The Payments Shed

Grant Evans and Justin Hanna
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Welcome to The Payments Shed, the podcast where payments, fintech and business leaders share the ideas shaping the future of commerce. Hosted by Grant Evans, Justin Hanna, Sarah Stapp, Kara Parkey, Liam Gray, Jasmine Chana, Jason Heister and Rogier Rouppe van der Voort, our team has held leadership roles at Global Payments, Worldpay, PayPal, Braintree, Aeropay, MX, Coast, AFT, VGS, Checkout.com, Plaid and PCN. Join a community of 200k+ LinkedIn followers and 350k+ YouTube subscribers for practical insights, honest conversations and strategies from the people building the future of business.

  1. 4h ago

    Ep. 118 - Consent Is the Currency: Who Wins in the Open Finance Economy? - with Mastercard Open Finance

    In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from New York City, Kara Parkey is joined by Jess Turner, EVP, Global Head of Open Finance & Developer Experience at Mastercard, for a conversation exploring why the future of open finance isn't simply about access to financial data, but about something far more fundamental: earning consumer trust and permission to use it. Drawing on nearly 20 years at Mastercard, Jess reflects on how the payments and financial services ecosystem has evolved, from traditional card infrastructure to a world increasingly shaped by connected data, personalisation and consumer control. They explore what has genuinely changed, how banks, fintechs and merchants are adapting, and why open finance represents a much bigger shift than simply introducing new technology. At the heart of the conversation is consent and the value exchange behind it. Kara and Jess unpack findings from Mastercard's 2026 State of Open Finance research, exploring why consumers are increasingly willing to share their financial data when they understand the benefits, and where providers continue to fall short. From user experience and brand trust to transparency and relevance, they discuss why designing for genuine consumer permission needs to go beyond simply meeting compliance requirements. The discussion also explores how open finance is reshaping credit decisioning, onboarding and customer relationships. Jess shares her perspective on the growing role of permissioned financial data alongside traditional credit reference agencies, and how different consumer attitudes towards data sharing should influence the way businesses design their propositions. They examine the opportunity to create a stronger relationship between consent, personalisation and ongoing customer value. The conversation then turns to AI and the emerging open finance control layer. As artificial intelligence increases the potential value of connected financial data, does consent become an even more important competitive differentiator? Kara and Jess explore the balance between innovation and transparency, who should control permissioned data, and whether AI will ultimately strengthen consumer trust through better financial experiences or introduce new challenges around accountability. Looking ahead, Jess shares what she believes will materially change in open finance over the next three to five years, where the industry may be getting ahead of itself, and what she would approach differently if building an open finance platform from scratch today. Plus, Jess steps up for The Payments Shed's legendary Shelf of Shame to nominate one payments or open finance narrative she'd happily banish forever. *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Cyclops. Cyclops helps payments companies offer crypto acceptance, stablecoin settlement and payouts through one unified infrastructure platform. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cyclops.finance/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Salesloft. Salesloft uses agentic AI to turn buyer, conversation, deal and forecast data into clear actions that help revenue teams sell smarter. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.salesloft.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Mastercard Open Finance. Mastercard Open Finance enables businesses to use consumer-permissioned financial data to create more connected and personalised financial experiences. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/business/open-finance.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is partnered with PCN. PCN is a global boutique recruitment agency connecting leading talent and businesses across fintech, cybersecurity, SaaS, e-commerce and Salesforce. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://teampcn.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of The Payments Shed Podcast hosts and guests, not their respective employers. Nothing discussed constitutes investment, legal, tax or financial advice.

