Welcome to PayPod, a show that explores the fast-changing world of payments and fintech. The show features interviews with leaders and entrepreneurs in the payments and fintech industries. Each episode, you’ll hear an interview directly with a leader of the payments industry. We talk with fintech entrepreneurs, security experts, mobile developers, eCommerce pros, and more... From credit card processing to bitcoin... from retail point of sale systems to cutting edge digital payments software… ...
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A weekly wrap of the “must-know” developments in Marketing, Media, Agency and Technology for leaders and emerging leaders in the industry. Veteran industry journalist and Mi3 Executive Editor Paul McIntyre talks each week with guest marketers who are in the know on what matters at the nexus of marketing, agencies, media and technology. Powered mostly by Human Intelligence (HI).
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The American Monetary Association is a non-profit venture funded by The Jason Hartman Foundation that is dedicated to educating people about the practical effects of monetary policy and government actions on inflation, deflation and freedom. Our goal is to help people prosper in the midst of uncertain economic times. The American Monetary Association believes that a new and innovative understanding of wealth, value, business and investment is necessary to thrive in the new reality of big gov ...
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Esoteric Assets and Rap Music with Parallaxes Capital's Andy Lee
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We get into the niche world of tax receivable agreements (TRAs) and esoteric assets with Andy Lee, founder of Parallaxes Capital. The discussion revolves around how Andy's innovative approach provides liquidity for corporate tax risk, helping businesses navigate complex tax landscapes. TRAs…
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A little alarming’: ACCC net widens in latest data products and services report to breaches, fines, enforcement and consumer ‘harm’ beyond privacy reform – ID hashing, location data, clean rooms face more ...
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It’s not sexy but like AI, it’s going to affect your job – and your company. Another salvo in the fast approaching privacy regime set for tabling in parliament in August was fired last week by the ACCC around how personal information is collected and used by data firms – Experian, Nielsen, Publicis-owned Epsilon and Woolworths-owned Quantium were a…
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Investing and Staying Sane in the Modern World with LevelFields' Andrew Einhorn
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We engage sit with Andrew Einhorn, CEO of LevelFields, to delve into the world of Event Proven Stock Trading. This groundbreaking approach leverages artificial intelligence to make high-level financial analysis accessible to everyday traders. By monitoring material events and market psychol…
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Advertisers Opt for News Corp Australia’s Budget-Matching Test to Demonstrate Outcomes Impact of Intent Connect Over Cookies
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News Corp’s first party tech build is now at point where the publisher will match spend from customers using its new platform and run it in parallel with a standard cookie-based approach to prove it delivers much bigger reach and more sales. Via a “privacy compliant” approach using its first party data and data matching via the likes of Google, Liv…
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Data Security and AI Regulation with ECI's Rich Itri
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We engage Rich Itri, the Chief Innovation Officer at ECI, to explore the evolution and future of financial technology. The conversation delves deep into the world of AI regulation by ECI solutions, providing listeners with an understanding of how secure, compliant AI solutions are becoming …
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'Focused completely on the wrong thing’: B2B marketing set for a ‘renaissance' if marketers, sales teams decouple from individual lead ‘obsession' to the buyer groups who influence a company purchase
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In most B2B businesses lead generation, or individual qualified "lead gen” more accurately, is at the core of business marketing - certainly for the tech sector. The merits of focusing on groups of buyers influential in a large corporate purchase over an individual executive is not new, but what is has a veteranB2B marketing analyst warning that al…
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Fraud, AI, and Pig Butchering with Sift's Armen Najarian
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We get into the evolving landscape of fraud prevention and cybersecurity with Armen Najarian, the Chief Marketing Officer of Sift. The conversation delves into Armen's unique career journey, from opening a coffee shop to becoming a key player in the tech world. They explore how Sift uses AI…
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CommBank, Westpac, Suncorp, McDonald’s and KFC show market how to crack women’s sport sponsorship as audiences climb, engagement outpoints men’s
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The likes of CommBank, Westpac, Suncorp, McDonald’s and KFC are showing the rest of the market how to do women’s sports beyond just slapping on a logo – and it’s paying off in spades, according to GroupM Chief Investment Officer Mel Hey and Foxtel Media Head of Sport NSW, Caitlin O’Meara. But while existing men’s code sponsors are migrating spend i…
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#76: IHS Towers - How the telecom infrastructure company is building and managing towers across Africa and beyond
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Overview: Today, we’re going to explore IHS Towers - the African telecommunications infrastructure company. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas: Telecom tower infrastructure context IHS Towers' early history Product & monetization strategy Competitive positioning & potential exit options Overall outlook This episode was recorded on M…
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Making Transaction Data Make Sense with Spade's Oban McTavish
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We get into the world of fintech innovations with Oban McTavish, co-founder and CEO of Spade, on how Card Transaction Data is being revolutionized. Oban McTavish shares his insights on the challenges and solutions related to making transaction robust data clearer and more meaningful. This d…
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Chartered Accountants, AFL, Menulog, recruiters back Australian Marketing Institute’s push for all marketing industry execs to pursue Certified Practising Marketer status; Mi3 alliance announced, professional ...
