Podcasts by Transaction Trending, a podcast by ETA
Transaction Trending is a podcast powered by the Electronic Transactions Association, the trade association and the voice of the payments technology industry.
Join ETA CEO Jason Oxman twice a month for a look into the people, places and things that are shaping the payments technology industry, and our economy as a whole, for the better. We'll bring together diverse voices and perspectives, and explore a wide range of stories and trends.
Log onto transactiontrends.com for the latest on the podcast and other payments news, and be sure to subscribe on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Play and other places you find podcasts.
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TRANSACT CONNECT: What to Expect with Jodie Kelley, ETA from 2020-05-06T16:44:34
ETA CEO Jodie Kelley joins the podcast to discuss recent trends and research regarding payments and COVID-19, as well as what to expect at TRANSACT Connect.
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SMBs and COVID-19: Data and Trends, with Alecia Muth, The Strawhecker Group from 2020-04-15T17:14:05
Alecia Muth, Director of Market Intelligence at The Strawhecker Group,
provides data that gives on SMBs and payments that gives dimension to our collective understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Panel: Small Businesses in the Time of COVID-19 from 2020-04-08T17:51:25
Derek Webster, CEO of CardFlight, and Adam Bloomston, President of Payroc, join Amy Zirkle, VP of Industry Affairs, to discuss the unique challenges facing SMBs and payments companies during the CO...
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How the Payments Industry is Responding to COVID-19 from 2020-03-25T15:27:05
Amy is joined by Scott Talbott, SVP of Government Affairs at ETA. Together, they walk you through the landscape of COVID-19 for the payments technology industry – what it means for our advocacy wor...
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Keeping eCommerce Secure with Dave Ellis, SecurityMetrics from 2020-03-11T15:17:35
Dave Ellis, VP of Forensic Investigations at SecurityMetrics, talks payments fraud trends and his career in law enforcement with Amy.
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Anatomy of a Merger, with Adam Bloomston, Payroc from 2020-02-26T16:12:54
Adam Bloomston, President of Payroc, joins Amy to discuss the four-way merger of Payroc, Payscape, NXGEN and BluePay Canada.
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Changes in the ISO Channel: Challenges and Opportunities, with Dimitri Akhrin, IRIS CRM from 2020-02-12T15:51:28
On this episode of Transaction Trending, Amy is joined by Dimitri Akhrin, founder and President of IRIS CRM.
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Payments Security in 2020 and Beyond, with Stacy Hughes, Global Payments from 2020-01-28T15:44:20
Stacy Hughes, SVP of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance at Global Payments joins Amy to discuss PCI, payments security and data.
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Creating Payments Products for the Future, with Diana Mehochko, NCR Payment Solutions from 2020-01-15T16:42:43
NCR Payments Solutions COO Diana Mehochko talks trends in 2020 and marketing a fully-integrated payments solution.
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A Conversation on eCommerce and SRC with Rupa Krishnan, American Express from 2019-12-18T15:42:08
Rupa Krishnan, Vice President of Network Services at American Express, discusses Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) with Amy.
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Transaction Trending Rewind: SoundBytes Part One - The Tech from 2019-12-04T17:16:10
On another special episode, Transaction Trending rewinds to the first part of our first spin-off podcast, SoundBytes: Women Driving Payments Innovation.
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Transaction Trending Rewind: SoundBytes Part 3 - The Engine from 2019-11-20T21:49:34
On this special episode, Transaction Trending rewinds to the third part of our first spin-off podcast, SoundBytes: Women Driving Payments Innovation.
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Delivering Payments in Software Offerings, with Brian Mahony, Elavon from 2019-11-06T16:10:55
Elavon Chief Strategy Officer Brian Mahony joins Amy to discuss software strategies for merchant acquirers.
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Vertical Software: New Opportunities with Richie Serna, Finix from 2019-10-16T14:27:48
Amy talks to Richie Serna, CEO and co-founder of Finix, a SF-based startup that works with SaaS companies to help them do their payments.
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How Payments Companies are Supporting Contactless Payments, with Dan Sanford, Visa from 2019-10-02T14:12:24
Visa Global Head of Contactless Payments Dan Sanford talks promoting contactless payments in the United States.
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A Conversation on the Future of Prepaid, with Jeff Johnson, Netspend from 2019-09-18T14:48:44
On this episode of Transaction Trending, podcast host Amy Zirkle is joined by Jeff Johnson, Senior Vice President of Commercial Prepaid at Netspend for a conversation on the prepaid marketplace.
