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The Payments Shed
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 150k+ LinkedIn followers and 200k+ YouTube subscribers for…
Episodes
The Payments ShedEp. 108 - Payments Without Pause: How BNY Is Building for a 24/7 Financial World
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Sarah Stapp and Kara Parkey are joined by Carl Slabicki, Head of Commercial, Global Payments & Trade at…
The Payments ShedEp. 107 - Fraud at Machine Speed: Building the Network Defense for the Agentic Payments Era, with Nasdaq Verafin
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, filmed live from the world famous Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City's Times Square, Grant Evans and Justin…
The Payments ShedEp. 106 - Built on Five Years of Proof: Bringing Fintech Meetup to Europe
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Gary Dempsey, VP Content & Event Director and Douglas Mackenzie…
The Payments ShedEp. 105 - The Infrastructure Behind AI Agents: Treasury, Data & The Future of Payments, with Sokin
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Peter Daunton, Chief Product Officer at Sokin, for a…
The Payments ShedEp. 104 - From Payment Managers to AI Operators: Building the Next Generation of Payments Infrastructure, with IXOPAY
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans is joined by Marco Conte, SVP Product, Payments Intelligence at IXOPAY, for a conversation…
The Payments ShedEp. 103 - DEFI, Stablecoins & The Future of Money: Where TradFi meets Crypto, with Confirmo
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Anna Kratky Strebl, CEO of Confirmo, for a conversation…
The Payments ShedEp. 102 - Stablecoins, Skepticism & Second Chances: Why Payments Got Crypto Wrong (and What Happens Next), with Cyclops
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Pat Duffy and David Johnson, two of the co-founders of Cyclops…
The Payments ShedEp. 101 - Inside Checkout.com: Scale, Agentic Commerce & the Future of Merchant Payments, with Ashley Paulus
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Ashley Paulus, VP, Head of Revenue, UK & EEA at Checkout.com…
The Payments ShedEp. 100 - Building Europe's Next Business Bank: Monzo's Journey to One Million Business Banking Customers and a European Expansion
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, recorded live from Monzo Bank HQ in London, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Jordan Shwide…
The Payments ShedEp. 99 - Building the Intelligence Layer: How Better Data is Reshaping Payments, Credit & UX, with Moneyhub
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Paul Tutton, Product Manager at Moneyhub, for a conversation…
The Payments ShedEp. 98 - The PMS Is Becoming the Financial Brain of Hospitality - And Payments Didn’t See It Coming, with MEW's Charlie Delamare
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Charlie Delamare, Director of GTM Solutions at MEWS, for a…
The Payments ShedEp. 97 - Most Stablecoin Infrastructure Isn't What It Claims To Be, with Orbital's Chris Mason
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Chris Mason, CEO of Orbital, for a conversation cutting through…
The Payments ShedEp. 96 - From Crypto to Core Infrastructure: Why Traditional Payments Are Embracing Stablecoins, with BVNK
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Julia Morrongiello, VP of Corporate Development and Strategy at…
The Payments ShedEp. 95 - From Recovery to Revolution: Building a Challenger Brand to Rethink Healthcare, with Thomas (Hal) Robson-Kanu
In the latest episode of The Payments Shed Podcast, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Thomas 'Hal' Robson-Kanu, former Premier League footballer…
The Payments ShedEp. 94 - Payments Is Back… But Smarter: Capital, Valuations & Where Investors Are Placing Bets, with Pollen Street
Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Esme Wilson, Private Equity Vice President at Pollen Street Capital, for a conversation exploring why confidence is…