    Ep. 118 - Consent Is the Currency: Who Wins in the Open Finance Economy? - with Mastercard Open Finance

  2. 2d ago

    Ep. 117 - Better Borrowing Is Built, Not Born: Rewriting the Rules of Consumer Credit, with Loqbox

    In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Tom Eyre, CEO and Co-Founder of Loqbox, for a conversation exploring why the traditional credit system continues to leave millions of consumers behind, and what needs to change if we want to build a fairer route into financial services. Tom takes us inside the story behind Loqbox and the problem the business originally set out to solve. From open banking and alternative data to new approaches to affordability and risk, they explore how much credit infrastructure has evolved, why progress still isn't reaching everyone, and just how difficult it is to change a system built around decades of established thinking. The conversation also tackles the challenge of reaching pre-prime and thin-file consumers before they actually need credit. Tom explains why many people only discover the importance of their credit history when they're rejected for something, and why financial education needs to become more practical, relevant and connected to the financial decisions people make in everyday life. Grant, Justin and Tom then explore whether credit needs to become less focused on someone's financial past and better at recognising behaviour, progress and future potential. They discuss how consumers with little or no traditional credit history can demonstrate financial reliability, what building trust should look like, and why renters, younger consumers and those with thin credit files can still struggle to access mainstream financial products. The discussion also looks at the commercial opportunity in serving these consumers earlier. Rather than simply avoiding customers who don't fit traditional risk models, could lenders build stronger long-term relationships by helping them develop their financial profile over time? Tom shares his perspective on where open banking and alternative data could take the industry next, and the roles fintechs, banks and regulators can play in reshaping consumer credit. Plus, Tom steps up for The Payments Shed's legendary Shelf of Shame to nominate one credit myth or industry assumption he'd happily banish forever. *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Cyclops. Cyclops helps payments companies offer crypto acceptance, stablecoin settlement and payouts through one unified infrastructure platform. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cyclops.finance/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Salesloft. Salesloft uses agentic AI to turn buyer, conversation, deal and forecast data into clear actions that help revenue teams sell smarter. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.salesloft.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Mastercard Open Finance. Mastercard Open Finance enables businesses to use consumer-permissioned financial data to create more connected and personalised financial experiences. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/business/open-finance.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is partnered with PCN. PCN is a global boutique recruitment agency connecting leading talent and businesses across fintech, cybersecurity, SaaS, e-commerce and Salesforce. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://teampcn.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of The Payments Shed Podcast hosts and guests, not their respective employers. Nothing discussed constitutes investment, legal, tax or financial advice.

    Ep. 117 - Better Borrowing Is Built, Not Born: Rewriting the Rules of Consumer Credit, with Loqbox

  3. 6d ago

    Ep. 116 - Owning the Payments Control Layer: Why Orchestration Is Becoming Mission-Critical, with Fexco payUnite

    In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, recorded in London, Grant Evans and Jasmine Chana are joined by Brian Cleary, CEO of payUnite, part of Fexco, for a conversation exploring why payments orchestration is moving from a specialist capability to a mission-critical part of the enterprise payments stack. Brian breaks down what orchestration actually solves and why more merchants are looking for a control layer above their existing payments infrastructure. They explore what happens as businesses outgrow fragmented integrations, multiple acquirers and payment methods, and why having greater control over routing, reporting and performance is becoming increasingly important as payment environments grow more complex. A major focus of the conversation is independence. Brian explains why payUnite's acquirer-agnostic approach matters, how embedded commercial interests can potentially influence routing decisions, and what good optimisation should actually consider across approval rates, cost, geography and customer experience. They also discuss the operational and reporting challenges that can emerge as merchants add more providers to their payments stack. The conversation then turns to FX, DCC and the commercial opportunity within orchestration. Drawing on Fexco's 45-year heritage in foreign exchange, Brian explains how multi-currency capabilities can go beyond reducing payment costs and potentially unlock additional revenue for merchants. They also tackle some of the misconceptions surrounding DCC and where businesses can miss opportunities when managing international payments. Grant and Jasmine also explore some of the complex environments where payUnite operates, including cruise, hospitality and retail. With payUnite powering more than 40% of global cruise payments, Brian explains what makes the sector such a demanding payments environment and how lessons learned there can translate into other large, international merchant verticals. Looking ahead, they discuss what a well-orchestrated payments stack should look like in 2026, the metrics merchants should be optimising, where consolidation and M&A could take the orchestration market, and Brian's ambitions for the next stage of payUnite's growth. Plus, Brian steps up for The Payments Shed's legendary Shelf of Shame to nominate one payments trend or piece of infrastructure he'd happily banish. *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Cyclops. Cyclops helps payments companies offer crypto acceptance, stablecoin settlement and payouts through one unified infrastructure platform. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cyclops.finance/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Salesloft. Salesloft uses agentic AI to turn buyer, conversation, deal and forecast data into clear actions that help revenue teams sell smarter. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.salesloft.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Mastercard Open Finance. Mastercard Open Finance enables businesses to use consumer-permissioned financial data to create more connected and personalised financial experiences. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/business/open-finance.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is partnered with PCN. PCN is a global boutique recruitment agency connecting leading talent and businesses across fintech, cybersecurity, SaaS, e-commerce and Salesforce. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://teampcn.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of The Payments Shed Podcast hosts and guests, not their respective employers. Nothing discussed constitutes investment, legal, tax or financial advice.

