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In this episode, Bart joins Pete to discuss his first time at Payroll Congress and the release of his new book, 'The Payrollmind: How to Build Influence and Make an Impact as a Global Payroll Professional.' Bart and Pete talk about what he learned along the way, how the role of payroll and its leaders are changing, and why 'influence' will be a key skill in the future of payroll!

In this episode, Fidelma shares her insights from the front lines of global payroll transformation. She discusses the rich value of payroll data and insights, how payroll impacts business strategy, and why technology will unlock the growing ROI and strategic value of payroll.

In this episode, we welcome Samantha back to Payroll Congress and The Source to celebrate the payroll profession and industry! She shares insights into what has changed since last year in financial wellness, digital payments and money movement and how each is shaping the employee experience and driving improved business outcomes.

Jen Cozier, CPP, is the VP of Payroll Product Management at Workday. In this episode, Jen and Pete share their POVs from the 42nd annual Payroll Congress, including how the payroll profession and role have evolved, and the past, present, and future of payroll innovation!

Geoff Brown is the Founder and CEO of Highline Technologies, an API-driven employee financial wellness solution enabling bill payments and access to credit facilities through paychecks. In this episode, Geoff discusses the financial wellness challenges facing employers, recent legislation shaping the banking industry, and how the convergence of digital technology, open banking, and API's are rapidly changing how employees and consumers engage money.

Brian Muse-McKenney is the Chief Revenue Officer of Episode Six (also known as E6). In this episode, Brian shares details of their new product Business Now, Pay Later.

Maggie O'Toole is SVP of Client Success at TabaPay, a leading real-time payment processor moving $1.2M in transactions daily for fintech companies. In this episode, Maggie shares her insights into the future of money movement, its intersection with technology in the modern pay experience, and the potential for improved money access to enable greater equity and opportunity for all.

Elena Whisler is the Chief Client Officer for The Clearing House, a banking association and payments company. In this episode, Elena discusses the new speed of payments to help support the needs of the American workforce/consumer.

Phil Goldfeder is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Fintech Council. In this episode, Phil shares his thoughts on government regulation in the EWA space.

Anthony Peculic is Head of Cards and BaaS on the Fintech Banking team at Cross River. In this episode, Anthony discusses how technology in the payment industry fueling financial inclusion.

Sarah Levy is the Chief Executive Officer for Betterment, a financial investment platform. In this episode, Sarah shares how Betterment is playing a critical role in an employee's path to financial wellness.

Patrick Williams currently leads Visa's Global & North America Fintech Partnerships organization. In this episode, Patrick discusses how Visa Direct is changing the way employees get paid. Disclaimers: Visa Direct capability enabled through a financial institution partner. Visa Direct product availability and functionality varies by market. Visa Direct for Card actual fund availability depends on receiving financial institution and region. Visa Direct cross-border availability varies by market. Please refer to your Visa representative for more information on availability. Visa Direct clients and participants should always consult and seek approval from their internal compliance teams on sanctions screening controls and processes, and are solely responsible for their own compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Optional compliance controls and risk management tools and services are provided solely for the convenience of the Visa Direct clients and participants, and Visa makes no warranties with respect to them or their results. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent. Use cases are for illustrative purposes only. Program providers are responsible for their programs and compliance with any applicable laws and regulations. Visa neither makes any warranty or representation as to the completeness or accuracy of the information within this podcast, nor assumes any liability or responsibility that may result from reliance on such information and any information from third parties. The information contained in this podcast is not intended as investment or legal advice, and listeners are encouraged to seek the advice of a competent professional where such advice is required. All brand names, logos and/or trademarks are the property of their respective owners, and do not necessarily imply product endorsement or affiliation with Visa.

A revealing conversation with veteran payroll professional Dawn Taylor who shares the importance of prioritizing the 'employee voice' in everything you do.

One of the country's senior payroll experts, Danny Schultz, Senior Manager, Payroll, Systems, and Taxes at Kohler shares his insight into the future of payroll and how earned wage access speaks to changes in consumer behaviors. And why it's now "a good people thing to do."

An exclusive, inside look at the new innovative payment platform, Wisely by ADP, featuring Samantha Shepherd, Director, ADP's Area Product Leader. Shepherd shares her unique perspective in the payments space and how Wisely by ADP provides workers with a secure, digital account that helps them access their money, spend, plan and save with fewer fees and headaches.

