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PYMNTS Podcast
Wage to Wallet Index™ Shows Wage Shocks Hit Labor Economy Hard
WorkWhile Chief Economist Alan Armen says wage shocks move through hourly workers’ budgets in weeks, not quarters, because income becomes spending almost immediately. The latest Wage to Wallet™ findings show platforms supplying 15% to 30% of income as workers try to address declining wages.
2025-12-14
14 min
PYMNTS Podcast
CFOs and AI Help Emerging Enterprises Accelerate Time to Cash™
CFOs at emerging enterprises are redesigning and adding speed to their cash cycles. As a PYMNTS panel with insights from Bottomline, Coupa and FIS tells Karen Webster, automation, AI and stronger onboarding are the keys to faster liquidity. Together they outline how better data, improved processes and real-time tools will define time-to-cash performance heading into 2026.
2025-12-10
40 min
PYMNTS Podcast
AI Automation Unlocks Small Business Agility
Meet the Fortune 5 Million. It’s how BILL CEO René Lacerte describes the US small business community. As AI agents push the financial back office toward full autonomy, Lacerte says the shift will spark nothing short of a creative payments renaissance as it eliminates the grind of financial operations. He believes it will unleash the agility that has long differentiated small businesses.
2025-12-09
38 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Boston Rebuilds Payments to Simplify Municipal Money Flows
Boston Finance Manager Rich Andrade and Passport CTO Gene Rohrwasser tell PYMNTS’ Karen Webster how the city is finally breaking from a decades-old patchwork of vendors to build a unified payment platform that promises real-time insight and a more modern experience for residents and visitors alike.
2025-12-04
23 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Furniture.com Reinvents Furniture Buying With AI
Furniture.com is rebuilding the furniture-buying experience for the agentic commerce age. In a PYMNTS SKU conversation, Cofounder and CMO Dan Bennett tells Karen Webster that by using standardized data and AI, the company is unifying retail partners into a single-cart, highly personalized platform.
2025-11-20
30 min
PYMNTS Podcast
How CVS Is Turning First-Party Data Into Its Retail Media Power Play
Personalization at scale requires moving from shoppers to signals, and Parbinder "Parbs" Dhariwal, VP and General Manager at CVS Media Exchange, shares why the retailer’s media network is focused on a future where every aisle, every screen, and yes, every long register receipt, is part of a larger conversation between brand and consumer.
2025-11-20
28 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Ulta Beauty Uses AI to Bridge Social Discovery and In-Store Experiences
Ulta Beauty is building a commerce ecosystem where AI, social discovery and stores work together to meet fast moving consumer expectations. In a conversation with PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster for the PYMNTS series The SKU, Ulta SVP Josh Friedman explains how the retailer tries to make sure every guest gets what she wants.
2025-11-19
19 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Cox Automotive Wants to Eliminate the ‘Channel Break’ in Car Buying
Cox Automotive’s new omnichannel platform connects every step of the car-buying journey, closing the long-standing channel break between online research and in-store purchasing. In a Monday Conversation with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Senior VP Jessica Stafford explains why shifting dealer mindsets , not just upgrading technology, is the real unlock.
2025-11-19
26 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Trulioo CEO Says Leadership Today Is About Trust, Data and Decision Making
Trulioo CEO Vicky Bindra says leadership in the age of breakaway technology innovation isn’t about keeping pace. It’s more about redefining trust, data and decision making when machines move faster than markets. Read more in Bindra’s interview as part of the “What’s Next in Payments” series, “The Year of the CEO.”
2025-11-19
13 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Robert Talbott Reclaims Madison Avenue to Test American Luxury
When PYMNTS’ Karen Webster sat down with Alex Angelchik, the Newtimes Group CEO made a bold case for why American luxury needs a reset. His approach to relaunching Robert Talbott hints at a playbook far different from what today’s fashion incumbents expect.
2025-11-19
32 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Inside the ‘Perfect Storm’ Disrupting Fraud and Risk Management
Matthew Pearce, vice president of Fraud Risk Management and Dispute Operations at i2c, says the collision of innovation, tightening oversight and real-time payments is creating a “perfect storm” that few financial institutions are fully prepared to navigate. Read more in this PYMNTS interview.