The Payments ShedEp. 93 - From Payment Patchwork to Orchestration: Why One PSP Is No Longer Enough in 2026, with Orchestra
Recorded from The Payments Shed studio in London, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Eyal Nevo, CEO of PCI Booking and creator of Orchestra Solutions…
The Payments ShedEp. 92 - Brand Over Everything: How B2B Really Wins In 2026, with Lara Acosta
Season 5 of The Payments Shed Podcast continues with one of the most influential voices in modern B2B marketing and personal branding.Grant Evans is joined by…
The Payments ShedEp. 91 - B2B Selling Is Broken: What Actually Works On LinkedIn In 2026, with LinkedIn's Randy Petway
Season 5 of The Payments Shed Podcast kicks off with a conversation that goes far beyond social selling.Justin Hanna is joined by Randy Petway, Senior Director…
The Payments ShedEp. 90 - From Open Banking to Open Finance: Scale, Innovation and the Next Phase of Growth, with Mastercard - 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, for a…
The Payments ShedEp. 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…
The Payments ShedEp. 88 - 24/7 Treasury, Open Banking & Digital Assets: Payments at Global Scale with Citi - LIVE from Money 20/20 Europe 2026
Recorded live from Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Mark McNulty, Head of UK & Europe Payments at Citi, for a conversation exploring…
The Payments ShedEp. 87 - Embedded Finance at Scale: Why Great Programmes Need More Than Great Technology, with Thredd - Recorded LIVE from the Equals stand @ Money 20/20 Europe
Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Jim McCarthy, CEO of Thredd, for a conversation exploring how card…
The Payments ShedEp. 86 - VISA on The Service Gap In Payments: Why Great Tech Isn't Enough Anymore - Recorded LIVE from the Equals stand @ Money 20/20 Europe
Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Harry Maurice, Director at Visa Consulting & Analytics, to unpack new…
The Payments ShedEp. 85 - From AI Hype to Revenue Engine: Turning Payments Data Into Action with DataWhisper - LIVE from Money 20/20 Europe 2026
Recorded live from Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Luis Lancos, Founder and CEO of DataWhisper, for a conversation exploring how…
The Payments ShedEp. 84 - The Changing Face of Fintech: Stability, Purpose & Long Term Career Growth, with PCN - LIVE from Money 20/20 Europe 2026
Recorded live from Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Rogier Rouppe van der Voort, CEO at PCN, for a conversation exploring how…
The Payments ShedEp. 83 - The Next Era of Personal Finance: AI-Powered Insights, Trust and Customer Empowerment with Plaid: LIVE from Money 20/20 Europe 2026
Recorded live from the Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Liam Gray, Head of Account Management at Plaid, for a conversation exploring…
The Payments ShedEp. 82 - The Future of SME Banking: Growth, Trust and the Fight for Business Customers with Allica Bank: LIVE from Money 20/20 Europe 2026
Recorded live from the Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Richard Davies, CEO of Allica Bank, for a conversation exploring how one of the…
The Payments ShedEp. 81 - Stablecoins Beyond Payments - The Infrastructure Shift CFO's Can't Ignore, with Velocity: LIVE from the MoneyPot studio at Money 20/20 Europe
Recorded live from the Money20/20 Europe MoneyPot studio in Amsterdam, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Eric Queathem, Co-Founder of Velocity, and…
The Payments ShedEp. 80 - The Next Frontier of Stablecoins with Triple-A: LIVE from the MoneyPot studio at Money 20/20 Europe
Recorded live from the Money20/20 Europe MoneyPot studio in Amsterdam, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Eric Barbier, Founder and CEO of Triple-A…
The Payments ShedEp. 79 - Where Embedded Finance Breaks: A Founder's Reality Check - Recorded LIVE from the Equals stand @ Money 20/20 Europe
Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Michael Donald, CEO of ImageNPay, to explore how identity, trust, and…
The Payments ShedEp. 78 - From Strategy to Reality: Why Embedded Finance Still Falls Short - Recorded LIVE from the Equals stand @ Money 20/20 Europe
Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Ignacio "Nacho" Gironella, Head of Sales Europe at Paymentology, for a…
The Payments ShedEp. 77 - Enabling Access to Banking Infrastructure for Complex Sectors: The Hidden Challenges Behind Embedded Finance - Recorded LIVE from the Equals stand @ Money 20/20 Europe
Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Grant Evans is joined by Mariano Diaz, Chief Banking Officer at XACE, for a conversation exploring…
The Payments ShedEp. 76 - The Service Gap In Embedded Finance: Why Great Tech Isn't Enough Anymore - Recorded LIVE from the Equals stand @ Money 20/20 Europe
Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Louisa Murray, Chief Sales Officer at Equals, to discuss new research…
The Payments ShedEp. 75 - Payments Partnerships: Why Strategy Is Easy but Execution Isn't - Recorded LIVE from the Equals stand @ Money 20/20 Europe
Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Grant Evans sits down with Albert Wong, SVP at OSL, to explore why embedded finance remains one of…
The Payments ShedEp. 74 - Partnerships in Payments: Why Great Tech Still Needs Great Collaboration - Recorded LIVE from the Equals stand @ Money 20/20 Europe
Recorded live from the Equals stand at Money20/20 Amsterdam, Justin Hanna is joined by Piers Horak, CEO of AI Corp, to separate AI reality from AI hype in…
The Payments ShedEp. 73 - The Future of Stablecoins and Fintech Recruitment with Damisa
Recorded on a moving boat through the canals of Amsterdam during Money20/20 Europe, Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Jordan Lawrence, Co-Founder and…
The Payments ShedEp. 72 - From ERP to Cyber Risk: Rethinking Retail Infrastructure with Venditan
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by John Coyne, Managing Director at Venditan and Director of Altrincham F.C., for a conversation…
The Payments ShedEp. 71 - We Have A Meeting on Why Cold Calling Isn’t Dead: Sales, Social Media and Storytelling in 2026
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Jack Frimston and Zac Thompson, Co-Founders of We Have A Meeting, for a conversation on how…
The Payments ShedEp. 70 - Global Merchants, Local Problems — Navigating Payments in 2026 with the Merchant Risk Council (MRC)
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Julie Fergerson, CEO of the Merchant Risk Council, for a deep dive into the challenges…
The Payments ShedEp. 69 - From Broken Cross-Border Payments to Agentic Commerce — Why Stablecoins Change Everything with Damisa
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Jordan Lawrence, Co-Founder of Damisa, to unpack why traditional cross-border payments remain…
The Payments ShedEp. 68 - LIVE from FTT Payments with Ryft: Beyond the AI Hype - What Businesses Should Actually Prepare for in Commerce
Live from FTT Payments, Grant Evans is joined by guest co-host Dwayne Gefferie for a conversation with Sadra Hosseini, CEO of Ryft, unpacking the reality…
The Payments ShedEp. 67 - LIVE from FTT Payments with Protect Group: Refund Protection, Ghost Debt, and the Next Evolution of Embedded Finance
Live from FTT Payments, Grant Evans is joined by guest co-host Dwayne Gefferie for a conversation with Sarah Gorton, Financial Services Lead at Protect Group…
The Payments ShedEp. 66 - LIVE from FTT Payments with Klarna: Why Payment Flexibility is Becoming a Consumer Expectation, Not a Perk
Live from FTT Payments, Grant Evans is joined by guest co-host Dwayne Gefferie for a conversation with Marc O'Fathaigh, Country Manager for UK & Ireland at…
The Payments ShedEp. 65 - LIVE from FTT Payments with Moonrise by Lunar: Agentic Payments, Stablecoins, and the Reality of Modern Payment Rails
Live from FTT Payments, Grant Evans is joined by guest co-host Dwayne Gefferie for a conversation with Nanna Bergmann, Managing Director of Moonrise by Lunar…
The Payments ShedEp. 64 - LIVE from FTT Payments with Commerce: Beyond the Checkout - How Commerce Platforms are Rebuilding the Merchant Experience
