Wrestling Payments
Wrestling Payments is a podcast for professionals working at banks, credit unions, and FinTechs who are responsible for managing ACH and payment operations. In each episode, members of NEACH guide conversations to help professionals examine the challenges of modernizing payment operations. Ultimately, the stories uncovered through guest interviews and solo episodes will highlight industry trends and identify how organizations can build their payment operations for the future.
Episodes
51 episodes
Nacha Smackdown Series - Part 1 The Reversal Rumble
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Wrestling Payments, Joseph Casali launches a three-part "SmackDown Rules Violations in the Ring" series, examining ACH rule violations through wrestling metaphors. He analyzes two critical NACHA...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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19:37
Building Your Payment Story: Are You the Hero or the Guide?
EPISODE SUMMARYIn this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joseph Casali draws surprising parallels between professional wrestling and the evolution of payment systems. After watching WrestleMania 41, he experienced an "aha moment...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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19:33
Guardrails For The Fintech FastLane
EPISODE SUMMARYIn this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joe Casali sits down with Travis Dulaney, CEO and Co-founder of BalancedTrust, to unpack the ongoing friction between fintech startups and their bank partners. From missin...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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39:08
Beyond Credit: Sean Carter on Reframing Exposure Limits in Payments
EPISODE SUMMARYThis episode of Wrestling Payments tackles the critical topic of exposure limits in modern payments. Host Joe Casali and guest Sean Carter, President & CEO of Neach Payments Group, dissect an article by Jordan Benn...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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28:16
Fraud Trends from an FI to Law Enforcement (The Lost Tapes)
EPISODE SUMMARYIt happens to the best of us. This session was recorded last year, but got lost in the shuffle. It may be a crime as the interview was with law enforcement and a member financial institution (at the time) on the topic ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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21:25
Pay-By-Bank, Not What You Think It Is!
EPISODE SUMMARY Sarah Stapp, Chief Commercial Officer at Aeropay, joins Joseph Casali to discuss the evolving payments landscape, focusing on Pay by Bank. Sarah shares her unique journey into fintech, from Craigslist job ads ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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36:10
March Top 3
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joseph Casali breaks down three timely developments in the payments world. First, he tackles the slow adoption of faster payments among smaller financial institutions. Des...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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23:25
Compliance Cage Match: Electronic Payments v Project 2025
In this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joseph Casali unpacks Project 2025 and its potential impact on banking regulations, community banks, and credit unions. The discussion focuses on regulatory shifts, compliance...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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19:21
Exploring Positive Pay
Check fraud is skyrocketing, and financial institutions are scrambling to keep up. In this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joseph Casali sits down with Sean Carter, President & CEO of NPG, to unpack why fraudsters are winning—and how ba...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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36:31
Spinning Plates of Efficiency
In this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joe Casali uses a unique metaphor—the spinning plates act from the Ed Sullivan Show—to explore the complexities of compliance, risk management, and operational efficiency in financial institutions. He...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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15:47
How FinTech, Fraud, and Regulation Are Shaping Payments
Episode SummaryJoin us for this final episode of season 2. In this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joseph Casali is joined by Sean Carter, President & CEO of NEACH, and Mary Mumper-Morrison, NEACH’s Education Director, f...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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49:47
Post Election Politics and Payments: A Look Ahead
Welcome to another episode of Wrestling Payments.In this episode of Wrestling Payments, Joe Casali speaks with Bill Sullivan, Associate Managing Director for Government and Industry Relations at Nacha, about the post-election political ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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45:29
ISO 20022 & Smart Instant Payments
EPISODE SUMMARYIn this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joseph Casil talks with Steve Wasserman from Photon Commerce about the growing importance of ISO 20022 and its impact on the global payments landscape. Wasserman delves into ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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46:02
NEACH Responds to Federal Reserve System Change
EPISODE SUMMARYThe U.S. payment system stands on the verge of a monumental shift. The Federal Reserve is proposing 24/7 operations for the National Net Settlement System (NSS), the backbone of payment finality. This means no more ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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28:28
Time for A New Approach to Scam Prevention
[Podcasters note: In this episode we show our real passions for payments and appear not as CEO & EVP, but more as "two guys from Boston" as we tackle the alarming rise of scams and financial fraud.]Joe Casali and guest Sean Carter, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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37:06
RTP - Wrestling with Milestones
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joe Casali from NEACH sits down with Rusiru Gunasena, the head of the RTP network at The Clearing House, to dive into the evolution and current state of real-time ...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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31:32
Onboarding FedNow with the Payments Professor
EPISODE SUMMARYIn the latest episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joe Casali is joined by Kevin Olsen, the Senior Vice President of Innovation and Strategy at Pidgin. They dive into the intricacies of onboarding the FedNow payment sys...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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22:34
The Next Level in Instant Payments Roll Out
Welcome to another episode of Wrestling Payments. In this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joe Casali dives into the transformative world of faster payments, focusing on the development and implementation of instant payment systems i...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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28:04
Third-Party Relationships - an Update
In this episode of "Wrestling Payments," host Joe Casali welcomes back Nanci McKenzie for a follow-up discussion on third-party relationships within the financial industry. Nanci, an independent consultant with extensive credentials in banking ...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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25:51
International Payments Alliance Meeting Part 2
In this episode of Wrestling Payments, Joe Casali and Kevin Olsen continue their discussion from the International Payments Alliance meeting by Nacha, diving into various topics surrounding payment systems and regulations. They start by...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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34:59
International Payments Alliance Meeting Part 1
In this episode of "Wrestling Payments," host Joe Casali sits down with Kevin Olsen, also known as the "Payments Professor." The discussion kicks off with Kevin's signature introduction and his enthusiasm for making payments engaging. They delv...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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28:36
Elder Financial Abuse: Insights and Solutions with Guests Andrea Higgens and Patty Presta
Today, June 15, is National Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Wrestling Payments podcast was started to discuss "wrestling" with payment topics. Topics like technology implementation and AI, but perhaps we've become so numb to the problems...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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27:05
Defending Against Financial Fraud with ACH Alert
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Wrestling Payments, host Joe Casali sits down with Jaime Shapiro Berg from Alkami - ACH Alert to discuss the rapidly changing payments landscape and the critical role of fraud prevention. Jaime share...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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37:11
AI and Small Business: Tips from Joe Casali
Episode SummaryIn this episode of "Wrestling Payments," host Joe Casali dives into the details of National Small Business Week. He emphasizes the importance of utilizing available resources, such as the SBA’s virtual summi...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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18:02
From Laws to Liability: Mastering Government Payment Processes
Episode SummaryIn this episode of "Wrestling Payments," Joseph Casali dives into the often-misunderstood realm of government benefit payments and their reclamation process. Highlighting a new course he's developed; Joe explains the c...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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12:56