Voice of MPE

- Are payments resilient to macroeconomic factors?

- What impact does the situation have on decisions in payments? 

- How to recession-proof your business?

 
MPE 2023' conference speakers: Laura McCracken / Accenture, Ralf Gladis / Computop, Andres Bertolotti / dLocal, and Nik Quinn / J.P. Morgan analyse the current geopolitical situation, energy crisis, rising interest rates and growing regulatory structures in a discussion hosted by Anna Maj, and bring insights on the influence of the crisis on the Merchant Payments ecosystem.

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What’s the merchants’ No. 1 priority?

Is cash truly disappearing?

What do merchant payments experts consider the most significant change in five years?

Look at what’s changing under the hood in trends impacting merchant payments with great Dave Birch at MPE 2023 in Berlin, featuring: Dennis McNulty / GetYourGuide, Francesco Altisent / Riskified, Olof Wirfelt / Trustly, Tommaso Jacopo Ulissi / Nexi, and Maria Parpou / Mastercard. 

 Here is a snapshot of what you’ll hear in MPE's latest podcast.

The technology is here to provide what you need - you can go anywhere in the world with a piece of plastic in your bag /or even without it, simply using your phone/ and you can pay everywhere.

AI already exists in the world of fraud prevention - it’s just starting to get into payment orchestration. Should AI be driving where payments should be going to minimalize the tedious task of many consumers, like how to pay to get the most of benefits? What about letting our smart wallet do that for us? It is a change from where we are now because we’ve grown up in an environment where consumers make these choices. 

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In 2023 SoftPOS is revolutionizing the Merchant Payments  Game. 
Will it keep fast-growing in 2024?

MPE 2023' conference speakers: Houssem Assadi, CEO, dejamobile & Jeremy King, Regional Head for Europe, PCI Security Standards Council were in conversation with Mark McMurtrie from Payments Consultancy Limited and shared their take on:

• Where is SoftPOS being used today, and who are the early adopters? 
• How will it improve the in-store experience for customers and merchants?
• How will the new PCI MPoC standard accelerate the adoption, and what are the key differences to earlier standards?
• What will be the impact of Apple entering this space?  

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What impact did COVID have on payment fraud, and what role does social engineering play in romance scams?

The pandemic had irreversibly altered the way we live, work and shop. Unfortunately, it also gave fraudsters and scammers a window of opportunity to develop new strategies. With ever more advanced payment fraud patterns, social engineering and dark web in the game, it’s a handful pinpointing the individuals responsible. “Stay safe” just got a whole new meaning.

Brittany Allen from Sift was in conversation with Mark McMurtrie from Payments Consultancy Limited at MPE 2022 in Berlin.

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What does the future hold for cross-border payments? What makes a payment method hot, and why going local matters?

With each country’s payments systems and regulations so different, unifying payments and payment methods might not always be the optimal solution. It’s important to recognise the needs of specific markets and start local. The future of payments belongs to companies willing to innovate, take on new challenges and venture into the unknown!

Muayad Sayd-Ali from PPRO and Christope Bourbier from Thunes were in conversation with Rogier Rouppe van der Voort and Morten Laufer from PCN at MPE 2022 in Berlin.

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The world is changing, and with it are payments. Can B2B space keep up with new and emerging payment methods in an ever more digitalised world?

It’s no secret that B2B payments are experiencing a historical shift. Organisations all around the world have to prepare themselves to face new challenges and an entire new reality. Will they make the best of it?

Natalie Willems-Rosman from Bank of America was in conversation with Mélisande Mual from the Paypers at MPE 2022 in Berlin.

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What makes an outstanding payments strategy?

Success doesn’t happen overnight. An effective payments strategy requires years of hard work, understanding of the industry and top-notch management. And while there is no definite answer to global success, there are a few things that might just help enterprise merchants cut it.

Samuel Langsford from INGKA Group and Peter Theunis from Endava talked with Mélisande Mual at MPE 2022 in Berlin.

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How does regulation influence merchants and their businesses?

Understanding the principles of regulation can be tricky. There's a number of things merchants have to recognise in order to run a successful business. PSD2 enabled further development of open banking, customer authentication and much more, nevertheless, it had also brought along new challenges of its own. Where does the merchant stand in all this?

Steven Bisoffi from Payment System Regulator and Faheem Bakshi from Kinguin were in conversation with Mark McMurtrie from Payments Consultancy Limited at MPE 2022 in Berlin.

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Is battling climate change too big of a bite for the payments industry? Can environmental conscience help reverse the negative effects of CO2 in our atmosphere?

There’s been a lot of chatter around greener payments at MPE this year. It’s important to talk about reducing our carbon footprint, however, it’s crucial to implement solutions that will have a meaningful impact on our environment. Merchants’ winning strategy is clear: create demand for sustainable products and services, and empower customers by providing them with data that will nudge them in the right direction.

Ralf Gladis from Computop and Dan Graf from Earthchain were in conversation with Rogier Rouppe van der Voort from PCN at MPE 2022 in Berlin.

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Talent management & People power took centre stage at MPE2020 conference, with the launch of its first dedicated panel sessions on ‘People for Payments’. The overall feedback from MPE2020 speakers underlined the role of talent management which is becoming much more relevant for the entire payments ecosystem. 

Competition to secure talent is intensifying, as merchants and payments companies increasingly seek to gain advantage and differentiate themselves through their ‘people talent’. This creates a challenge for many organisations, as they seek to fill key roles and source, develop, and retain individuals with desirable skills.

In this episode you will learn about:
-  the biggest talent management challenges payment providers faced in 2019/2020,
-  leadership/people: types of individuals needed for a thriving future of this ecosystem,
-  the challenges of bringing talent across sectors and geographies,
-  the new positions needed in merchant payments ecosystem,
-  difficult roles to fill-in and skillset necessary for success.

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