Stablecoins Didn’t Disrupt Banks. They Split the Playbook Between Stablecoins and Tokenised Deposits.
Jamie Dimon spent the spring savaging stablecoins on television, warning that banks "will not accept" the new rules1 and conceding, [...]
Kering and Adyen Chart the Future of Luxury Retail: AI, Agentic Commerce, and the Power of Human Experience
***RECAP from the NRF Panel Discussion – June 3, 2026 Luxury retail is experiencing a transformative shift driven by [...]
Q&A with Shriyanka Hore at Swift
As cross-border payments continue to evolve, financial institutions, policymakers, and payment providers are working to address longstanding challenges around [...]
Episode 35: AI-Powered Commerce: Transforming Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, and Payment Systems
In this episode of Payments Beats, Payments Consulting Network and Merchant Advisory Chief Operating Officer, Liz Beggs, interviews Mastercard Asia Pacific [...]
Q&A with Adam Brownstein at Adyen: Overcoming Payment Barriers to Accelerate Growth
Adyen acts as a strategic partner, helping companies overcome operational challenges and inefficiencies in their payment systems by delivering [...]
Q&A with Pedro Batista at Payhawk: The Quiet Work Behind Frictionless Payments
Ask a CFO whether they want AI agents, stablecoins or open banking, and the honest answer is: none of the above. [...]
Q&A with Christoph Rieche at iwoca: From Formula‑One Lending to Embedded SME Finance
During the FTT Lending conference in London, Martin Wallraff, Director at Payments Consulting Network, caught up with Christoph Rieche, [...]
Q&A with Miranda McLean at Ecommpay
In this interview, Payments Consulting Network’s Marketing Director, Mariel Laxamana, speaks with Ecommpay’s Chief Marketing Officer, Miranda McLean, about the evolving dynamics of [...]
The Agentic Prize: PayPal, Stripe and the Future of Payments Infrastructure?
The payments business is underpinned by scale, trust and regulatory staying power. That truth is now front and centre with Stripe’s reported interest [...]
Q&A with Lerato Matsio at Trudenty
Kevin Smith, Payments Risk Director at the Payments Consulting Network[1] chatted recently with Lerato Matsio. She is the Founder and CEO at Trudenty[2]. Lerato will [...]