Live from FTT Payments, Grant Evans is joined by guest co-host Dwayne Gefferie for a conversation with Michaela Weber, SVP of Payments at BigCommerce…
The Payments ShedEp. 63 - LIVE from FTT Payments with Zilch: Reimagining Loyalty, AI, and the Value of Payments Data
Live from FTT Payments, Grant Evans is joined by guest co-host Dwayne Gefferie for a conversation with Sean Hederman, CTO at Zilch, exploring how payments…
The Payments ShedEp. 62 - LIVE from FTT Payments with Payrails: The Payments Execution Layer - Why Infrastructure Is Replacing Platforms
Recorded live on stage at FTT Embedded Finance & Super Apps, Grant Evans is joined by guest co-host Dwayne Gefferie for a live conversation with Ed Moore, CRO…
The Payments ShedEp. 61 - Orchestration Explained — What It Is, What It Isn’t, and What Actually Works - with PayModum
In this episode, host Grant Evans is joined by Jake Dovey, CEO of PayModum, for a candid conversation on why so many merchants still feel underserved by the…
The Payments ShedEp. 60 - From Fragmentation to Unified Infrastructure: The Future of Payments with ISX Financial
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Nikogiannis (John) Karantzis, Managing Director & CEO of ISX Financial, to unpack why global…
The Payments ShedEp. 59 - Payments from the Merchant Side: Risk, Regulation & Reality in 2026 with Kingfisher plc
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Fiennes Davey, Group Head of Payments at Kingfisher plc, to explore what payments really…
The Payments ShedEp. 58 - The New World of Thought Leadership & Social Selling in 2026: The Do’s and Don’ts with Tim Hughes
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Tim Hughes, CEO & Co-Founder of DLA Ignite and author of Social Selling: Techniques to…
The Payments ShedEp. 57 - Owning the Merchant: Embedded Payments, Hyper-Growth & the Future of Hospitality — with yetipay's Oliver Pugh
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Oliver Pugh, Co-Founder of yetipay, to unpack how embedded payments are reshaping the…
The Payments ShedEp. 56 - Inside ANNA Money: AI, MTD, and the Future of Small Business Finance
In this episode, host Grant Evans is joined by Boris Diakonov and Eduard Panteleev, Co-Founders & Co-CEOs of ANNA Money, for a deep dive into how AI…
The Payments ShedEp. 55 - From Banking Rails to Digital Dollars: How ClearBank Is Re-Shaping Real-Time Payments
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Mark Fairless, Group CEO of ClearBank, to explore how modern banking infrastructure is…
The Payments ShedEp. 54 - From Sales Bottleneck to Growth Lever: How Coast Is Using AI to Fix Product Demos
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Spencer Levitt, Co-Founder, and Kara Parkey, Head of Strategic Accounts at Coast, to tackle…
The Payments ShedEp. 53 - From Regulation to Revenue with TrueLayer: How Policy, VRPs & Pay by Bank Are Reshaping UK Payments
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Nadja Bennett, Strategic Accounts Director, and Megan Coulson, UK Public Policy Lead at…
The Payments ShedEp. 52 - From Race to the Bottom to Loyalty at the Top: Re-Thinking Value Creation in the ISO Payments Market with Zeal
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Omar Ebeid, Founder & CEO of Zeal, to challenge one of the biggest structural issues in…
The Payments ShedEp. 51 - Live from MPE Berlin: From Expansion to Ecosystem - Inside Shift4’s Global Growth Strategy
Live from MPE Berlin, host Justin Hanna chats with David Jofre Tejada, VP of Business Development at Shift4, to unpack how one of payments’ fastest-scaling…
The Payments ShedEp. 50 - Oceanpayment - Designing Fintech for Global Markets: Culture, Compliance and Commercial Reality unpacked
In this episode, hosts Grant Evans and Justin Hanna are joined by Dan Owens, Chief Strategy Officer at Oceanpayment, to explore what happens when Western…
The Payments ShedEp. 49 - Live from MPE Berlin: BR-DGE on Payments Orchestration - Why Merchants Want Control of the Stack
Live from MPE Berlin, host Justin Hanna is joined by Jacob Spencer, CRO at BR-DGE, to break down why payments orchestration is becoming a core part of modern…