Aramark's Vice President for Digital Experience and Creator of Emerge, Peter Czimbak, joined the Source by DailyPay at the booth during NRF to talk about on-demand pay and how it helps workers to curate their careers, as well as improve the customer experience, among other things. Nearly a year and a half after kicking off the program, Czimback discusses the implementation process as compared with other benefit programs.

Co-founder and CEO of TaTio, Maya Huber, joins the Source by DailyPay at NRF to explain how her company helps employers consider already-qualified individuals through a special retail candidate platform that analyzes a candidate's skills via 150 data points. TaTio's mission is to engage the hidden talent pool and match applicants with those retailers in need of the right employees.

Aramark Vice President, Benefits, James Startare sat down with the Source by DailyPay to talk about Aramark's use of on-demand pay, also called earned wage access, and how it checks the right boxes for a benefit offering. It positively impacts employees while, at the same time, adds value to the company and its operations, he said.

The CEO and co-founder of Kepler Analytics, David Mah, joined the Source by DailyPay to discuss his company's high-tech in-store customer-tracking program that relies on mobile phone signals from shoppers. While no personal information is collected, the tracking gives retailers insight into customer behavior while on-site, and even will make recommendations to store management in near real-time about potential staffing needs, for example.

FindMine CEO Michelle Bacharach stopped by the DailyPay booth to discuss her company's efforts to provide retailers and consumers with "inspirational, shoppable content" through algorithms and artificial intelligence. The applications apply both to in-store experiences as well as ecommerce sites to help reveal new, relatable products that can enhance consumer lives.

Sender Shamiss, the CEO of goTRG, joins the Source by DailyPay to talk about reducing the pain, cost, and waste associated with returns of retail goods. Solving the return equation is complex, and his company helps retailers determine the best path to take for the business and the consumer, by item, all while considering environmental impacts.

The Source by DailyPay interviews Patrick Herron, vice president of Strategic Partnerships at Infobip, as he discusses his company's cloud communication platform that serves to engage retail customers on many levels. It leverages digital marketplace applications to help brands and other platforms engage with end-users through software enablement.

It was the biggest fintech convention of 2022, and the Source by DailyPay was on the scene, talking with industry's top leaders, visionaries, and insiders. This is the best of 19 interviews done in the media room, featuring (in order of appearance): Hal Bienstock , Alexandre Lazarow, Keith Vander Leest, Elena Whisler, Greg Myers, Diarmuid Thoma, Anastasia Shvechkova, Tom Thimot, John Lunn, Sih Lee, Ben Gleisner, Allison MacLeod, Tee Pruitt, Aaron McCreary, Gabriel Le Roux, Bruno Sousa, Bobby Zagotta, Sam Levy, Brian McFadden, and Brian Tate

Hear as Sumsub's Head of Business Development, Anastasia Shvechkova, discusses know-your-customer authentication protocols in the media room at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas with Source by DailyPay host Mike Baer. Her business serves as a bridge between business-to-business clients and their users, and can scale for those in fintech, trading, crypto, and gambling, as well as so-called gig work platforms, to fight fraud.

Brian McFadden, President and CEO of Cryptyde, whose company is focused on bringing consumer-facing businesses into the Web3 environment, sat down with Source by DailyPay host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas to discuss how Cryptyde is set up to help millions of online sellers with inventory issues and financing using smart contracts. His company recently had a major acquisition that he says will help with scaling the business and anticipates overcoming hurdles to also provide services to consumers.

Innovative Payments Association President and CEO, Brian Tate, has a message for all those in fintech payments: Compliance needs to be part of your business model. Tate sat down with Source by DailyPay host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas to share how the IPA advocates for innovative payment solutions with legislative and regulatory bodies, the challenges fintech's are facing in the changing payments environment, and how the earned wage access industry has a good story to tell.

Hear Founding Partner and Head of New Markets at Hashdex, Bruno Sousa, explain how his crypto asset management firm works to aid investors in the volatile environment of crypto-currency exchanges. Speaking in the Money 20/20 media room to host Mike Baer on the Source by DailyPay podcast, Sousa discussed how the role of crypto is changing, and how the development of trust, management of private keys, and ensuring compliance are critical to having an investment environment in place that can unlock global growth.

