This week, Sasha Orloff and Worldpay Chief Product Officer Cindy Turner explore the shifting digital payments landscape—from stablecoins and agentic tech to global trends in account-to-account payments, regional behaviors, regulatory influences, and innovations like buy now, pay later.

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RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE:

⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucinda-turner/

⁠http://www.worldpay.com

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X/SOCIAL:

@Worldpay_Global (Worldpay)

@sashaorloff (Sasha)

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Preview

(00:58) Intro

(01:40) Meet Cindy Turner: Chief Product Officer of Worldpay

(02:08) Cindy Turner's career journey

(06:41) Global payments report

(10:01) Account-to-Account payments: A global perspective

(13:15) Sponsors: Notion | Puzzle

(14:55) Unlocking Open Banking

(17:10) E-commerce and digital payments trends

(20:33) Impact of surcharging in Australia

(21:56) Surcharging trends in the US

(23:23) Cash dominance in certain countries

(26:03) Rise of buy now, pay later

(29:39) Future of payments: Agentic commerce

(33:59) Stablecoins and the future of payments

(37:29) Optimizing payments for businesses

(38:50) Wrap