The Payments Shed

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Sarah Stapp is joined by Ugne Buraciene, Group CEO of payabl., for a special Walk & Talk exploring why payments have become increasingly complicated for merchants, how expectations of payment providers are evolving and why the next big opportunity in payments innovation could be everything that happens after checkout.

For years...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Kara Parkey is joined by Dan Owens, Chief Strategy Officer at Oceanpayment, for a special Walk & Talk exploring how payment orchestration is reshaping the relationship between merchants and payment providers, why traditional merchant loyalty is being challenged and what it really takes to build a defensible payments business.

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When did you first learn how money works? For most of us it wasn't at school.Children pick up money habits early, yet many still leave school without being taught how to manage it. And the first real lesson often comes on a credit card in their twenties.So how do you teach a nine-year-old to earn, save, spend and give?In this episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Louise Hill, Founder and C...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Sarah Stapp is joined by Mike Ward, CEO of Mica, for a special conversation exploring why the payments industry continues to operate across fragmented rails, whether stablecoins really solve the problems they're promising to fix and why the future of payments could look very different if we rethink how transactions are authorised ...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Sarah Stapp is joined by Klas Bäck, Co-Founder & CEO of Pagos, for a special Walk & Talk exploring how artificial intelligence is changing the way merchants manage payments, why better visibility into payment performance is becoming essential and how collaboration could help businesses solve some of the industry's most per...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Svante Westerberg is joined by Brad Wiskirchen, Chief Commercial Officer at Chargebacks911 and CEO of Fi911, for a special Walk & Talk exploring the future of fraud prevention, the growing role of artificial intelligence in dispute management and why the payments industry's approach to risk and compliance is entering a new cha...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Jason Heister is joined by Zor Gorelov, CEO of Blue Language Labs, for a special Walk & Talk exploring the next evolution of agentic commerce, where AI agents move beyond simply making payments to negotiating agreements, placing orders and conducting business on our behalf.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capabl...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Kara Parkey is joined by Spencer Levitt, Co-Founder of Coast, for a special Walk & Talk exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming product demonstrations, why selling complex financial technology is becoming increasingly challenging and what it takes to build trust in an AI-driven software economy.

As banks, fintechs...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Jason Heister is joined by Pooja Shah, Head of Product at Rain, for a special Walk & Talk exploring how stablecoins are transforming card issuing, why traditional settlement infrastructure is holding businesses back and how Rain is building a new generation of global payments infrastructure.

For decades, card programmes have op...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Svante Westerberg is joined by Stephano Maciel, Co-Founder & CEO of ATTRUS, for a special Walk & Talk exploring the challenges of cross-border payments, the rapid evolution of Latin America's financial infrastructure and how businesses can unlock growth across the Americas.

Every fintech has an origin story, and for ATTRUS,...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Jason Heister is joined by Jeff Hallenbeck, VP of Customer Advocacy at Adyen, for a special Walk & Talk exploring how AI agents are transforming commerce, why fraud is becoming increasingly complex and how payments data is creating new opportunities for merchants.

With Adyen processing over $1.6 trillion in annual payment volum...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA 2026 in Las Vegas, Svante Westerberg is joined by Michael (Mike) Corigliano, US Team Lead, Partnerships at adjoe, for a special Walk & Talk exploring how fintech businesses can drive growth beyond transactions, build stronger customer relationships and unlock new revenue opportunities through engagement and rewards.

With millions of consumers usi...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas, Sarah Stapp is joined by Joe Dowd, Principal Partner & VP, Americas, for a special Walk & Talk exploring what's really happening behind the scenes in payments recruitment, which businesses are winning the talent race and how emerging technologies are reshaping the industry's hiring priorities.

After several turbulent years for t...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas, Jason Heister is joined by Matt Wren, Managing Consultant specialising in Fintech, for a special Walk & Talk exploring what it really takes for fintech businesses to win banking customers, navigate lengthy enterprise sales cycles and build the right teams to support international growth.

With thousands of fintechs competing to sell ...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas, Grant Evans is joined by Jakob Pethick, Chief Commercial Officer at YouLend, for a special Walk & Talk exploring how modular embedded finance is helping software platforms unlock new revenue opportunities, expand their financial services propositions and support merchant growth.

Jakob takes us inside YouLend's modular approach to em...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas, Justin Hanna is joined by Alexander Rea, CEO & Founder of Fyntek, for a conversation exploring one of the most complex and challenging sectors in US payments: gaming and sweepstakes.

Alexander takes us inside the realities of gaming payments, explaining why processing transactions in this sector presents challenges that traditional ...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, recorded live from Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas, Sarah Stapp is joined by Francesco Simoneschi, Co-Founder & CEO of TrueLayer, for a conversation exploring whether the payments industry is finally approaching a tipping point where Pay by Bank can genuinely challenge the dominance of cards in online commerce.

For decades, card networks have been the backbone of digital payments, ...

In this breaking news special of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas, Grant Evans is joined by Shane Curran, Co-Founder & CEO of Evervault, for an exclusive conversation exploring the launch of Browser Tokens and what it could mean for the future of AI-powered commerce.

As AI agents increasingly move beyond searching and recommending products to actually completing purchases on behalf of consu...

In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Justin Hanna and Liam Gray are joined by Joanne Lawrence, Head of Customer Success Services at Tribe Payments, for a conversation exploring what it really takes to build lasting relationships in payments, champion women across the industry and balance the demands of senior leadership with life outside work.

Jo takes us through her career in payments, reflecting on the experiences t...