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Payments and Financial Services
Truly global / country coverage
Local vs cross border acquiring
Why not integrate payment methods directly?
What are disputes
?
Why auth rates matter
Why does payments pricing differ by market?
To switch or not to switch payment provider
Why are cross border payments so hard and how Crypto Payments might help
Can card acquiring get cheaper?
Is Interchange ++ pricing always better?
What does “Wallet” mean to you?
Cash to Cashless: The rise of mobile wallets
Much Ado About: Surcharging
Static vs Dynamic QR codes
Cash is alive (and kicking!)
What’s in a name: The usage of “Pay” in Fintechs
Breaking down “Embedded Finance”
Cooperative Networks and Rules
Change is not a given - implications for payment systems
The first full stack platform was not a tech company
Intermediaries - good, the bad and the realities
Instant payments 101
An unexpected headline: Cash payments rising
Checking your card bill
Payment system access
Skepticism about Super Apps
Relooking cash payments in the UK
Fiat to crypto on ramps
Multi processor on ramps
Fiat to crypto on ramps 101
Go to Market / Business Operations
How to tell if a customer is going to use your product
How much to care about competition
Best practices in payments sales
How to use Win/Loss data
3 reason to read support FAQ
s
APIs and API docs
Basics of sales compensation
Deal talk: Finding the decision maker
What does sales do, really
?
Letter of Intent vs Contract
Pricing: Bucket vs Progressive Tiers
Finance and Strategy
Why Share of Wallet matters
Yes/No is better than a “Maybe”
What are Sales Splits?
Skepticism and sales/product claims
Learning from the Nos
B2B: What verticals to go after?
Scrappy - the tipping point
Write it down: The discipline of documentation
A Spoonful of Healthy Skepticism
B2B Being a Great Solutions Architect / Customer Engineer
Outbound sales 101
Guesstimates and timelines
To mention or not mention competitors?
B2B2C: Deep Diving Vertical SaaS
Tell me you haven’t operated before…if you hate CRM
Team development and formation
Friendzoning your competition
Estimating Work: T-shirt sizing
Tech across continents: APAC and EMEA
Beyond the Free Trial: Testing B2B PMF
The Purpose of a System is What it Does
Outbound sales 102
Parsing through: B2B, B2C, B2B2C