New Payment Trends Reshaping the Industry

About this episode

James Shepherd discusses the latest payment trends including digital wallets, cryptocurrency acceptance, and cross-border payment frameworks.

In this episode of the Merchant Sales Podcast, James Shepherd explores some of the biggest developments shaping the payments landscape today. He discusses the rapid growth of digital wallets like Apple Pay, increasing merchant acceptance of cryptocurrency, and new payment frameworks emerging for cross-border transactions. He also highlights an important reality in payments: technology may evolve quickly, but consumer adoption often takes much longer. The episode also features Patti Murphy’s Today in Payments segment, covering key industry updates including mobile wallet usage trends, crypto adoption among merchants, new cross-border payment initiatives from SWIFT, and Elon Musk’s plans for the upcoming X Money financial super app.

People in this episode

Hosts: James Shepherd, Patti Murphy

Topics covered

• payment trends
• digital wallets
• cryptocurrency
• cross-border transactions
• consumer adoption
• mobile wallet usage
• financial technology

Keywords

• payment trends
• digital wallets
• cryptocurrency
• cross-border transactions
• mobile wallet
• consumer adoption
• financial technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple Pay, SWIFT, X Money, cryptocurrency

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