Greg Myers, host of nearly 200 Leaders in Payments podcasts, joins Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 on the Source by DailyPay to discuss Greg's journey to this point, how his keep-it-simple approach has allowed his program to gain traction in the fintech community, how banks and fintechs realize they need each other, fintech's reach into business-to-business and business-to-consumer solutions, and the adjustments being made in light of the new economic environment.

Former television news writer and producer, Hal Bienstock, now a managing director at the marketing and communications firm Prosek Partners, joined Source by DailyPay podcast host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas to talk about the focus he has on the financial technology community, his observations about the changes that have occurred to include more financial inclusion, how press coverage of developments in fintech has evolved, and the near future for firms in this space.

John Lunn, CEO of Gr4vy, a payments organization platform, sat down with Source by DailyPay podcast host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 to talk about his company's value proposition, the market served, differentiators, and near term growth prospects. Retailers offering a variety of payment options need them organized so they don't need massive payment teams internally to manage them, he said, and Gr4vy's platform allows for this and scaling at the enterprise level.

Join Cross River's Head of Payments, Keith Vander Leest, as he sat with Source by DailyPay host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 to talk about Cross River's exclusive work with financial technology firms, their focus on faster and faster money movement, and how they are working with partners to reduce the payment friction for businesses and consumers.

Drake Star Partner Sam Levy joined Source by DailyPay podcast host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas to discuss why financial technology firm valuations have come down, the importance of lifetime customer values, the areas of fintech most impacted, and what the near future looks for investing in fintech firms.

The use of biometrics and new human-factor authentication measures is the focus of authID CEO Tom Thimot's discussion on the Source by DailyPay with host Mike Baer, recorded in the media room at the Money 20/20 event in Las Vegas. Making sure the person trying to access information is who they say they are is becoming more challenging, but overcoming that using a portable pass-key tied to biometric information in the cloud is a device-agnostic way of resolving that growing dilemma, according to Thimot.

Listen as Tee Pruitt, Doconomy's head of Business Financial Services, and the company's Director of Business Development (North America), Aaron McCreary, joined Source by DailyPay podcast host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 to talk about investing in new measures to help tackle climate change. Working with financial institutions, Doconomy estimates the carbon footprint of transactions, as well as water used, and customers can then have a line-of-sight into the environmental cost of their purchases.

One nexus between climate change and banking is the ability to help customers measure their carbon footprints based on spending. According to Cogo founder Ben Gleisner, who sat down with Source by DailyPay host Mike Baer at Money 20/20, his firm measures the carbon footprint for individual purchases of goods and services, and banks can use that information to show customers the environmental impact of that spending. A desired outcome is to have individuals develop carbon footprint budgets, Gleisner said.

Synchrony's Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Integration, Sih Lee, joined Source by DailyPay host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 to discuss Synchrony's value proposition, the markets they serve, and how they differentiate from others in the credit product application business. The variety of products helps merchants convert sales and develops more customer engagement points, he said.

Listen as AtData's Head of Fraud and Data Strategy, Diarmuid Thoma, shares insights on combatting Fintech fraud with Source by DailyPay host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20. Through processing billions of emails a month, his company has developed "predictive capabilities" and provides risk-scoring features to clients and identifies changes to emails by fraudsters. Applications help vet onboarding, new account creation, know-your-customer, and other transactions.

Listen as Elena Whisler, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing, at The Clearing House Association, joined Source by DailyPay podcast host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 to describe how the banking association and payments company impacts the economy to the tune of $2 trillion processed a day. Whisler discussed payments advocacy work to improve the payment landscape, the impact of current economic challenges, and how on-demand pay or earned wage access adds to the "multiplier effect" that enables businesses to get payments more consistently.

Flywire's Chief Marketing Officer, Allison MacLeod, joined Mike Baer, host of the Source by DailyPay podcast in the media room of Money 20/20 to briefly discuss Flywire's global payment and enablement programs. She explained Flywire's value proposition, what sets this group apart from others, and how the company plans on continuing flexible cross-border payment options for the coming years.

Bobby Zagotta, chief commercial officer of the crypto currency exchange Bitstamp, sat with Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 and discussed how his business is addressing the current "crypto winter," the effort to educate those in or interested in the marketplace, and working with existing bank models to help them offer crypto exchange options.

