The Payments Podcast

Open Banking is turning into Open Finance and will, in time develop into Open Data. In the first of three episodes on this topic, Marcus Hughes, Head of Strategic Business Development at Bottomline, shares his insights on the current adoption of Open Banking, the evolution of Open Banking to Open Finance and the process behind the information sharing and payment initiation services.

The CFO's duty of simply handling spreadsheets and tracking money-in and money-out is long gone. Now the CFO is responsible for finance's crucial functions. Listen to Tracy Kantrowitz, Vice President, Marketing for Treasury at Bottomline, and Paul McMeekin, VP Solutions Marketing + Channel Enablement at Bottomline, share their opinion on the recent AFP conference and the significant period of change in the Treasury transformation journey.

UX in digital banking has never been more important. When it comes to how people pay and get paid, users have high expectations of both technology design and processes. In this podcast episode, Bottomline's CXO, Brian McLaughlin, discusses the importance of UX in the technology-driven corporate payments sector.

Understandably, financial firms and large organizations are devoting much attention to fighting payment fraud and complying with sanctions obligations. But among the total crime costs, only 1% of those illegal gains are frozen or seized by authorities.

Bottomline’s Ruud Grotens, Head of CFRM Solution Consulting, and Omri Kletter, Global VP Product and Strategy, discuss fraud and sanctions compliance and effective ways to flag and tackle fraudulent activities.

A dynamic landscape and the unprecedented pace of change make for an exciting and demanding marketplace, increasing the need for Capacity, Cost, and Competition. James Hodgson and Tim Tor from NatWest talk with Chris Peck of Bottomline and Teresa Connors of Payment Matters about the effectiveness of partnerships and collaborations and the difference it makes in better-serving customers.

The European Commission is applying new directives and regulations to automate and harmonise how shares are traded and settled. Fred Viard, from our Swiss office, explains to financial institutions and securities management firms about the impact of the next milestone, SDR (the Settlement Discipline Regime).

Bottomline’s Marcus Hughes shares with listeners his view on the intelligent use of data and analytics and how this drives improved financial performance for companies across their payables, treasury and receivable activities

As payments technology speeds up, fraudsters are champing at the bit to get a piece of the pie. Faster payments mean faster fraud. But what does this mean for businesses who are considering embracing real-time payments?

What steps should they be taking to embrace digital trends whilst ensuring their payments are kept safe and secure in the process? Chris Gerda and Jessica Cheney share their insights and advice with our listeners.

During the pandemic and at the drop of a hat, treasurers worldwide had to offer insight into their company’s liquidity in real-time. Not easy when you’re pulling data from several sources, and often manually. Given new industry initiatives and technology advancements, treasurers can now access truly connected, real-time financial management. Kevin Grant shares his insight into the need for speed and how real-time liquidity and visibility can deliver greater intelligence to the business.

With payments already trending towards automation pre-pandemic, a new virtual environment has pushed digitization into overdrive. In this episode, we speak to Gunita Bindra on how habits have accelerated and what this means for business payments.