Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:14:08 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2653075 en-us © 2026 Monday Conversation yes 29ad2170-6b88-58db-9331-3fa08dbe28d8 PYMNTS episodic false Each Monday, PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster sits down with executives and visionaries across the payments and commerce industries to talk about what’s trending now. From hot-button issues to headline-making innovation, these one-on-one conversations offer a front-row seat to the ideas and people shaping what’s next.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) PYMNTS https://storage.buzzsprout.com/m4z5z2hn4b3bp79mj0hwws3yxjmc?.jpg https://www.buzzsprout.com/2653075 Nubank Alum Launches Decade to Give Money an AI Copilot Decade CEO Vitor Olivier tells PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster how his startup plans to put AI to work on investment advice for about $40 a month.

]]> Decade CEO Vitor Olivier tells PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster how his startup plans to put AI to work on investment advice for about $40 a month.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19911751 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 1449 full false The Fraud Economy Has a Supply Chain, and Erin West Is Going After It Operation Shamrock founder Erin West tells Karen Webster how she's raising the cost of running the fraud economy.

]]> Operation Shamrock founder Erin West tells Karen Webster how she's raising the cost of running the fraud economy.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859668 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0400 1553 full false SoFi Tech Solutions' New President Is Building the AWS of Finance SoFi Technology Solutions President Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore wants to make SoFi the financial infrastructure companies can keep as they grow.

]]> SoFi Technology Solutions President Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore wants to make SoFi the financial infrastructure companies can keep as they grow.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859583 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -0400 1465 full false When AI Becomes the Travel Agent, Who Owns the Journey? Booking Holdings' Daniel Marovitz says consumer AI and autonomous agents can turn travel intent into a transaction. 

]]> Booking Holdings' Daniel Marovitz says consumer AI and autonomous agents can turn travel intent into a transaction. 

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859550 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -0400 1427 full false Tassat CEO Says Regional Banks Are Focused on the Wrong Stablecoin Problem Tassat CEO Glen Sussman tells PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster that the stablecoin land grab was never about payments. It’s a fight over deposits.

]]> Tassat CEO Glen Sussman tells PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster that the stablecoin land grab was never about payments. It’s a fight over deposits.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859479 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0400 1521 full false Velera CEO Chuck Fagan Exits With a Challenge to Credit Unions Before he retires as CEO of Velera, Chuck Fagan discusses how credit unions must evolve as technology reshapes banking and payments.

]]> Before he retires as CEO of Velera, Chuck Fagan discusses how credit unions must evolve as technology reshapes banking and payments.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859464 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0400 1633 full false Gradium CEO Says Voice AI Must Understand, Not Just Transcribe the Words Gradium CEO Neil Zeghidour says speech-to-text doesn’t create context and companies underestimate the difficulty of building voice themselves.

]]> Gradium CEO Neil Zeghidour says speech-to-text doesn’t create context and companies underestimate the difficulty of building voice themselves.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859515 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0400 1397 full false Mastercard Wants to Teach AI Agents How to Spend Mastercard’s Sherri Haymond tells PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster why the hard part of agentic commerce isn’t the shopping.

]]> Mastercard’s Sherri Haymond tells PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster why the hard part of agentic commerce isn’t the shopping.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859779 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0400 1426 full false This CEO Just Raised $110 Million to Make Banks Agent-First Taktile CEO Maik Taro Wehmeyer shares why he thinks the financial services industry is moving toward an “agent-first” future.

]]> Taktile CEO Maik Taro Wehmeyer shares why he thinks the financial services industry is moving toward an “agent-first” future.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859709 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:00 -0400 1377 full false Adyen on Agentic Commerce: The AI Was Never the Hard Part Adyen's Karan Katyal tells Karen Webster the industry is barely off zero. Here's what gets built first, and why AI was never the hard part.

]]> Adyen's Karan Katyal tells Karen Webster the industry is barely off zero. Here's what gets built first, and why AI was never the hard part.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19875883 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0400 1435 full false RADAR Wants to Make the Physical Store as Smart as Its Website CEO Spencer Hewett tells Karen Webster RADAR is about giving physical stores the real-time intelligence eCommerce has had for years.

]]> CEO Spencer Hewett tells Karen Webster RADAR is about giving physical stores the real-time intelligence eCommerce has had for years.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859431 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0400 1558 full false FIS’ Jim Johnson: Banks That Don’t Own the Payment Flow Risk Losing the Customer FIS’ Jim Johnson says issuers must rethink processing as a strategic asset or watch payments flow around them.

]]> FIS’ Jim Johnson says issuers must rethink processing as a strategic asset or watch payments flow around them.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859417 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0400 1505 full false Hyperlayer CEO Says Core Banking Solutions Debate Misses the Point Hyperlayer is betting that a new orchestration layer, rather than a core replacement project, will determine how quickly banks adapt to AI.

]]> Hyperlayer is betting that a new orchestration layer, rather than a core replacement project, will determine how quickly banks adapt to AI.

]]> PYMNTS Buzzsprout-19859338 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0400 1550 full false