    Ep. 116 - Owning the Payments Control Layer: Why Orchestration Is Becoming Mission-Critical, with Fexco payUnite

  4. Sep 21

    Ep. 115 - America’s Payments Moment: The Exchange, Not The Processor, with Hello Clever

    In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, recorded live from New York City, host Kara Parkey is joined by Justin Grooms, President at Hello Clever, for a conversation exploring why the US could be approaching a major shift in how payments work, and why the future of checkout may be less about processing transactions and more about intelligently matching them to the right payment method, currency and rail. Fresh from his time at Bolt, Justin shares what brought him into the world of real-time payments and why he has joined Hello Clever to lead its US expansion. They explore why the timing matters, with infrastructure such as FedNow and RTP already established, and what still needs to happen for real-time payments and greater payment choice to translate into meaningful adoption at checkout. At the heart of the conversation is Hello Clever's idea of "the exchange, not the processor." Justin challenges the traditional view of payments as plumbing and explains what could change if the point of purchase behaves more like an exchange, dynamically matching transactions with different payment types and rails in real time. They unpack whether the limitations of today's model are driven by technology, incentives or a combination of both. Kara and Justin also get into Clever Connect, how it fits into this exchange model and what happens behind the scenes when payment routing becomes more intelligent. The discussion explores why checkout has arguably remained one of the less dynamic parts of digital commerce, the potential cost of that to merchants, and how data and infrastructure could create a more intelligent point of purchase. Looking ahead to 2031, Justin shares his view on what pay-by-bank at scale could look like in the US, why trust could become an increasingly important competitive differentiator, what greater routing choice could mean for existing payment rails, and where Hello Clever wants to sit as the market evolves. Plus, Justin steps up for The Payments Shed's legendary Shelf of Shame to nominate one payments habit or assumption he'd happily put straight on the shelf. *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Cyclops. Cyclops helps payments companies offer crypto acceptance, stablecoin settlement and payouts through one unified infrastructure platform. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cyclops.finance/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Salesloft. Salesloft uses agentic AI to turn buyer, conversation, deal and forecast data into clear actions that help revenue teams sell smarter. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.salesloft.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Mastercard Open Finance. Mastercard Open Finance enables businesses to use consumer-permissioned financial data to create more connected and personalised financial experiences. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/business/open-finance.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is partnered with PCN. PCN is a global boutique recruitment agency connecting leading talent and businesses across fintech, cybersecurity, SaaS, e-commerce and Salesforce. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://teampcn.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of The Payments Shed Podcast hosts and guests, not their respective employers. Nothing discussed constitutes investment, legal, tax or financial advice.

