Leaders In Payments

This week's special guest is Jamie Barlett, the Founder/President and CEO of PolyPay.Jamie grew up Michigan and Missouri and went to school in Massachusetts and then took her first job in California. After taking a position with a leading management consulting firm she moved on to a client and subsequently started her own merchant services business – PolyPay. PolyPay provides merchant services in a transparent and cost-effective way with high touch customer support and differentiates itself by truly taking care of their customers and always doing the right thing. No matter when the service issue happens or questions arise, PolyPay jumps on the opportunity to help their merchants succeed.   Jamie has a passion for researching and learning and especially has an unhealthy obsession with Scotland. Surround yourself with people smarter than you, network extensively, listen and learn is just some of the advice Jamie gives.www.polypay.comwww.leadersinpayments.comwww.podcast609.com 

This is episode 14 of the Leaders In Payments Podcast featuring my special guest this week, Monica Eaton-Cardone, the COO and Co-Founder of Chargebacks911. Monica grew up mostly in Idaho in a small town of 22 people. She developed a great work ethic at a very early age and learned many life lessons through playing sports – more specifically basketball.Chargebacks911 was truly born out of necessity. Monica owned an online business and started getting chargebacks so she decided to dig in and learn what they were and how to mitigate them. And then quickly learned there were others out there that needed help with the same thing – and thus Chargebacks911 was born.  Monica discusses in detail all of the services that Chargebacks911 provides its merchants and customers and provides some great insights into starting a career in payments. www.chargebacks911.comwww.leadersinpayments.com All episodes are produced by: www.podcast609.com

This is episode 13 of the Leaders in Payments Podcast. My special guest this week is OB Rawls, the CEO of Global Payment Processing at Paysafe. OB grew up in a small rural town of under 2,000 people in North Carolina on a tobacco farm. He was in the Army and Army national guard for 21 years and had many different jobs after the military.  He was a parole officer, he was a "repo guy" collecting cars, and worked at Bank of America for 18 years where he first got into the credit card business. OB was at First Data and iPayment before becoming the CEO of Global Payment Processing at Paysafe. In April of last year the Electronic Transaction Association honored OB with the    Distinguished Payments Professional star award – recognizing his 30 plus years in the payments industry. OB provides a great overview of Paysafe and all of the different products and services that Paysafe provides its merchants and partners.  OB has a passion for collecting wine and he provides some great advice: keep an open mind, adopt change, explore, and be bold. OB is really one of the great guys in the payments space. 

My special guest this week is Brad Wiskirchen, the CEO of Kount. Kount is a leading providing of fraud prevention solutions. Brad talks in detail about the Identity Trust Global Network that Kount recently launched. He also provides great information about what Kount is doing to help his employees and customers during the global pandemic. And Brad also talks about his love for this team and passion for his family as well as provides some very insightful advice for those just getting started in payments. www.kount.com www.leadersinpayments.com www.podcast609.com  

This is episode 11 of the Leaders in Payments podcast hosted by Greg Myers. In this episode I talk with Martin Sweeney, CEO of Ravelin about their fraud solution and global customer set. He uses a great Ferrari analogy too that you don't want to miss. Martin also provides some great background information and insights about PSD2 and 3D secure. He also talks about why the U.S. is a great market for Ravelin. www.ravelin.comwww.leadersinpayments.com www.podcast609.com 

In this episode, I talk with Brandon Spear, the President of MSTS. Brandon and I talk about his journey from a South Africa to Dallas and to his current role at MSTS in Overland Park, Kansas. Brandon explains in detail the unique products and services that MSTS provides in the b2b payments space - what they have coined as "Credit as a Service." He also talks about how MSTS is making sure schools, hospitals and first responders have the credit they need to buy the products they need and that are required during this difficult time. MSTS is really doing what they can to help especially in these trying times. It really is both admirable and inspiring. Brandon has a passion for creating and building teams and personally is a huge sport fan.  For more information about MSTS visit: www.msts.com To view more episode of the Leaders In Payments podcast visit: www.leadersinpayments.com This episode was produced by Podcast609. www.podcast609.com

This episode is a little different than what I’ve been doing. Given what is going on in the US and around the world related to the coronavirus I thought it would be advantageous to have someone on the show that could talk about the impact – both short-term and long-term of the coronavirus on the payments industry.  My special guest to help us understand how the coronavirus is impacting payments is Shaun Abraham, the Co-Founder and CEO of Transaction Insights. Shaun’s payment career includes time at both Bank of America and JP Morgan where he worked with start-ups, mid-sized companies and large enterprise companies to help them understand trends and opportunities in the payments space Shaun has a deep expertise in market intelligence around the payment industry and has been a presenter, panelist and moderator at numerous industry events.  It’s an uncertain time but also a time where we all need to stay informed, personally and professionally. www.transactioninsights.comwww.leadersinpayments.com www.podcast609.com

In this episode, Kevin and I talk about his journey from a Christmas tree farm in North Carolina to becoming a banker to receiving the best phone call he’s ever had from a recruiter at Paymentech – which launched his career in payments. Kevin’s journey has taken him through several payments companies and finally to his current role as CEO at Celero Commerce.Celero Commerce focuses on creating vertical bundles for the small business space that combine software, payments and other tools that help businesses run more efficiently.Kevin talks a lot about culture and how important it is to surround yourself with great people and great mentors. www.celerocommerce.com www.leadersinpayments.com www.podcast609.com 

Episode 7 of the Leaders in Payments podcast features Cory Capoccia the Co-Founder & President of Womply.   In this episode, Cory and I talk about Womply’s mission to help small businesses grow especially through the use of data. Cory talks about his journey from starting and selling Verifi to Visa to starting Womply with a few people in an apartment.     Cory and I also talk about the time he took off to travel 30,000 miles around the country in an RV. And finally we talk about value of mentoring and how important it is for people just starting out in payments – or any industry for that matter.www.leadersinpayments.com  www.womply.com This episode was produced by www.podcast609.com 

In this episode of the Leaders In Payment podcast, your host Greg Myers speaks with Garima Shah, President of Biller Genie.  Garima talks about her journey to becoming the President of Biller Genie and her passion for helping people and motivating people in the payments space as well as her passion for dance.    Garima also talks about Biller Genie and how they have automated the sending of invoices, reminders, provide invoices tracking and ultimately help their clients get paid faster.  She also gives some great advice to those just starting their career in the payments industrywww.leadersinpayments.comwww.billergenie.comEpisode #6 produced by Podcast609 - www.podcast609.com