VGS Podcast
Descoped: The Payments Security Podcast is the go-to show from VGS for fintech product builders and leaders. You’ll hear a conversations from experts in payments, issuing, and data security sharing their best practices & real-world experiences.
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The Importance of Flexible Partnerships for Fintech Innovation
In this week’s Finovate Podcast, VGS Head of Partnerships Howard Xiao discusses how VGS is changing the way fintechs approach payments data. He touches on the importance of payment tokenization in security and compliance strategies, but also its utilitarian value for product development and innovation.
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How Payment Tokenization works and where it gets challenging
VGS's CEO Chuck Yu sat down with Vertex Ventures US to discuss the importance of tokenization for merchants in an ever-evolving payments ecosystem and how to avoid overcomplicating it.
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Next-Gen Payment Platform: Insights from VGS’ Chuck Yu
The world is quickly changing. So should the way we interact with it. That’s one of the main takeaways from this conversation with Chuck Yu, Chief Executive Officer at VGS. Here you’ll hear Chuck’s thoughts on how the ecosystem has experienced consolidation, and his predictions of how the future of partnerships in payments will involve companies mastering certain areas of the ecosystem, rather than trying to be a one-stop-shop for everything.
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Changing Landscape of Buy Now Pay Later with Kunal Shah
On this episode of Descoped, we explore the emerging "Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)" space. Our guest and co-host on this show together explore how BNPL has changed how consumers purchase products. With transparency in fees, people can complete online purchases with a clear understanding of exactly how much they will pay over a set amount of payments.
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Building Fintech Community with Cristina Ciaravalli & Saira Rahman
Cristina Ciaravalli, Head of Community at This Week in Fintech and New Business & Partnerships at Unit, and Saira Rahman, VP of New Investor Initiatives at Fundrise, discuss the power of partnerships and community in driving innovation and growth in fintech. We talk about how collaborations between companies can help address challenges and meet evolving customer needs, building trust and fostering strong relationships between partners, and enabling financial inclusion and creating positive social impact.
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2023 Data & Security Compliance Trends with Kenneth Geers, PhD
Dr. Kenneth Geers, Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council Cyber Statecraft Initiative and a cybersecurity expert at VGS, discusses emerging trends in data security, payments, and fintech space. In this episode, we talk about the importance of investing in security, privacy, and trust for fintech companies, open banking, CFPB & FedNow, Robots, financial wellness, and more.
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The Potential of Monetizing Payments with Caleb Avery
Caleb Avery, Founder & CEO of Tilled, shares his journey in the payments ecosystem and launching Tilled, a PayFac-as-a-Service company. In this episode, we discuss when businesses should monetize their payments, changes in the payments ecosystem, and best practices when selling a nuanced payments solution.
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Investing in the Next Frontier of Fintech & Commerce with Brandon Hoffman
Brandon Hoffman, Managing Partner of Sunset Ventures, shares his investor journey, founding Sunset Ventures, and the surprises that come with starting a venture fund. In this episode, we discuss the value that can come from corporate venture, Brandon's investor journey into blockchain & web3 technologies, and investing in the new frontier of fintech & commerce.
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Building Fintech’s Next Account Plumbing with Rory O’Reilly
Rory O'Reilly, a serial entrepreneur, shares his entrepreneurial journey, the vision for Knot API, and the lessons he learned along the way. In this episode, we discuss growing a fintech social media following, building "account plumbing" for merchants, and Rory's founder journey.
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Solid Building Blocks of Fintech with Arjun Thyagarajan
Arjun Thyagarajan, Co-Founder and CEO of Solid, discusses how he created a developer-friendly fintech infrastructure by leveraging his passion for fintech. In this episode, we talk about fintech infrastructure, embedded finance, and market trends within the fintech ecosystem.
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Mitigating Fraud in B2B Payments with Bill Fox
Bill Fox, Chief Commercial Officer at Finexio, shares insights on financial fraud and simple steps businesses can take to keep their B2B payments secure. In this episode, we discuss common types of fraud in B2B payments, Covid-19's impact on B2B payments, and digitization of AP payments.
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Peeling Apart the Layers of Online Security with Taher Elgamal
Taher Elgamal, CTO for Security at Salesforce and the "Father of SSL," shares his decades of experience and recommendations for keeping personal and company data safe. In this episode, we discuss the origins of SSL, building sustainable security programs, and healthy habits for data protection.
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Adding Payments for Revenue Growth with Matt D’Anjou
In this episode, industry innovators discuss the future of payments and data security. Matt D'Anjou, Sr. Director of Global Payments at Compusoft Group and Principal Owner of GranitePay, shares his insights on market trends and creating consistent revenue streams for businesses by adding payments in a fast-changing environment.
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Finding Success Through Innovation with Samantha Ettus
Samantha Ettus, Founder and CEO of Park Place Payments, talks about how the payments salesforce has remained stagnant while payments software and hardware have advanced. She discusses how her company is changing payment processing for small businesses and shares her journey and lessons learned.
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Data Rails Help Issuers Shorten Virtual Card Activation to Usage Gap
Discover why there’s a gap between issuing virtual cards and getting customers to use them, including how to increase uptake. Plus, learn how to issue cards faster, maximize revenue, and better protect cardholder data.
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Building the Credit Card Rails for Data Requires the Help of an Alias
Learn why data aliasing is enabling companies to unbundle their data from their service providers, much like credit card rails do for payments – using a proxy to mimic the underlying data for better security.
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Data Rails Anonymize Card Info Through Aliases and Data Teleportation
Understand how VGS provides “data teleportation” via data aliasing, which is safer than encryption and more flexible than tokenization – allowing data to be transferred between endpoints without actually moving it or storing it.
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Data Security in Payments
Gain a new perspective on data security and the benefits of not storing any sensitive data yourself. Learn how this approach extends into the payments world and helps businesses best protect their transaction data.