2025-11-19
11 min
Bitcoin Fortress
BF190 - Top Bitcoin News - 11/16/25
The Bitcoin Fortress Podcast - Episode 190 November 16, 2025 Block Height 923910 | Moscow Time 1062 | Fees 3/4/5 Market, Macro & Price Action Bitcoin in ‘bear market regime’ as cryptocurrency falls below $95,000 – Yahoo Finance https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-in-bear-market-regime-as-cryptocurrency-falls-below-95000-164138043.html Yahoo Finance Bitcoin sinks to six-month low as risk-off sentiment persists – Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bitcoin-slides-six-month-low-risk-off-tone-grips-markets-2025-11-14/ Reuters Bitcoin Drops to Six-Month Low amid Bear Market Sell-Off – AlphaSpread https://www.alphaspread.com/market-news/stock-movements/bitcoin-drops-to-six-month-low-amid-bear-market-sell-off www.alphaspread.com Bitcoin falls 10% after Federal Reserve rate cut – Yaho...
2025-11-16
44 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Mastercard Turns Cyber Threats Into Teachable Moments
Mark Barnett, global head of Small and Medium Enterprises at Mastercard, shares why small businesses, armed with new tools, sharper awareness and a growing focus on resilience, are proving that cybersecurity isn’t just defense, it’s a growth strategy.
2025-11-05
16 min
PYMNTS Podcast
FIS Puts Value Creation at the Heart of Money Movement
Money movement is no longer about how fast funds travel between accounts, but how much value can be built around it. FIS Global Head of Money Movement Jon Briggs told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster that the conversation about moving money used to focus on speed alone. But now the focus is very different.
2025-11-05
23 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Nova Credit Makes the Case for a Real-Time Credit Bureau
Nova Credit CEO Misha Esipov argues that the credit industry doesn’t just need better data. He believes it needs a new standard that measures consumers’ financial lives in real time, not through the rearview mirror of traditional credit scores.
2025-10-29
19 min
PYMNTS Podcast
How Invisible Payments Are Forcing Digital Identity to Evolve
As Capital One’s Tom Poole, Prove’s Rodger Desai, and Citadel’s Chris Palumbo tell Karen Webster, the next era of payments will erase the line between identity and transaction. Authentication won’t feel like a step in the process. It will be the process itself, where trust has to be built in, not bolted on.
2025-10-29
44 min
PYMNTS Podcast
AI-Powered Intelligence: The New Advantage for CFOs
Raj Seshadri, Chief Commercial Payments Officer at Mastercard, explores how AI and data are giving CFOs new ways to manage cash flow, working capital, and risk, while mobilizing partners across the B2B ecosystem to accelerate growth. The discussion highlights how CFOs are already putting AI into practice, the cultural and talent shifts needed to capture its value and why those who embrace intelligence at scale will define the future of payments.
2025-10-21
16 min
PYMNTS Podcast
AI and the New Era of B2B Payments
For our sixth annual B2B Payments event, PYMNTS Chief Content Officer John Gaffney sits down with CEO Karen Webster to open four weeks of conversations on how artificial intelligence is reshaping B2B payments. We’ll explore what the connection between AI and B2B really looks like, the new use cases emerging, and what it will take to move from curiosity to adoption. From agentic AI and adaptive CFOs to active cash flow management and the risks of moving faster than governance can support, CEOs, CFOs and financial leaders will share how AI is transforming finance today — and...
2025-10-20
16 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Adrienne Harris Reflects on Four Years of Redefining Financial Regulation in New York
New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne Harris leaves office emphasizing the state’s leadership in shaping modern financial regulation. She tells PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster that her successor, Kaitlyn Asrow, will continue advancing the “department of YES” approach that balances innovation with consumer protection.
2025-10-20
26 min
PYMNTS Podcast
The Right Time for Real-Time Account Funding Is Now
Leaders from Visa Direct, TabaPay and OneUnited Bank discuss why instant account funding has become a competitive must-have, the measurable business benefits of Account Funding Transactions (AFTs) and how to implement real-time solutions effectively.
2025-10-10
47 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Credit Unions Battle for the Right Data to Fight Fraud
Velera's Jeremiah Lotz tells PYMNTS that a consortium approach to data collection and use can help credit unions.
2025-08-28
18 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Fraudsters Share Playbooks, So Why Won’t Banks Share Data?
Entersekt's Pradheep Sampath tell PYMNTS that fighting fraud demands a blend of traditional data and a consortium approach.