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Trends and Tactics for Payments Innovation, with Steve Sotis, eProcessing Network from 2019-09-04T14:40:37
On this episode, Transaction Trending host Amy Zirkle is joined by Steve Sotis, founder and CEO of eProcessing Network, for a conversation on his business, his observations on the changing landscap...
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Leadership and Professional Development in Payments, with Julie Pukas, TD Bank from 2019-08-21T15:17:05
On this episode, Julie Pukas, Head of Commercial Product and Merchant Solutions for TD Bank, joins Amy Zirkle on the podcast to discuss her career, her opinions on continuing education and professi...
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Building a Payments Technology Business, with Derek Webster, CardFlight from 2019-08-07T15:36:17
Derek Webster, Founder and CEO of CardFlight, joined Interim ETA CEO Amy Zirkle to talk about his journey founding and building CardFlight. The conversation was a “how I built this” look at his mot...
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The Elements of a Successful Payments Career, with Diane Faro from 2019-07-24T14:54:13
On this episode of Transaction Trending, ETA Interim CEO Amy Zirkle is joined by Diane to discuss her career, her advice to young leaders, and her observations on the direction of the payments tech...
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Leadership in FinTech, with Laura Wagner, Digitzs from 2019-07-10T15:02:48
Laura Wagner, Chief Visionary Officer of Digitzs, joins ETA Interim CEO Amy Zirkle for a conversation on her career, Digitzs and her vision of leadership in a fast-changing market.
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What's On the Horizon for Payments Security? With Troy Leach, PCI from 2019-06-19T15:46:43
On this episode, a conversation on what's new in payments security with Troy Leach, Chief Technology Officer at the PCI Standards Security Council.
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FinTech and the Underserved: A Congressional Perspective with Rep. Gregory Meeks from 2019-06-05T19:33:14
On this episode of Transaction Trending, we continue our conversation on where politics, policy and payments meet.
Joining Interim CEO of ETA Amy Zirkle and ETA Senior Vice President of Go...
Capitalizing on a Fast-Changing Payments Marketplace, with Ralph Dangelmaier, BlueSnap from 2019-05-22T14:56:32
Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap and member of ETA’s Board of Directors, joins ETA Interim CEO Amy Zirkle at TRANSACT to talk about his career, the growing and changing payments marketplace, and ...
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A Conversation with O.B. Rawls, Paysafe Leader and 2019 ETA Distinguished Payments Professional from 2019-05-08T18:46:23
OB Rawls, President of Payment Processing North America with Paysafe, joins ETA Interim CEO Amy Zirkle at TRANSACT to talk about his career, his observations on our changing industry, and Paysafe.
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TRANSACT Special Edition: What's New and Exciting at TRANSACT This Year from 2019-04-24T16:14:11
On this special edition of Transaction Trending, host and ETA Interim CEO Amy Zirkle talks to members of ETA's staff to hear more about what's next and exciting at TRANSACT, the world's largest pay...
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A Conversation on New Payment Channels with Kevin Brown, Wirecard from 2019-04-10T15:20:54
On this episode, ETA Interim CEO Amy Zirkle is joined by Kevin Brown, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Marketing at Wirecard North America. He leads go-to-market strategy, brand expansi...
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SoundBytes: Women Driving Payments Innovation Part Three: The Engine from 2019-03-28T15:49:48
In the final episode, we examine the changing face of payments innovation, and hear perspectives on leadership, culture, and diversity from women driving the future of payments. We ask – what can w...
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SoundBytes: Women Driving Payments Innovation Part Two: The Effect from 2019-03-28T15:43:06
In part two of SoundBytes: Women Driving Payments Innovation, Interim CEO and podcast host Amy Zirkle explores a seemingly simple question: what does software innovation mean for merchants and cons...
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SoundBytes: Women Driving Payments Innovation Part One: The Tech from 2019-03-28T15:35:38
In the first part of SoundBytes: Women Driving Payments Innovation, Interim CEO and podcast host Amy Zirkle dives into the nuts and bolts of the data, technology and partnerships that are driving f...
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Introducing SoundBytes: Women Driving Payments Innovation, A New Podcast from ETA from 2019-03-27T19:22:57
Introducing SoundBytes: Women Driving Payments Innovation, a three-part limited series which takes a look at the future of commerce and the women who power it.
Interim CEO of ETA Amy Zirkl...
