Scott is joined by Dennis Lewis, who is a seasoned digital storyteller and blockchain marketing specialist with a proven track record both in Europe and in the US. Dennis has successfully led to market and exited multiple startup companies, and his latest effort is in launching a book entitled “Behold the Cryptopreneurs” all about the entrepreneurial side of blockchain and crypto. Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

Throughout your working life, have you ever wanted, or needed, payday to arrive a little sooner? On today's show, we cover instant payroll, which has made these payroll schedule challenges a thing of the past. Scott is joined by Jeanniey Mullen, who is the Chief Marketing Officer for DailyPay. DailyPay is the leading provider of the daily pay benefit — a benefit offered through employers that allows employees to receive instant access to their earned wages. Instant wage access has helped businesses retain employees longer, increasing employee job satisfaction, and beyond. Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

The payments industry offers many unique opportunities for professionals from all kinds of backgrounds. On this episode we focus in on how payments is helping one important group… women who have rejoined the workforce after having or raising children. Scott is joined by Samantha Ettus, who has recently launched Park Place Payments, a women-owned company fundamentally changing the lives of people seeking opportunities to reenter the workforce and revolutionizing the payment processing industry at the same time. Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

It’s no secret that the global economy and the environment are two important umbrella topics these days. The multitude of important challenges under these categories are worthy of discussion.... especially because payments businesses and fintechs can offer many solutions to help both consumers and our global future. Some say that we need to think even bigger, and look at how some of our very financial systems are structured. Enter our guest this week, David Clarke, who is the Head of Policy and Advocacy for Positive Money. Positive Money is a non-profit organization that campaigns for a money and banking system which supports a fair, democratic and sustainable economy. Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

Whether you’re considering individual merchants accepting cards from customers, or ISOs building portfolios of merchants, using tech tools and processes to manage security issues and compliance is crucial. On this week’s show, Scott is joined by an expert guest who has spent his fintech career working on solutions for these kinds of challenges, including his latest venture. Darrel Anderson is the President and CEO of Conformance Technologies, a company offering compliance, security, and other merchant portfolio management tools for payments businesses. Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

Business to business payments may not get the same amount of coverage as other areas in the payments world, but they are just as important! When it comes to B2B payments though there are challenges that need to be navigated, as enterprise payments in particular, are susceptible to fraud, unnecessary labor costs and potential errors. Our guest this week is Kurt Knackstedt who is the CEO of Troovo, a technology company focused on virtualizing and removing manual intervention within transaction-based industries. This focus on tech has enabled Troovo to improve the B2B payment systems for a wide variety of organizations using Robotic Process Automation or RPA. Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

These days, consumers make so many decisions based on ratings and reviews… and it’s no different when it comes to credit cards. But how do you determine what the top credit card is, and how can you trust online reviews? Our guest this week is Brooklyn Lowery who is the Senior Manager & Site Editor for CardRatings.com, a website that aims to provide useful resources, tools, and reviews for credit cards. Brooklyn had much to say about how the site works, remains unbiased, and what consumers really should be looking for in a credit card. Listen in! Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

Sharing the company credit card with employees and contractors is inherently insecure... Extend Payments and our guest Andrew Jamison have a new way of approaching it. Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/