The Payments Podcast

How can small-to-medium-sized businesses navigate the post-pandemic economy? Daryn Park, Senior Policy Advisor for the Federation of Small Businesses, and Amy Bassett, from the United States Small Business Administration answer the question to the ever-changing place of the financial relationship between SMBs in that economy

MRI Software has very simply taken an analog business and dragged it into the digital era. Sean Slack, VP of Partnerships at MRI, and Tom Dolan, General Manager of Bottomline's Paymode-X division chat on the characteristics of the real-estate business and how MRI has elevated the field with new technology.

Marcus Hughes, Head of strategic business development from Bottomline, and Richard Ransom, Strategic Customer Success Manager from Bottomline discuss the structure and plans of the new payments architecture (NPA). This episode covers basics like what's happened in the re-design of NPA, the new timetable, the exciting prospect it will bring along, etc.

Our payments podcast this week covers the results of our exclusive survey with anti-fraud specialist Themis. Join Eliza Thompson, Financial Crime Researcher from Themis, and Mohammad Al-Zraiqat, Global Senior Product Manager from Bottomline as they discuss the importance of detecting and preventing fraud episodes and develop aggressive case management practices to investigate and resolve different kinds of fraud threats.

In this episode, industry expert James Richardson, Head of Market Development Risk and Fraud for Bottomline, talks about the rise in fraud and financial crime based on the findings of the latest 2022 Global Business Payments Barometer covering topics like fraud defences, insider fraud, multifactor authentication and more.

Did you know that 52% of organizations in the UK agree that there is an increase in insider fraud and collusion? This is one of many topics covered in this podcast episode.

Listen to detailed insights from Marion King - Chair, Payments Association Advisory Board, Charlotte Crosswell - The chair and trustee of Open Banking along with James Richardson - Head of Market Development Risk and Fraud from Bottomline, and Ed Adshead-Grant - Director of Strategic Business Development from Bottomline as they chat through the findings of the '22 Business Payments Barometer.

The 2022 Business Payments Barometer is finally here, and our two incredible subject matter experts, Curt Raffi, Chief Product and Innovation Officer, and Colin Swain, Global Head of Platform and Product Transformation, discussing key findings from the report from a UK and US perspective.

You can read the full report on our website: https://www.bottomline.com/uk/2022-business-payments-barometer

Following the foundation on protection needs for cryptocurrency laid out by Marcus Hughes, Head of Strategic Business Development. In part 2, he explains the regulator's approach to blockchain globally, their supervision of crypto-assets, work done to mitigate its risks, and much more.

Blockchain and its assets have made their way into the financial services industry and are a topic that everyone wants to know more about.

In this part 1 of our 2-part series Marcus Hughes, Head of Strategic Business Development at Bottomline, lays out the foundation of essential cryptocurrencies such as consumer protection, data protection, and fraud protection.

Even though many businesses have implemented bank account validation and verification platforms, there are still companies that haven't adopted them.

Mark Bish, one of Bottomline's Product Leads, speaks to Jacqueline Powell on the effect the business will have and their susceptibility to fraud if not taken the measures.