2025-08-28
13 min
PYMNTS Podcast
From Infrastructure to Analytics: The Plaid Playbook
Plaid’s next five years probably won’t look much like the last five, CEO Zach Perret tells Karen Webster. Data and the insights it offers the broader payments and financial services ecosystem position the company as a critical identity and data aggregation layer in an emerging “agentic” financial world.
2025-08-26
42 min
PYMNTS Podcast
WorkWhile Reinvents Hourly Work With AI-Powered Labor Platform
WorkWhile COO Simon Khalaf says the company’s AI-driven labor OS is reshaping the workforce — matching workers to jobs with precision.
2025-08-25
33 min
Scam News and Tracker
"Scam Hunter Scotty Unveils the Latest Threats: Crypto Chaos, Extraditions, and Impersonation Scams"
I’m Scotty, your friendly neighborhood scam hunter, and the last few days have been a frenzy. Let’s jump right into the hotspots so you don’t get burned.First, crypto chaos. Bobsguide reports a campaign dubbed GreedyBear that weaponized more than 150 malicious Firefox extensions to siphon over a million in digital assets by hooking into wallet workflows and draining funds. Same week, Kaspersky researchers flagged Efimer, a “clipper” malware spread via fake legal emails and password‑protected ZIPs that swaps any crypto address you copy with the attacker’s address. Translation: one paste, and your coins are gone, espe...
2025-08-11
04 min
PYMNTS Podcast
Introducing the PYMNTS Podcast
Get a preview of the PYMNTS Podcast — your front-row seat to conversations with the innovators transforming how the world pays, shops, and connects.
2025-08-06
01 min
Unplugged: AI in Finance
AI Update: News und Trends in KW 28
Rückblick und Insights: Die Entwicklungen in der AI-Welt von KW 27 bis 28 KI: Wie Apple und Meta versuchen, Nutzer gegen die EU aufzubringen: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/apple-meta-eu Der erste Echtzeit-KI-Sprachassistent Moshi: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/first-real-time-ai-voice-assistant-moshi Aleph Alpha News: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/aleph-alpha-news Bundesregierung: Doppelt so viele KI-Projekte wie im Vorjahr: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/german-government-doubles-ai-projects ElevenLabs bringt berühmte Stimmen auf die Reader App: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/elevenlabs-famous-voices-reader-app Roboter mit menschlichen Stammzellen: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/robot-human-stem-cells Vodafone investiert €140 Mio. in KI-Kundenservice: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/vodafone-invests-140-million-in-ai-customer-service TikTok entw...
2024-07-15
41 min
The Accounting Podcast
Silicon Valley Bank FAIL With Paul Barnhurst, The FP&A Guy
Guest: Paul Barnhurst, The FP&A Guy; Corporate frauds go undetected; Xero lays off 800; IRS process had a 20X improvement, and more!SponsorsOnPay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpay Relay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relayClient Hub - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clienthubNeed CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpe(00:00) - E323 (00:23) - State regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank (00:52) - Introduction and some thoughts on their Ken Bishop i...
2023-03-14
1h 05
IT Visionaries
Creating Frictionless Cybersecurity Options
When logging into devices and applications that hold the key to a user's identity, how can that user tell who is at the other end of the line? When it comes to internet safety and securing a user's identity online, Phil Dunkelberger, President and CEO of Nok Nok Labs, shares that the future of online security is cybersecurity that can be simplified through public private key cryptography. On this episode, Phil explains what that means, plus the purpose of FIDO and how it can create frictionless security for users logging into their devices and applications.Tune in...
2022-12-15
48 min
The Accounting Podcast
So Much Fraud
SponsorsLiscio: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liscioLedgerGurus: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/ledgergurusCanopy: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/canopyNeed CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow Notes1:06 – David Picture with Lucahttps://twitter.com/davidleary/status/1546767184541761536/photo/1 8:30 – Celsius Owes $4.7 Billion to Users But Lacks the Money to Payhttps://gizmodo.com/celsius-bankrupt-billion-money-crypto-bitcoin-price-cel-1849181797 Crypto...
2022-07-21
1h 20
The Accounting Podcast
More Money for AI Accounting Startups
SponsorsOnPay: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpayFreshbooks: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/freshbooks LedgerGurus: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/ledgergurusNeed CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow Notes5:47 – Karbon’s 2022 Practice Excellence Reporthttps://karbonhq.com/resources/2022-practice-excellence-report/ 17:59 – 76 Fake Charities Shared a Mailbox. The I.R.S. Kept Approving More. - The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes...
2022-07-13
1h 17