About this episode

Simon Taylor discusses the role of stablecoins in payments and challenges the narrative that they will replace card networks.

Will stablecoins replace cards — or is that narrative missing how payments actually work? In this episode, Reggie Young sits down with Simon Taylor, founder of Fintech Brainfood and Head of Market Development at Tempo, to unpack one of the most debated topics in fintech: agentic commerce. Simon challenges the idea that stablecoins will displace card networks, explaining why cards don’t move money, how stablecoins actually fit into the stack, and why virtual cards may be the first real payment...

People in this episode

Host: Reggie Young

Guest: Simon Taylor

Topics covered

• stablecoins
• agentic commerce
• payments
• card networks
• fintech

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fintech Brainfood, Tempo

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