Leaders In Payments

This is episode 34 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and Richie Serna, the CEO and Co-Founder of Finix is our special guest this week.  I’m honored to have Richie on the show this week. Richie was born and raised in California and was the first in his family to go to college. He received his bachelors degree in political science at Harvard and started his career in management consulting. Finix is a payments infrastructure provider that allows software companies to embed or integrate payments into their software which provides a better user experience and adds a new revenue stream – basically allowing them to transform their business models.  Richie has several interesting stories during the episode including things about the “hacker house” and the naming of the company. Richie has a great passion for people – from his customers to his employees. This is an episode you don’t want to miss.www.finix.comwww.leadersinpayments.com www.podcast609.com

This is episode 33 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and Keith Smith, the Co-Founder and CEO of Payability is our special guest this week.  Payability offers ecommerce sellers with friction-free cash flow and working capital solutions. These ecommerce sellers are typically on a large platform like Amazon or Shopify. Payability has a unique model and one I think you’ll find very interesting. Keith has a passion for his kids and being a Dad first. Professionally he loves to see how Payability helps small businesses and entrepreneurs live the American dream of starting and running their own business.  www.payability.comwww.leadersinpayments.com www.podcast609.com

This is episode 32 of the Leaders in Payments podcast featuring my special guest Craig McDonald the Chief Business Officer for Trustly.  Trustly offers payments that cost less than debit and have a higher approval rate than cards and there are no chargebacks. Trustly was founded in 2008 and is the global leader in Online Banking Payments. They facilitate payments to merchants directly from consumers online bank accounts, without going through the card networks. Trustly has relationships with more than 6,000 banks and over 600 million consumers across Europe and North America. They serve many of the world’s most prominent merchants within e-commerce, financial services, gaming, media, telecom and travel. Trustly has over 460 employees across Europe, the US and Latin America. .Craig has a passion for helping merchants find solutions that address real pain points. He also enjoys spending time with his teenage daughters. www.trustly.comwww.leadersinpayments.comwww.podcast609.com

This is episode 31 of the Leaders in Payments podcast featuring Jonathon Arst the CEO of Pastri.  Pastri started by partnering with banks but more recently has been working with software companies to help them monetize the payments portion of their software. They compete in the unattended payments vertical such as laundry mats and the tow truck fleet management segment and more. Jonathon has been a strong leader through the pandemic and has kept his team together and focused during these challenging times. Jonathon has a passion for sales and helping businesses and entrepreneurs succeed.  On a personal note he loves the outdoors, surfing, skiing, kiteboarding and more. www.pastri.comwww.leadersinpayments.com www.podcast609.com 

This is episode 30 of the Leaders in Payments podcast and this week we have a very special episode. As you know we spent the entire month of July talking about Women Leaders in Payments and we had some incredible women leaders on the show. In this episode we’re going to listen to a few key points that were brought out by each of our guests. Melissa Townsley-Solis - Founder and CEO of GIACT Paulette Rowe - EO of Integrated & Ecommerce Solutions at Paysafe Laura Miller - President of JPMorgan Merchant Services Joan Herbig - President of the Wnet and Board Member of ControlScan Sue Kelsey - EVP of Global Prepaid & Financial Inclusion at Mastercard Debbie Guerra - EVP of On-Demand Merchant Solutions at ACI Worldwide Lou Ann Alexander - Chief Product Officer at Early WarningDenise Tahali - SVP of Sales at Paysafe We heard stories about overcoming tremendous odds to start and run a company to personal stories of being scared but pushing through to success, all the way to tremendous advice for those just starting their careers in payments.  This month was a great view into women leadership in this great industry we call payments.Leaders in Payments Producted by Podcast609, LLC

This is the final week and final episode of the Women Leaders in Payments month sponsored by Paysafe. This episode, episode 29 is a roundtable discussion featuring three women leaders in the payments industry.  They are:Denise Tahali, SVP of Sales at PaysafeDebbie Guerra, EVP of On-Demand Merchant Solutions at ACI WorldwideAnd Lou Ann Alexander, Chief Product Officer at Early Warning.  They each bring their own unique perspective of women leadership in our industry as well as provide some great insights, views and advice on leadership.  www.paysafe.comwww.aciworldwide.com www.earlywarning.com www.leadersinpayments.com www.podcast609.com   

As we continue Women Leaders in Payments month sponsored by Paysafe, our next guest on Episode 28 is Sue Kelsey, the EVP of Global Prepaid and Financial Inclusion at Mastercard.  Sue grew up in a traditional family in the UK and remembers her first job standing on the sidewalk and asking strangers about detergent, beer bottle labels and more – her first discovery of market research and marketing.  She has several interesting stories about taking on leadership roles and moving from individual contributor to leader.  She also has some great advice for young women joining the payments industry and is a strong supporter of many programs and the culture that Mastercard has in support of gender and racial equality. We’ve got a great show this week with a great leader.www.mastercard.com www.leadersinpayments.com www.podcast609.com   

Our special guest this week is Joan Herbig, the President of Wnet and Board Member of ControlScan. This is episode 27 as we continue to celebrate Women Leaders in Payments month sponsored by Paysafe. In this episode, I talk with Joan about her journey including her degree in French, quickly learning in her first job what she didn’t want to do professionally and then become interested in computers and technology. Saying yes, raising your hand, taking risks, helping other women be successful, networking with passion are just a few of the topics we cover. We end the episode discussing the Wnet and it’s mission to empower women. www.wnetonline.orgwww.leadersinpayments.comwww.podcast609.com 

This week's special guest is Laura Miller, President of JPMorgan Merchant Services. This is episode 26 and the third episode as we celebrate Women Leaders in Payments month sponsored by Paysafe. I’m your host Greg Myers and in this episode, I talk with Laura about her journey to JP Morgan Chase, her passion and empathy for small businesses and some of her eye-opening moments including 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy. She provides some great insights around being humble, the idea that you never really arrive, living your personal brand and being the person that people want to work for, with and around. www.jpmorgan.com/merchant-services/homewww.leadersinpayments.comProduced by: www.podcast609.com 

Our special guest this week is Paulette Rowe the CEO of Integrated and Ecommerce Solutions for Paysafe. She is the next guest in our month-long series celebrating Women Leaders in Payments - sponsored by Paysafe. In this episode Paulette and I talk about her unique background from studying engineering to forming a start-up, to Facebook and a few stops in between. She also shares her insights and perspectives on racial and gender equality and provides some great advice for women just starting their careers in payments. Paulette’s experience and wisdom are certainly things we can all learn from.www.paysafe.com www.leadesinpayments.comwww.podcast609.com