    Ep. 115 - America’s Payments Moment: The Exchange, Not The Processor, with Hello Clever

  5. Sep 17

    Ep. 114 - Bootstrapped and Unapologetic: Building payments orchestration for different verticals, with Fyntek

    In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, recorded live from New York City, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Alexander Rea, Founder and CEO of Fyntek, for a conversation exploring what it takes to build a bootstrapped payments orchestration business in one of the most complex corners of the US payments market. Alexander shares why he chose to build Fyntek in the US rather than follow a more traditional UK or European fintech path, and why he decided to do it without venture capital. They unpack the realities of bootstrapping in a category dominated by heavily funded competitors, the trade-offs that come with growing without a VC war chest, and how that decision has shaped everything from Fyntek's product roadmap to its sales strategy. The conversation then gets into the verticals Fyntek has chosen to specialise in, particularly iGaming and sweepstakes. Alexander explains why these businesses face fundamentally different payment challenges, from acceptance rates and chargebacks to cascading, alternative payment methods and banking relationships, and why a general-purpose orchestration platform isn't always built to handle the complexity. They also explore the differences between building payments infrastructure in the US and Europe, including ACH, state-by-state gaming regulation, banking relationships and the challenges international founders can face entering the US market. Alexander shares where regulation helps, where it creates friction, and what merchants themselves could be doing to push the industry forward. Finally, they discuss what it means to compete as a bootstrapped company against orchestration providers with significant outside funding, why Fyntek has prioritised solving specific vertical problems rather than trying to be everything to everyone, and why Alexander is now putting greater focus on visibility, storytelling and building his own profile alongside the business. Plus, Alexander steps up for The Payments Shed's legendary Shelf of Shame to tackle one assumption about building a payments company that raising a big VC round supposedly fixes. *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Cyclops. Cyclops helps payments companies offer crypto acceptance, stablecoin settlement and payouts through one unified infrastructure platform. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cyclops.finance/⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Salesloft. Salesloft uses agentic AI to turn buyer, conversation, deal and forecast data into clear actions that help revenue teams sell smarter. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.salesloft.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Mastercard Open Finance. Mastercard Open Finance enables businesses to use consumer-permissioned financial data to create more connected and personalised financial experiences. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/business/open-finance.html⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is partnered with PCN. PCN is a global boutique recruitment agency connecting leading talent and businesses across fintech, cybersecurity, SaaS, e-commerce and Salesforce. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://teampcn.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of The Payments Shed Podcast hosts and guests, not their respective employers. Nothing discussed constitutes investment, legal, tax or financial advice.

    Ep. 114 - Bootstrapped and Unapologetic: Building payments orchestration for different verticals, with Fyntek

  6. Sep 14

    Ep. 113 - Cyclops’ Series A and Why Payments Companies Keep Getting Stablecoins Wrong