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This conversation is about getting marketers, agencies, media and tech to become more like chartered accountants – in a good way. That is, have letters after their name that mark them out to employers, peers and recruiters as the most horizontally skilled and relevant in the business – and be required to continue learning every year to keep them. W…
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The Rise of Alternative Payments by Tracy Prandi-Yuen with Boku
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We get into a journey to the evolving landscape of payment technologies with Tracy Prandi-Yuen, the Global VP at Boku. As fintech continues to advance, understanding the dynamics of various payment methods, especially in non-traditional markets, becomes essential. Tracy sheds light on the s…
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LiSTNR tech stack unlocks smarter behavioural targeting, new lookalikes and re-fires lapsed buyers and its data matching capabilities for brands
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‘Virtual professor’ Mark Ritson says advertisers should be allocating circa 11 per cent of media budgets to total audio. Problem is, the market’s not buying Ritson’s line. Audio’s dollar share is sitting just over half of that and static, despite broadcast audiences increasing 6 per cent since Covid and time spent on total audio surging 49 per cent…
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Logistics, Football, and Reluctant Entrepreneurship with Bulu's Paul Jarrett
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We engage Paul Jarrett, CEO and founder of Bulu, a company that's reshaping the landscape of fulfillment and subscription box services. From discussing the intriguing dynamics of college football to diving into the challenges and innovations of the subscription business model, this episode …
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CX disconnect: Banks, carmakers, telcos failing to join customer dots, ‘gaming’ NPS, measuring wrong outcomes, undermining martech investments – but uni’s nailing it
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The stampede by companies into CX, with massive associated investments into martech, specialists teams and organisational overhauls, is having little impact on customer experience scores – and big banks, telcos, and car brands are at best benchmarked as average, despite investing billions collectively. CSBA Managing Director, Paul van Veenendaal, h…
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Entrepreneurship, AI, and Learning from History with Finally Founder Felix Rodriguez
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We get into the innovative realm of Small Business Automation, with Felix Rodriguez, CEO of Finally, with a special focus on how technology is revolutionizing the way small and medium-sized businesses manage their financial processes. He shares his profound insights and experiences as a ser…
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Tourism NT rewires media strategy with partner Atomic 212°, overhauls martech in bid to see off rivals piling into still spending, but anxious, over 50s
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Tourism NT has always scored its biggest wins targeting the over 50s. Problem is, every other brand has twigged they’re the only one still spending. Cutting through is harder because other tourism bodies are going large on media to carve out their own slice. Plus, it’s already tricky for tourism operators to differentiate. Atomic 212°’s Asier Caraz…
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The Art of Serial Entrepreneurship and Fintech with Mike de Vere
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We get into the pressing issue of equitable credit access, a subject that impacts many facets of society. With Mike De Vere, CEO of Zest AI, we invent the intersection of technology, finance, and social justice. The conversation highlights how innovative machine learning tools can not only …
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Privacy and regulatory update: Banks, retailers, brands, loyalty operators, publishers face ‘substantial’ tightening on CX data, martech, adtech use as consumer groups wedge business lobby in Canberra ...
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There’s so much happening on the regulatory front it’s dizzying, so Mi3 called in the experts for an update - and it’s proven rather revealing: Despite intensive lobbying from loyalty scheme operators and beyond, Australia’s sweeping privacy law overhaul remains on course to land this year – with massive implications for just about every business. …
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The Past and Future of Web3, with Rockstar VC & Entrepreneur Sarah Biller
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We get into the transformative power of women in fintech for social change, with Sarah Biller, from Mass Fintech Hub, exploring how they leverage technology to reshape financial services and empower underserved communities. The discussion emphasizes the crucial role of women in fintech for …
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Retail media meets ‘mobility media’: Uber ads global chief says Australia powering as Uber Ride brand ads drive hard sales via Uber Eats app – but funnel collapse pushes ‘brand-formance’ trend to the fore ...
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Uber’s ads business is starting to scale and its New York-based boss Michael Akkerman says Australia – one of its best performing markets, with a rapidly growing sales operation – will see the next wave of new formats first. He’s touting retail media meets “mobility media” and a collapsed funnel “brand-formance” model - brand and performance market…
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Redefining Software Development for the User with Jamie Thomas
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We get into the realm of software user experience with Jamie Thomas, CEO of Cognito Forms. As technology advances, the importance of intuitive user interfaces and seamless interactions becomes paramount. Jamie shares his extensive insights on how optimizing software user experience can revo…
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Cognitive overload puts marketing effectiveness in free-fall: Influence – not influencers – emerging as marketers’ antidote but industry assumptions require total flip
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Marketing effectiveness is getting worse. Dan Krigstein, Director of think tank The Growth Distillery and Ogilvy Chief Strategy Officer and Innovation Lead, Toby Harrison, have spent the last six months working out why – and building a framework they are now bringing to market in a bid to reverse the effectiveness slump. Their findings literally fl…
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'Media ecologist' Jack Myers: No humans for 80% of media planning, buying by 2030; creative-media forced back together, brand-publisher clean rooms surge, programmatic and retailer media hit new turbulence ...
