The Payments Show Podcast

In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Michael Kaplan who is the Chief Revenue Officer at PayNearMe.
PayNearMe is the industry’s only platform that facilitates cash, debit, credit and ACH payments for thousands of businesses and government agencies in the USA. PayNearMe mainly focuses on companies and government departments that require recurring billing solutions.
Summary of topics discussed:
1. Digitizing Cash Payments via Barcodes
2. Serving the Underbanked and Unbanked
3. Customer Experience and User Experience
4. Offer Different Payment Methods Using Business Logic
5. Accept Apple/Google Pay, ACH and Cash
6. Over 27,000 Cash Payment Locations
7. I-Gaming Market
8. Secure Payment Flows for Phone Payments
9. Engagement Engine for Scheduled Payments
10. The Future: Venmo and Crypto
10m Highlights Version: click here
Details:
- Recorded on 15 Oct 2020
- Host: Satwant Phull, Founder of Digital Money Lab
- Guest: Michael Kaplan, Chief Revenue Officer, PayNearMe
[Next Steps]
- Get in touch with Satwant: digitalmoneylab.com
- PayNearMe: paynearme.com
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In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Šarūnas Matulevičius who is the Head of Product at CoinGate.
CoinGate is Payment Gateway which provides Cryptocurrency Payment Processing services for businesses of any size.
Summary of topics discussed:

1. Additional Revenue Streams for Businesses
2. Signup Users Who Prefer Crypto Payments
3. Merchant Directory
4. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin
5. Point of Sales (POS) Solution
6. Sell with QR Codes
7. Subscription Payments with Crypto
8. Set Up and Integrate Quickly with Plugins or APIs
9. Payment Links and Buttons
10. Receive Revenues in Regular Currency or Cryptocurrency
3m Highlights Version: click here
Details:
- Recorded on 12 Oct 2020
- Host: Satwant Phull, Founder of Digital Money Lab
- Guest: Šarūnas Matulevičius, Head of Product, CoinGate
[Next Steps]
- Get in touch with Satwant: digitalmoneylab.com
- Coingate: coingate.com
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In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Jimmy Fong who is the Chief Commercial Officer at SEON.
SEON provides detection tools and solutions to help businesses to reduce the costs, time, and challenges faced due to fraud.
Summary of topics discussed:
1. Real-time intelligence
2. Social Footprint
3. Breaking the Economics for Professional Fraud Rings
4. Connect to 25 networks in under 1 Second via API
5. Payment preferences around the world
6. Addressing Data Breach Fatigue
7. High-risk Sectors: iGaming, Banking, Travel & Ticketing
8. eCommerce Sector
9. Zero Review Time
10. Derive Intelligence from the First Customer Interaction
10m Highlights Version: click here
Details:
- Recorded on 13 Aug 2020
- Host: Satwant Phull, Founder of Digital Money Lab
- Guest: Jimmy Fong, Chief Commercial Officer, SEON
[Next Steps]
- Get in touch with Satwant: digitalmoneylab.com
- SEON: seon.io
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In this episode of The Payments Show Podcast, I spoke to Matt Holme who is the Founder and CEO of YouPay
YouPay is a payment system that lets someone else pay for a customer’s order. You can use YouPay to receive the gifts that you want, while letting your Payer quickly, securely and safely pay for you.
Summary of topics discussed:
1. Let Someone Else Pay For a Purchase
2. Double Your Customers Per Transaction (Recipient and Payer)
3. Share YouPay Links with Anyone
4. A Better Alternative to Gift Vouchers
5. Let Children Buy Online: Parents Control and Approve Payments
6. Customer Collects Rewards Points while Someone Else Pays
7. Privacy: Payer Never Sees Personal Details
8. Security: Works with World Class Payment Processors for Multiple Layers of Security
9. Integrate with Existing Platforms like Woo Commerce and Opencart
10. First 100 YouPay Transactions are Free
10m Highlights Version: click here
Details:
- Recorded on 04 Aug 2020
- Host: Satwant Phull, Founder of Digital Money Lab
- Guest: Matt Holme, Founder and CEO, YouPay
[Next Steps]
- Get in touch with Satwant: digitalmoneylab.com
- Get in touch with Matt: linkedin.com/in/mattholme
- YouPay: youpay.ai
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In episode 83, I speak to Heidi Hunter, Chief Product Officer at IDology, about how their platform helps businesses to create frictionless and secure eCommerce customer experiences.
We discuss how the platform provides many features including dynamic Knowledge-based Authentication, Transaction Monitoring, document authentication, biometric verification and many others to streamline checkout processes, increase conversions and prevent fraud. We also discuss the challenges and opportunities of digital identity verification in the eCommerce industry, and how IDology adapts to changing regulations and customer expectations.
VIDEO and PDF Transcript:
- click here https://thepaymentsshow.substack.com/p/83
Summary of topics discussed:
(01:02) - IDology Overview: Identity Verification and Fraud Management
(02:29) - Statistics on Business Fraud and Data Breaches
(03:32) - Exploring the Sophistication of Fraud Attacks
(04:51) - The Role of Technology in Fraud Prevention
(05:17) - Impact of COVID-19 on Digitization and Fraud
(06:15) - The Importance of Data Collection in Fraud Prevention
(06:59) - Challenges in Asserting Ownership of Data
(08:58) - The Importance of a Smooth Onboarding Process
(11:18) - Synthetic Identity Fraud
(12:40) - Data Depth vs Richness
(15:04) - Differentiating Factors of Ideology's Solutions
(17:35) - eDNA: Data Collection Across Industries & Markets
(18:49) - Money Moves: Find It Faster
(21:27) - Layering Data: Data Breaches & The Dark Web
(22:53) - Industry Consortium Fraud Network & Cross Border Verification
(30:08) - Fraud Trends: Surge in Fraudulent Domains
(32:44) - The Investment Fraudsters Make in Synthetic Identity Profiles
(33:23) - The Surge in Voice Over IPs
(33:52) - Efficiency of Fraudulent Submissions
(34:10) - Regulation and Legislation Around Money Transfers
(34:48) - The Challenge of Differentiating Fraudulent P2P Transfers
(36:44) - Predictions & The Future
(37:19) - Business Verification Is Increasingly Important
(38:26) - The Impact of OpenAI on Fraud
(41:45) - Know Your Business (KYB) Verification
(49:09) - Get in Touch with IDologyDetails:
- Recorded on 15 Nov 2023
- Host: Satwant Phull
- Guest: Heidi Hunter, Chief Product Officer, IDology
[Next Steps]
- Get in touch with Satwant: digitalmoneylab.com
- IDology: idology.com | @idology