Primer Co-Founder Gabriel La Roux stopped by the media room at the Money 20/20 event to chat with Mike Baer about end-to-end payment flow applications his company has developed. Streamlined integration of a multitude of payment and commerce services is what La Roux's company offers businesses across the spectrum. They have primarily a usage-based model, according to La Roux. He discusses Primer's unique approach to payments and the future of these kinds of applications.

Author of the book "Out-Innovate" and global venture capitalist Alex Lazarow joins Source by DailyPay podcast host Mike Baer in the media room at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas for a brief chat about innovation, especially business model innovation, and how innovation has become geographically agnostic. He talks as well about the shift in the environment for investment in financial technology companies, and what he sees as trends for the future.

(Audio Only) It was the biggest week of 2022 for payroll and the Source was on the scene. Join Michael Baer, CPP, the host of the Source by DailyPay, at the DailyPay booth during the 40th Annual American Payroll Association Congress. He talked with several luminaries of the payroll industry to get their impressions on the latest trends, how they weathered the pandemic, how they feel about getting together again the first time in three years, and how payroll has changed. Those interviewed include: Fred Basehore, CPP, Guidehouse Dee Byrd, CPP, Clear Course Linda Dailey, CPP, Booz Allen Hamilton Levi Meeske, CPP, Sage Software Michael Schoelles, CPP Bright Horizons Christine Stolpe, CPP, Consultant Pete Tiliakos, Alight Denene Thompson, CPP, Premera Blue Cross Jazlyn Williams, Bloomberg Industry Group

It was the biggest week of 2022 for payroll and the Source is on the scene. Join Michael Baer, CPP, the host of the Source by DailyPay, at the DailyPay booth during the 40th Annual American Payroll Association Congress. He talked with several luminaries of the payroll industry to get their impressions on the latest trends, how they weathered the pandemic, how they feel about getting together again the first time in three years, and how payroll has changed. Those interviewed include: Fred Basehore, CPP, Guidehouse Dee Byrd, CPP, Clear Course Linda Dailey, CPP, Booz Allen Hamilton Levi Meeske, CPP, Sage Software Michael Schoelles, CPP Bright Horizons Christine Stolpe, CPP, Consultant Pete Tiliakos, Alight Denene Thompson, CPP, Premera Blue Cross Jazlyn Williams, Bloomberg Industry Group

New ways to pay workers have taken the economy and payroll operations by storm. Payroll has naturally been skeptical of the approaches used to provide pay to workers on-demand, with concerns raised about how it works, compliance exposure and the well-being of their employees. Listen as two award-winning payroll professionals who have implemented on-demand pay, also known as earned wage access, discuss these issues and how DailyPay's solution improved their operations.

In the past 15 years, the evolution of payments and the technology behind these transactions has transformed not just how we do business, but how we live our day-to-day lives. Hear Brian Tate, the CEO of the Innovative Payments Association, as he shares his unique perspective on how new payment applications have a history of being both disruptive and a force for good, the regulatory issues surrounding these advancements, and the efforts to break down barriers in development.

Many who analyze HR and Payroll technology come away amazed with the advances in capabilities. For enterprise software industry analyst Brian Sommer, while these new tools show promise, there remain major shortcomings in the applications that force employers to develop expensive workarounds. In this Source by DailyPay podcast, Sommer covers, among other things, the danger of mismanaging new software, the pitfalls of poor customer service, and the problem with leadership succession in technology companies.

Many who analyze HR and Payroll technology come away amazed with the advances in capabilities. For enterprise software industry analyst Brian Sommer, while these new tools show promise, there remain major shortcomings in the applications that force employers to develop expensive workarounds. In this Source by DailyPay podcast, Sommer covers, among other things, the danger of mismanaging new software, the pitfalls of poor customer service, and the problem with leadership succession in technology companies.

As employers address the challenges associated with the changed employment landscape, many are adopting advanced payment technology to better the payroll, and overall employee experiences. On this episode of the Source by DailyPay, ADP Vice President George Mavrantzas discusses what impact these new approaches are having and what's next in the near future.

If managing employee data has become more of a science, then NelsonHall's Pete Tiliakos is a scientist who specializes in analyzing the growing number of technological resources available for all facets of payroll and human capital management. His role is to help us understand the impact that new and different tools and resources have on successful employee management experiences. On The Source by DailyPay, Pete discusses how we got to where we are now in terms of systems and their usefulness, and talks a lot about the near future of employee data management.