Perspectives on Startups, Innovation and Payments' NexTen with Jon Pollock, Worldpay from 2019-03-13T16:05:03
ETA Interim CEO Amy Zirkle talks to Jon Pollock, Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Worldpay, to discuss startups, payments innovation and the new Payments' NexTen program at TRANSACT.
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Transaction Trending Update: Amy Zirkle to Assume Role as Host from 2019-02-27T15:57:49
On this special episode of Transaction Trending, Jason Oxman introduces Amy Zirkle, Interim CEO of ETA, as the podcast's new host.
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FinTech, Policy & The Underserved, with Phil Goldfeder, Cross River Bank, and Chris Koegel, T-Mobile from 2019-02-13T16:01:54
Phil Goldfeder, SVP of Public Affairs at Cross River Bank, and Chris Koegel, Director of Regulatory Affairs at T-Mobile, join ETA CEO Jason Oxman to discuss FinTech, policy and expanding access to ...
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Private Equity in the Payments Tech Ecosystem, with Kevin Jones, Celero Commerce from 2019-01-30T15:59:01
ETA Board President and CEO of Celero Commerce Kevin Jones joins Jason Oxman on the podcast to discuss private equity, payments entrepreneurship, trends in 2019 and his focus as ETA's top volunteer...
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Payments and Fintech: A Congressional Perspective with Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer from 2019-01-16T15:55:03
ETA CEO Jason Oxman joins Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO-3] in his Capitol Hill office to discuss payments technology policy from his perspective as a member of Congress.
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Payments Technology and the Small Business Owner, with Todd Linden, Paysafe from 2019-01-02T18:03:22
Transaction Trending is back for 2019!
We discuss some big topics on this podcast - data security, next-gen solutions like biometrics and AI, mobile payments, value-added solutions and the...
Best of 2018: Spotlight on the 'Tech-ification' of Payments from 2018-12-12T16:53:32
We are nearing the end of 2018. It’s been an electrifying year in payments technology. High-profile mergers and acquisitions totaling over $40 billion, a rapidly-changing sales channel, and the pro...
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Leveraging Technology to Grow Payments, with Kim Crawford Goodman, Fiserv from 2018-11-28T16:27:38
Predicting the future is impossible. But for payments technology executives, seeing around the corner, reading the market and leaning-in to future-forward innovation is essential.
It’s no...
A Look at the Canadian Payments Ecosystem, with Angela Brown, CEO, Moneris from 2018-11-14T16:20:36
Earlier this year, ETA announced that it was expanding its advocacy work in Canada. Our new expanded efforts give the payments industry a stronger voice in Canada for forward-thinking policy that s...
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A Strategic Vision for Payments, with Worldpay CEO Charles Drucker from 2018-10-31T15:20:08
When Vantiv acquired Worldpay in a ten-billion-dollar deal at the beginning of 2018, the coming together of these two giants created the largest payments processor by volume in the world.
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Securing Payments in an Online Environment, with Brad Wiskirchen, Kount from 2018-10-17T13:47:18
Brad Wiskirchen, CEO of Kount, joined Jason in the Kount podcast production studio at ETA’s Strategic Leadership Forum to talk about ecommerce and the future of the payments security in an increasi...
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An Overview of the Evolving ISV Marketplace, from Marc Abbey, Accenture Payments from 2018-09-26T15:29:12
According to ETA’s Payments Trends to Watch report, merchants will spend $2.2 billion this year alone on software solutions for their point-of-sale devices. Our report predicts that merchants will ...
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How to be a Payments Technology Advocate, with Deron Hicks, TSYS from 2018-09-12T16:13:52
As the voice of the payments industry, ETA is always busy meeting with policymakers, Members of Congress and industry leaders to promote a policy environment that fosters growth and accessibility f...
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The New POS: Partnerships & Possibilities, with Osama Bedier, Poynt, and Irv Henderson, talech from 2018-08-22T15:13:37
This week on the show, we are building on last week’s conversation with Rushi Patel, co-founder of Homebase. Rushi and ETA CEO Jason Oxman discussed the growing role of software developers in the p...
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What's Next for ISVs, and How Can Payments Companies Capitalize? with Rushi Patel, Homebase from 2018-08-08T15:48:16
When merchants power up their new, smart, integrated point-of-sale systems, they want more than just payments acceptance. They want data. They want analytics. They want scheduling and HR tools, inv...
