Transaction Trending EP23: Best of 2018 – Spotlight on the ‘Tech-ification’ of Payments
12-12-2018

We are nearing the end of 2018. It’s been an electrifying year in payments technology. High-profile mergers and acquisitions totaling over $40 billion, a rapidly-changing sales channel, and the proliferation of new payments solutions have made 2018 one of the most innovative years in our industry’s history.
The end of the year also marks the end of our first year of podcasting at ETA.
We’ve featured a myriad of voices on the Transaction Trending podcast. Twenty-two leaders from across the payments ecosystem have joined us on the show, including the CEO of the world’s largest payments processor, startup entrepreneurs in the ISV, Payment Facilitator and FinTech spaces, payments security experts, sales channel experts, industry analysts, bankers, policy experts, and retailers.
Their perspectives point to so many examples of a new trend that is defining the industry – the “tech-ification” of payments.
In this best-of spotlight of 2018 podcasts, we’ll highlight interviews from top leaders we’ve had on the show this year, including:
–Rushi Patel, co-founder of Homebase
–Rich Aberman, co-founder of WePay
–Henry Helgeson, founder of Cayan
–Emi Yoshikawa, Director of Joint Venture Partnerships, Ripple
–Reed Luhtanen, Senior Director of Global Treasury, WalMart
–Kim Crawford Goodman, President, Card Services, Fiserv
Take a listen to the episode here, and checkout Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and SoundCloud to listen and subscribe.
Transaction Trending will be back on January 2nd, 2019 for another year of exploring the people, places and things that make payments creative and cutting-edge. Click here to see our complete list of 2018 Transaction Trending podcasts.
About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the global trade association representing more than 500 payments and technology companies. ETA members make commerce possible by processing more than $6 trillion in purchases in the US and deploying payments innovations to merchants and consumers. Learn more: www.electran.org.
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