    In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, recorded live from New York City, Kara Parkey and Sarah Stapp are joined by Alex Wilson, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Cyclops, for a conversation covering Cyclops’ Series A, the next phase of its growth and why Alex believes payments companies need to rethink how they approach stablecoin infrastructure. Alex takes us behind the Series A, including the thinking that goes into choosing investors who understand the payments industry and the difference between simply providing capital and becoming a genuinely strategic partner. They explore why having payments expertise around the table matters when your customers are PSPs, acquirers and processors, and why the wrong investment can sometimes create more friction than value. The conversation also goes back to the origins of Cyclops. Having previously built The Giving Block, sold it to Shift4 and then spent three years building crypto and stablecoin capabilities from inside a major payments company, Alex explains what that experience taught the founding team about the complexity of building this infrastructure yourself, and why they ultimately decided there needed to be a different approach. They unpack Cyclops’ focus on depth over breadth, from integrations across multiple infrastructure layers to global licensing coverage, redundancy and the ability to adapt as payments companies enter new markets. Alex explains why licensing, compliance and infrastructure resilience can quickly turn a seemingly straightforward stablecoin build into a much bigger undertaking, and why the build versus buy conversation is changing as the market matures. Looking ahead, Alex shares where he believes stablecoins in payments are heading over the next 24 months, how regulation and customer demand are shaping adoption, and how the new capital could help Cyclops expand its infrastructure, integrations and market reach. Plus, Alex steps up for The Payments Shed’s legendary Shelf of Shame to nominate one stablecoin promise he’d happily see disappear from the industry. *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Cyclops. Cyclops helps payments companies offer crypto acceptance, stablecoin settlement and payouts through one unified infrastructure platform. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠https://cyclops.finance/⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Salesloft. Salesloft uses agentic AI to turn buyer, conversation, deal and forecast data into clear actions that help revenue teams sell smarter. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.salesloft.com⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Mastercard Open Finance. Mastercard Open Finance enables businesses to use consumer-permissioned financial data to create more connected and personalised financial experiences. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/business/open-finance.html⁠⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is partnered with PCN. PCN is a global boutique recruitment agency connecting leading talent and businesses across fintech, cybersecurity, SaaS, e-commerce and Salesforce. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠https://teampcn.com/⁠⁠⁠ *** Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of The Payments Shed Podcast hosts and guests, not their respective employers. Nothing discussed constitutes investment, legal, tax or financial advice.

    Ep. 113 - Cyclops’ Series A and Why Payments Companies Keep Getting Stablecoins Wrong

  7. Sep 10

    Ep. 112 - Can Agents Do Business? How Blue Language Labs is Making Trust Programmable in the Agentic Economy

    In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, recorded live from New York City, Kara Parkey and Sarah Stapp are joined by Zor Gorelov, CEO of Blue Language Labs, for a conversation tackling one of the biggest questions emerging from the agentic economy: AI agents can take actions, but can they actually do business? Zor explains the important distinction between an agent completing a task and making a genuine commercial commitment. The discussion explores what happens when agents begin negotiating, agreeing terms and transacting on our behalf, and why payments alone don't solve the wider challenge of trust, authorisation and accountability between businesses. They unpack where Blue sits within the emerging agentic commerce stack. Rather than acting as another payment rail or processor, Blue connects identity, permissions, agreements, approvals, fulfilment evidence, settlement conditions and accountability into a verifiable commercial process. Zor explains how this complements payment infrastructure and emerging protocols such as AP2 and ACP, and why enabling an agent to pay is very different from enabling it to complete an entire deal. The conversation also gets into one of the biggest questions surrounding autonomous commerce: who authorised the agent? They explore how businesses can define what an agent is allowed to do, where humans should remain in the loop, and how verifiable timelines could provide greater trust when multiple parties and AI agents are working together. Looking ahead, Zor explains why this could unlock more than automation. If agents can safely coordinate complex transactions across multiple businesses, entirely new propositions could be assembled dynamically, potentially opening up opportunities for smaller businesses that today are excluded by the cost and complexity of multi-party commerce. They also discuss why Blue has open-sourced the BLUE protocol, and the case for making the coordination layer a shared standard for the agentic economy. Plus, Zor steps up for The Payments Shed's legendary Shelf of Shame to nominate one payments or fintech habit, assumption or piece of jargon he'd happily banish forever. *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Cyclops. Cyclops helps payments companies offer crypto acceptance, stablecoin settlement and payouts through one unified infrastructure platform. Find out more: ⁠⁠https://cyclops.finance/⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Salesloft. Salesloft uses agentic AI to turn buyer, conversation, deal and forecast data into clear actions that help revenue teams sell smarter. Find out more: ⁠⁠https://www.salesloft.com⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Mastercard Open Finance. Mastercard Open Finance enables businesses to use consumer-permissioned financial data to create more connected and personalised financial experiences. Find out more: ⁠⁠https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/business/open-finance.html⁠⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is partnered with PCN. PCN is a global boutique recruitment agency connecting leading talent and businesses across fintech, cybersecurity, SaaS, e-commerce and Salesforce. Find out more: ⁠⁠https://teampcn.com/⁠⁠ *** Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of The Payments Shed Podcast hosts and guests, not their respective employers. Nothing discussed constitutes investment, legal, tax or financial advice.

