Voice of MPE
Episodes
142 episodes
Merchant Payments Challenges 2026 w. Sandra, Vassilina & Veronica
๐ง The processing fee is just the tip of the iceberg. Where is your payment revenue really leaking?In this Voice of MPE episode, Sandra Mianda, Vassilina Lapteva Walford and Veronica Cuccu explain why the real cost of payments goes far b...
The business models that will shape merchant payments
Faheem Bakshi and Jayadeep Nair join Panagiotis Kriaris to explore how #merchant #payments are moving beyond processing. Takeaway: merchants are willing to pay more when providers deliver measurable outcomes, from higher conversion and faster o...
Payments infrastructure 2.0 w/ payabl.
The more money moves, the more money it costs. In this episode, Charlotte AI Usta sits down with Ugne Buraciene, Group CEO of payabl. for an insightful discussion on payment infrastructure, industry consolidation, and the future of digital paym...
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Fraud 3.0: From risk mitigation to revenue enablement
How can merchants avoid losing good customers?Find out in our latest podcast featuring Candice Pressinger from Elavon and Adam Davies, Director of AI at Forter. Together, they explore the evolving fraud landscape, the hidden cost of fal...
What happens to commerce and payments in a programmable world?
A major shift in commerce behavior is closer than many think, and businesses exploring agentic commerce now will be best positioned for whatโs next.Dive into the #podcast discussion with Ruth Wandhรถfer and Mathieu Altwegg from Visa on h...
Commerce is changing. What merchants expect? Podcast w/Shopify.
In this episode, we dive into the rise of AI-powered commerce and explore what happens when agents start shopping on behalf of consumers. From payment orchestration to merchant readiness, we unpack the infrastructure being built right now to su...
Orchestration layer: Controlling complexity w/Payrails
This is an extra honest podcast about payment orchestration with Andree Moeller from Volkswagen Group Charging and Alex Dorobantu from Payrails.Discover why this conversation is so honest: How should merchants stop seeing payment orches...
How AI is shaping merchant payments in 2026 w/Mastercard
Consumer behavior is changing fast and AI is becoming part of the shopping journey sooner than many expected.In this episode, we discuss how AI assistants may influence the way consumers discover, compare, and buy products, and what this...
Reinventing acquiring model in 2026
Francesco Burelli (Arkwright Consulting) sits down with Marco Conte (IXOPAY & Congrify) to unpack the evolving world of acquiring โ from todayโs realities to whatโs quietly reshaping tomorrow.Hereโs what youโll discover:โฑ How the...
Reinventing Cross-border payments: Challenges & future trends with Thunes
In this episode of the Voice of MPE podcast, Panagiotis Kriaris sits down with Abhi Kumar, Strategic Partnerships Lead at Thunes, to discuss the evolving landscape of global payments.Whether you are a merchant looking to scale globally o...
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The new phase of embedded payments
What happens when payments disappear into the experienceโand become the engine behind it?In this insightful panel from MPE 2026, moderator ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (Independent Expert) brings together industry leaders to explore how embedded paym...
Alternative payments & Wero
In this episode, we explore Wero โ Europeโs bold move toward a unified, instant payment solution designed to simplify how money flows across borders. ๐๐ธWhat exactly is Wero? How is it connected to Worldline? And what vision is shaping i...
From Click to Completion: Frictionless Checkout & UX
What does it really take to convert a customer at the final moment?In this MPE panel, ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ (Arkwright Consulting) and leaders from Tipico, Wolt, Commerz Globalpay, Revolut, and Stripe unpack the reality behind checkout performan...
Navigating the new rails: Tech transformation in acquiring
The acquiring landscape is evolvingโfast.In this expert panel moderated by ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ, leaders from Mastercard, Finby, G+D Netcetera, and Yellow Ladder Coffee explore how merchants and payment providers can navigate increasing co...
Agentic commerce and payments - Is this the next commerce frontier?
The future of commerce is being rewrittenโby agents.In this high-impact panel moderated by Neira Jones, industry leaders from Visa, Stripe, Checkout.com, OpenAI, and Ixopay unpack one of the most important questions in paym...
Complex, not complicated: Rethinking merchant payments
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑโ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ?In this insightful panel moderated by ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ, leading experts from across the payments ecosystem break down one of the industryโs biggest misconceptions:Payments are no...
Future forces: Whatโs set to redefine the merchant payments landscape ahead
What will redefine merchant payments by 2026?At MPE 2026 in Berlin, 1,600+ industry leaders came together to explore exactly that.The discussions went beyond hype:โ Agentic commerce and AIโ Payment orchestration and data...
MPE talks with Bram Vreugdenhil & Anton Kornilov
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the payments industryโbut the real question is: ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ?In this episode of ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ด๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ถ๐น and ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ unpack ho...
MPE talks with Charlotte Al Usta & Maxime Mandin & Max Bernard
Fundraising in 2026? Watch this first.The market has shifted โ quietly, strategically, permanently.๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐น๐น ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ | Flagship Advisory Partners speaks with:โก ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ | Financial Technology Partnersโก ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป ...
MPE talks with Dwayne Gefferie & Ran Cohen
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐. ๐๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.In this episode of Voice of MP, host ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ sits down with ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป, CEO & Co-founder of ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐, to unpack one of the most significant transformati...
MPE Awards video interviews: Neira Jones, Helen Owen & Quentin Barria on the unseen layer of connected payments
Winning is only the beginning.MPE Awards Video Interviews goes beyond the stage to uncover what happens after the MPE Awards in Berlin, when recognition turns into momentum.How does an award reshape market perception? What commercia...
MPE talks with Laura McCracken and Ezechi Britton
๐๏ธ The Voice of MPE: Digital identity as the game-changer we all need๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป sits down with ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ป from ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ to unpack the future of digital identityโbeyond passports, licenses, and clunky forms.In...
MPE talks with Lee Clifton & Vishal Shukla
Payment orchestration is no longer just about routing transactions.In this episode of ๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐, moderated by ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ผ๐ป (๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ), weโre joined by ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ต๐๐ธ๐น๐ฎ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ, to unpack how orchestration has e...
MPE talks with Vassilina Lapteva Walford & Alexandra Todorovic
Ever โfallen intoโ paymentsโฆ by accident? Turns out, thatโs how some of the most exciting careers begin!๐๏ธ Join ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ & ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ as they share lessons, insights, and career secrets in the latest MPE Tal...
MPE talks with Francesco Burelli & Panagiotis Kriaris
In this episode of MPE Talks, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ | Arkwright Consulting, and ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ | Unzer explore how AI and tokenisation are reshaping the way trust is built, measured, and maintained across payments and digital ecosystems.