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How Payment Facilitators Are Shaking Up the Payments Ecosystem, with Mark Bishopp, CEO, Amaryllis from 2018-07-25T18:01:42
Payment facilitators are shaking up the sales channel in the payments industry. With a new approach to underwriting and a heavy emphasis on fintech, Payment facilitators like Square and Stripe are ...
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What is Blockchain and What Does it Mean for Payments? With Emi Yoshikawa, Ripple from 2018-07-11T14:22:11
What started as a ripple has now become a wave. More and more, people across the tech world are setting their sights on a technology that its staunchest proponents say will fundamentally change not...
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ETA's Contactless Task Force Leads the Way with Elizabeth Ryan, EVP Wells Fargo Merchant Services from 2018-06-27T15:00:55
Tap-and-go: three words that will come to define the payments experience in the United States.
Contactless payments are coming stateside, and the new wave of technological change is being...
How Henry Helgeson, Founder of Cayan, Built a Billion-Dollar Payments Tech Powerhouse from 2018-06-13T16:09:48
In 1998, Henry Helgeson founded Merchant Warehouse in upstate New York. He was selling simple terminals and printers to small businesses. In December of 2017, TSYS acquired Cayan – the company Merc...
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Driving Payments Ecosystem Security Forward with Drago Dzerve, Verifone from 2018-05-30T14:56:51
If you’ve tapped, dipped or swiped your card recently, chances are it was on a Verifone terminal. For over 30 years, the hardware company and its terminals have been a staple of many payments solut...
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The Future of FinTech with Rich Aberman, WePay from 2018-05-16T14:55:04
From the show floor at TRANSACT, the largest payments technology show in the world, ETA CEO Jason Oxman sits down with Rich Aberman for a conversation on the future of fintech.
Rich is th...
Walmart's Payments Perspective, featuring Reed Luhtanen, Walmart from 2018-05-02T15:00:52
At $485.9 billion in revenue last year alone, WalMart is by far and away the world’s largest retailer. Founded in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas by a man named Sam Walton, WalMart has since grown into a ...
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Contactless Payments in the United States with Matthew Donnelly, FreedomPay from 2018-04-11T15:14:59
It’s been four years since the first NFC-enabled smartphones with mobile wallets entered the marketplace.
But contactless payments technology has been around much longer than Apple Pay, G...
What to Expect This Year at TRANSACT - Keynotes, New Features, Networking and More from 2018-04-05T14:57:39
The payment's industry's big show - TRANSACT - is right around the corner. The world’s largest payments technology event is in just two weeks - April 17-19 - at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Thou...
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How Software is Changing the Payments Industry with Ben Goretsky, CEO, USAePay from 2018-03-28T15:20:50
On today’s episode, Jason explores the software-driven changes that the payments industry has experienced. One-click ordering, voice commerce, mobile payments; from garage-door startups to the worl...
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Payments Data Security in an Information Age with Tom Wimsett, ControlScan from 2018-03-14T14:47:30
Data - the bits and bytes that power the payments technology ecosystem. Since the early days of knucklebusters and magstripe cards, data has always been a key to enabling electronic payments. In t...
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P2P: Millennial to Mainstream with Lou Anne Alexander, Zelle/Early Warning from 2018-02-28T15:48:24
Peer-to-peer payments have moved from millennials to mainstream.
These FinTech services enable quick and easy digital payments. So whether its Girl Scout cookies, splitting a restaurant c...
Episode 3: Digital Innovations and the Customer Experience with Amy Parsons, Discover from 2018-02-14T15:34:05
The payments experience is being shaped by digital innovations.
Stores are going cashless. One store is even cashier-less.
Where we once had to carry cash, or swipe an old-fashi...
Episode 2: Building Beyond - Robert Carr Talks Payments from 2018-01-31T15:19:50
On this episode of Transaction Trending: a conversation on the past, present and future of the payments industry with Robert Carr, founder of Heartland Payments Systems and CEO of Beyond, a new pay...
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Episode 1 : Five Payments Tech Trends to Watch in 2018 from 2018-01-17T18:14:48
From major mergers, to the debut of new products and the forging of new partnerships right on the TRANSACT show floor, to the massive growth of the competitive omnichannel software marketplaces tha...
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Coming Soon: Transaction Trending, a Podcast Powered by ETA from 2018-01-10T15:14:28
Transaction Trending is a new podcast powered by the Electronic Transactions Association, the trade association and the voice of the payments technology industry.
Join us twice a month for...