    Ep. 112 - Can Agents Do Business? How Blue Language Labs is Making Trust Programmable in the Agentic Economy

  8. Sep 9

    Ep. 111 - Why Checkout.com is Doubling Down on the US: Growth, Licensing & What Comes Next

    In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, recorded live from New York City, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Jordan Reynolds, MALPB CEO & Head of North America Banking at Checkout.com, for a conversation exploring why Checkout.com is making a major push into the US and what it takes to compete in one of the world's largest and most established payments markets. Jordan takes us inside Checkout.com's North American strategy, explaining why the US has become such an important growth market, what makes it fundamentally different from Europe and other regions, and how the expectations of US merchants are shaping the company's approach. They also explore why North America has become Checkout.com's fastest-growing region and the role Canada plays in its wider expansion plans. A major focus of the conversation is MALPB, what it is, why achieving the milestone matters, and what it unlocks for Checkout.com and its merchants. Jordan explains the regulatory and operational work behind building stronger banking and acquiring capabilities in the US, and why owning more of the payments stack can make a meaningful difference to performance, control and the merchant experience. The conversation then turns to Checkout.com's evolving US product proposition, including direct acquiring, platforms and issuing. They discuss why direct acquiring is such an important part of the strategy, how Checkout.com plans to differentiate itself in an already competitive market, and where platforms could fit into its next phase of North American growth. Looking ahead, Jordan shares what the next 12 to 24 months could hold for Checkout.com in North America, the opportunities the business is targeting, the challenges that come with scaling in the region, and what merchants should be thinking about as the US payments landscape continues to evolve. Plus, Jordan steps up for The Payments Shed's legendary Shelf of Shame to nominate one payments trend he'd happily banish forever. *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Cyclops. Cyclops helps payments companies offer crypto acceptance, stablecoin settlement and payouts through one unified infrastructure platform. Find out more: ⁠https://cyclops.finance/⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Salesloft. Salesloft uses agentic AI to turn buyer, conversation, deal and forecast data into clear actions that help revenue teams sell smarter. Find out more: ⁠https://www.salesloft.com⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is sponsored by Mastercard Open Finance. Mastercard Open Finance enables businesses to use consumer-permissioned financial data to create more connected and personalised financial experiences. Find out more: ⁠https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/business/open-finance.html⁠ *** The Payments Shed Podcast is partnered with PCN. PCN is a global boutique recruitment agency connecting leading talent and businesses across fintech, cybersecurity, SaaS, e-commerce and Salesforce. Find out more: ⁠https://teampcn.com/⁠ *** Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of The Payments Shed Podcast hosts and guests, not their respective employers. Nothing discussed constitutes investment, legal, tax or financial advice.

    Ep. 111 - Why Checkout.com is Doubling Down on the US: Growth, Licensing & What Comes Next
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Welcome to The Payments Shed, the podcast where payments, fintech and business leaders share the ideas shaping the future of commerce. Hosted by Grant Evans, Justin Hanna, Sarah Stapp, Kara Parkey, Liam Gray, Jasmine Chana, Jason Heister and Rogier Rouppe van der Voort, our team has held leadership roles at Global Payments, Worldpay, PayPal, Braintree, Aeropay, MX, Coast, AFT, VGS, Checkout.com, Plaid and PCN. Join a community of 200k+ LinkedIn followers and 350k+ YouTube subscribers for practical insights, honest conversations and strategies from the people building the future of business.

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  • Creator
    Grant Evans and Justin Hanna
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    118
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Grant Evans and Justin Hanna
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    The Payments Shed

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