Voice of MPE
Voice of MPE is the official community podcast of Merchant Payments Ecosystem - Europeโs largest merchant payments conference held annually in Berlin. Hosted by global industry leaders and professionals, Voice of MPE brings you the hottest buzz from merchant payments and card acquiring space. At MPE, payments are anything but boring.
Episodes
127 episodes
Complex, not complicated: Rethinking merchant payments
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑโ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ?In this insightful panel moderated by ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ, leading experts from across the payments ecosystem break down one of the industryโs biggest misconceptions:Payments are no...
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38:51
Future forces: Whatโs set to redefine the merchant payments landscape ahead
What will redefine merchant payments by 2026?At MPE 2026 in Berlin, 1,600+ industry leaders came together to explore exactly that.The discussions went beyond hype:โ Agentic commerce and AIโ Payment orchestration and data...
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38:34
MPE talks with Bram Vreugdenhil & Anton Kornilov
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the payments industryโbut the real question is: ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ?In this episode of ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ด๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ถ๐น and ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ unpack ho...
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22:54
MPE talks with Charlotte Al Usta & Maxime Mandin & Max Bernard
Fundraising in 2026? Watch this first.The market has shifted โ quietly, strategically, permanently.๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐น๐น ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ | Flagship Advisory Partners speaks with:โก ๐ ๐ฎ๐
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ | Financial Technology Partnersโก ๐ ๐ฎ๐
๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป ...
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40:22
MPE talks with Dwayne Gefferie & Ran Cohen
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐. ๐๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.In this episode of Voice of MP, host ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ sits down with ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป, CEO & Co-founder of ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐, to unpack one of the most significant transformati...
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18:03
MPE Awards video interviews: Neira Jones, Helen Owen & Quentin Barria on the unseen layer of connected payments
Winning is only the beginning.MPE Awards Video Interviews goes beyond the stage to uncover what happens after the MPE Awards in Berlin, when recognition turns into momentum.How does an award reshape market perception? What commercia...
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20:00
MPE talks with Laura McCracken and Ezechi Britton
๐๏ธ The Voice of MPE: Digital identity as the game-changer we all need๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป sits down with ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ป from ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ to unpack the future of digital identityโbeyond passports, licenses, and clunky forms.In...
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24:38
MPE talks with Lee Clifton & Vishal Shukla
Payment orchestration is no longer just about routing transactions.In this episode of ๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐, moderated by ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ผ๐ป (๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ), weโre joined by ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ต๐๐ธ๐น๐ฎ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ, to unpack how orchestration has e...
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21:46
MPE talks with Vassilina Lapteva Walford & Alexandra Todorovic
Ever โfallen intoโ paymentsโฆ by accident? Turns out, thatโs how some of the most exciting careers begin!๐๏ธ Join ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ & ๐๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ as they share lessons, insights, and career secrets in the latest MPE Tal...
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22:19
MPE talks with Francesco Burelli & Panagiotis Kriaris
In this episode of MPE Talks, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ | Arkwright Consulting, and ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ | Unzer explore how AI and tokenisation are reshaping the way trust is built, measured, and maintained across payments and digital ecosystems.
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14:43
MPE talks with Sandra Mianda & Sandra Alzetta
In this episode, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ, Founder & CEO, Paypr.work ๐, hosts ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ, VP, Global Head of Payments & Customer Service at Spotify, who shares her perspective on managing global payments for over ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, balancing ๐น...
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17:17
MPE talks with Daniel Kornitzer & Alain Delcourt & Hagay Elyakim
In this episode, we unpack one of the hottest topics in global fintech today: payment optimisation for merchants expanding into emerging markets.Your host, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, Head of global partnerships at EBANX, is joined by two industr...
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35:20
MPE talks with Candice Pressinger & Chen Zamir
๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฑ% ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ โ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.In this episode of ๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐, we dive deep into the $600B issue that quietly drains merchant revenue โ and why itโs often more expensive than fraud itself....
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21:48
MPE Talks with Geoffrey Barraclough & Robert Bueninck
In this episode, ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต, publisher of Business of Payments, sits down with ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ธ, CEO of Unzer, one of Germanyโs most dynamic merchant service providers. Together, they explore the rise of ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ โ a world where...
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19:20
MPE Awards video series - Data, risk & trust with Neira Jones and Sunil Jhamb/Celeris
๐ Trust starts with data โ hereโs how they build it! From losing in 2023 to winning twice in a row โ Celerisโ story will inspire you. Sunil reveals how they built an award-winning company with zero salespeople!Join Neira Jones and ...
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17:27
MPE talks with Andrรฉa Toucinho & Teresa Mesquita
In this new episode of MPE Talks, ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ต๐ผ sits down with ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ, COO at SIBS, to explore the innovation powering the Portuguese payments ecosystem โ from ๐ ๐ ๐ช๐๐ฌโ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ to ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ through init...
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20:43
MPE Awards video series - VOICES OF INFLUENCE with Niera Jones, Kamil Hanรกฤek & Lenny Leeman
What did winning the MPE Award mean for you? What was happening in your company at the time of winning? How has your market position evolved? Welcome to this episode of the MPE 2025 Awards Winners Series, where we pair and sh...
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16:51
mpe talks with Alla Gancz & Panagiotis Kriaris
In this episode, ๐๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ (ThoughtWorks) and ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ share how genetic AI is reshaping the future of commerce:โข Hyper-personalised shopping experiencesโข Invisible, seamless transactionsโข Autonomous fraud detection and c...
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19:57
mpe talks with Vera Anichkina and Faheem Bakshi
Payments are no longer just infrastructureโtheyโre a powerful growth driver. ๐In this episode, we bring together leaders from ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ and ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐ป to explore:โ How orchestration and open banking are transforming merchant strate...
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17:19
Stablecoin payments | mpe miniedu podcast with Neira Jones
Welcome to the new miniedu episode, where ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ unpacks the world of ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐:โข What stablecoins are and how they workโข Their transformative impact on ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ and cross-border transactionsโข Strategic opport...
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10:11
The Innovation Engine - Innovation is in their DNA - Paynt & Securely group | Neira Jones, Rob Neely & Stewartย Sime
Welcome to this special episode of the MPE 2025 Awards Winners Series, where we pair and showcase not one, but two MPE 2025 award winners to discuss what matters in merchant payments. With Neira Jones, the amazing MPE Awards Chair a...
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22:53
The evolution of a "shop"
How do you keep payments running during blackouts, war, and global disruption?How do merchants balance seamless UX with fighting fraud?And whatโs the real future of softPOS, omnichannel, and cashless economies?In this session, p...
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31:52
Redefining merchant payments
Payments arenโt just about processing transactions anymore. Theyโre about strategy, resilience, and growth.In this panel, youโll hear:โข Why SMEs crave one-stop simplicity while enterprises canโt escape modularityโข How partnershi...
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39:47
The Power of Payments - MPE Awards 2025 winners series with Neira Jones, Melinda Roylett & Petri Ahti
How we pay is changing - from the merchant to the bank!In this series we pair and showcase not one, but two MPE 2025 Award Winners to discuss what matters in merchant payments. Neira Jones is hosting Melinda Roylett, Managing Director at...
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