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Five years ago media ecologist Jack Myers made a prediction in the second ever edition of Mi3: By 2025 media would be largely automated and almost totally AI-informed and just a quarter of sales would remain with people and ideas. It happened faster than even he thought. Now Myers predicts that within 12-18 months max, most media planning will be e…
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Bringing Fairness to our Data Driven Financial World with Laura Kornhauser of Stratyfy
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We get into the vital topic of AI Transparency in Financial Inclusion with Laura Kornhauser, CEO and co-founder at Stratyfy, exploring how advancements in artificial intelligence are revolutionizing the financial sector by promoting fairness and accessibility. We uncover the mechanisms and …
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‘Not a paint by numbers solution’: David Droga joins Accenture Song’s global tech-creative posse to build NRMA Insurance’s ambition for a ‘world leading’ customer experience model; one brand team, one ...
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IAG Chief Customer & Marketing Officer Michelle Klein returned to Australia last May after more than a decade abroad and embarked on arguably one of the most ambitious – and interesting - corporate customer experience transformation programs in this market for a long time. Such was the complexity and need for top tech and creative talent across eve…
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A New Model for Hiring Tech Talent with Robert Gasser of Revature
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. we dive into the heart of Tech Talent Transformation, a revolutionary approach spearheaded by Revature to meet the evolving demands of the tech industry. Robert Gasser, Vice Chairman at Revature, shares invaluable insights on how their unique model not only addresses the skills gap but also…
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‘30-40% more efficient than paid media’: Mastercard’s top APAC marketer on owned media’s revenue power; Sonder predicts banks about to show retail media how it’s done
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Julie Nestor was one of the earliest Australian marketers to leverage owned media at scale, first at Optus and American Express and now – via Hilton Hotels and eBay – at Mastercard. The APAC marketing chief says owned media helped Optus get beyond mobile and into broader media and communications – and moved the needle for Amex, both in bringing on …
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Mergers, Acquisitions, and the Overall Fintech Market with Aman Behzad of Royal Park Partners
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We invent the rapidly evolving world of Open Banking and Financial Management, with Aman Behzad, founder and managing partner at Royal Park Partners. As fintech continues to evolve, Open Banking has emerged as a pivotal force, driving innovation and accessibility in wealth management practi…
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471: From Boom to Bust- Understanding Market Cycles and Investment Opportunities with Mark Moss
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Jason and Mark Moss delve into the media landscape’s sensationalism and fear-mongering, particularly in financial spaces. Moss criticizes analysts like Harry Dent, noting their linear thinking and failure to account for the changing dynamics post-2008 crisis. Moss predicts continued government intervention to prop up markets, leading to prolonged d…
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Next wave: Everything marketers need to know about the streaming-TV-online video shake-out – audience forecasts, advertising shifts, where next: Ampere Analysis
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Marketers and media companies had just about got to grips with audience fragmentation brought about by social media and online video. Now the next big wave is coming fast from global streamers piling into TV’s heartland with ad plays because their subscriber growth has maxed out. They’re targeting the young with localised reality shows, comedy and …
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Democratizing Real Estate Through Fintech Innovation with Andrew Borovsky of Rent App
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We embark on a journey into the transformative world of Rent Payment Technology with Andrew Borovsky, CEO at Visible, exploring its significant impact on the real estate sector. As the industry evolves, this technology stands at the forefront, reshaping how payments are processed, enhancing…
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470: Speed of Trust- Transforming Transactions into Relationships with Stephen M.R. Covey
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Jason welcomes Stephen M.R. Covey as they discuss his book "The Speed of Trust." In business, cultivating trust is key for successful deals and relationships. The principle of "win-win or no deal" emphasizes fair collaboration, where both parties benefit. Trust fosters enduring relationships, enabling faster, more efficient cooperation. Smart trust…
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Meta v media: Bosses from News Corp, Nine Publishing, Private Media, Capital Brief and ex-Coalition Minister Paul Fletcher unpack what’s next on Meta pulling news feeds - and Facebook and Instagram entirely ...
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Meta’s News Media Bargaining Code rug-pull lit up the media sector and has government, regulatory and lobbyist wheels spinning – some would say belatedly, given all the warning signals. Circa $70m in publisher cash - some argue it could be $100m - from Meta will no longer be on the table later this year, leaving Google the only game in town for a n…
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Funding the Next Wave of Fintech Solutions with Alex Harris of Fiat Ventures
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Episode Topic: Welcome to an insightful episode of PayPod. We invent the transformative world of InsurTech Ventures with Alex Harris of Fiat Ventures. We uncover how they are reshaping the landscape of the insurance industry through innovative technology and strategic investments. Our discussion navigates through the latest trends, challenges, and …
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