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Paymentology CEO ⁠Jeff Parker⁠ discusses the transformative role of embedded finance in the payment card industry. Discover how customers’ engagement with brands is shifting their focus away from traditional finance service providers.

Central banks are at a crucial turning point going from a global tightening to a easing cycle while trying to engineer a soft landing. Policy makers continue to be unusually data dependent and there is a significant uncertainty band around our inflation and labor market forecast. So the incoming data matters, even in summer.

In this week’s episode, Nicole Casperson, founder of Fintech is Femme, and Julie Armstrong, V.P. and Global Head of Verticalized Industry & Partnerships at Convera, share their journeys as women shaping the fintech landscape from the perspectives of Gen Z and Gen X, respectively. Both discuss the incredible resilience and audacity required to navigate and…

The US dollar is coming off its worst two-week streak this year as slower US growth and inflation lead investors to bet on more aggressive policy easing from the Federal Reserve. However, the losses have been somewhat limited this week as politics remains front and center in the US and China.

This week, we discuss the challenges of growing a fintech company internationally with Hong Fang, President of OKX crypto exchange, and Nicola Ebmeyer, Co-founder and CEO of Gain.Pro. We cover the recent developments and challenges in the crypto industry, the state of the private markets, language and cultural considerations in international expansion, regulatory requirements, how…

Payments in the air are often overlooked and undervalued, but they are a significant part of the travel experience for many. What might the future of airline payments look like as airlines move towards a marketplace model driven by customer-centricity and simplicity?