Ep. 89 - The Announcement: Mastercard Open Finance x Xryma - Cracking Cross Border A2A Payments - LIVE from Money 20/20 Europe 2026
Recorded live from Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Ian White, Senior Vice President, Open Finance Europe at Mastercard, and Nikogiannis (John) Karantzis, CEO of Xryma, to discuss one of the event's major announcements: a new partnership designed to accelerate cross-border account-to-account payments.The conversation explores why A2A payments have historically struggled to scale beyond domestic markets, despite years of industry excitement around open banking and real-time payments. Ian and John unpack the challenges around settlement, currency conversion…
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