About this podcast
Payments are one of things that we do every day - they just happen, really they are just like magic!!!! But we don't wake up and think today I want to make a payment - we just want to pay a bill or buy a coffee but payments make them happen.
Paradoxically we both know more about them than we think and yet at the same time very little about what they are and how they work.
I have spent a lot of time in our industry doing education and training sessions on Payments and I kinda thought it would be useful to record it. So, here we go.... In Bitesize Payments I try and explain the History of Payments, how they work and who does what. Also who get paid for what....that might surprise you!
Anyway hopefully in less than 20 mins, week after week you can become a payment experts....... or at the very least someone who can ask the tough questions :-)
Please let me have your feedback, input or question at [email protected]
Thanks for listening.......
Episodes
The newest 20 of 40 episodes
- Identity, Privacy, and Surveillance · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 6The expanded Substack essay is here https://bitesizepayments.substack.com/p/identity-privacy-and-surveillance Orwell said privacy would be taken. Huxley said we'd hand it over…
- The New Settlement Reality · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 6Welcome back to Bitesize Payments: Digital. I’m Paul Thomalla. There is an extended version of this on my Substack channel here. Last time we talked about programmable money —…
- Programmable Value · 19 min · Season 2 Episode 5Welcome to Bitesize Payments: Digital. I’m Paul Thomalla. The expanded Substack version is here :- https://bitesizepayments.substack.com/p/programmable-value Imagine a banknote…
- When Scarcity Isn’t the Constraint · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 4Welcome to Bitesize Payments: Digital. I’m Paul Thomalla. You use money every day. You work for it. You worry about it. You plan your life around whether you have enough of it…
- The Physical-to-Digital Break · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 2There is also an expanded read here on my Substack channel here Remember the Gringotts scene in Harry Potter? Those carts racing through underground tunnels, goblins moving gold…
- Introduction to Bitesize Payments: Digital · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 1There is an extended version of this on my substack channel here https://bitesizepayments.substack.com/publish/post/191148138?r=5zpu1m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome…
- The Sovereignty Container Breaks · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 3Welcome back to Bitesize Payments Digital. The expanded Substack version is here: https://bitesizepayments.substack.com/p/the-sovereignty-container-breaks Today I’m going to…
- Wrapping Up Series 1: Why I Started Bitesize Payments — and What Comes Next · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 31After more than 30 episodes, I wanted to take a moment to reflect. This isn’t a deep dive into real-time payments, standards, or compliance. This episode is about why Bitesize…
- Sovereignty (and Payments) · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 30In this episode of Bitesize Payments, we zoom out from the usual rails and rules of payments to explore a much bigger force shaping the industry: sovereignty. From the ancient…
- Compliance, KYC, and All That Stuff · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 29Welcome back to Bite-Size Payments, where we dive into their history, how they work, and, of course, who does what. Today, we’re tackling compliance—yes, that lovely, complex…
- Cross border Payments · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 28Welcome to Bitesize Payments where we discuss their history how they work and of course who does what. In today’s episode, we’ll unravel the fascinating world of Cross-Border…
- Fintechs - the disruptors · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 28Welcome back to Bitesize Payments where we discuss their history, how they work and of course who does what…. Today we are looking at key stakeholder in payments, fintech's… The…
- The rise of Mobile Payments · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 27Welcome to Bitesize Payments, where we discuss their history, how they work and of course who does what… Today we are going to discuss mobile payments…. Remember when losing your…
- Gold - All that Glitters is not Gold · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 26Welcome back to bitesize Payments, where we explain their history, how they work and of course who does what. Today we’re diving into a topic that has fascinated civilizations…
- European Payment Systems from a US PoV · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 25Welcome back to Bitesize Payments. Where we discuss their history, how they work and who does what. Today we are going to do the reverse of the last podcast with Eric Grover – we…
- The US Payments System from a Europeans PoV · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 24Welcome back to Bitesize Payments where we look at their history, how they work and who does what. When we look at the payment systems of another region, they often seem…
- Banks - The invisible network · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 23Welcome back to bitesize payments where we discuss the history, how they work and who does what? Today we are going to discuss banks, what do they do? We have discussed a little…
- Clearings - Its groundhog day · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 22Welcome back to bitesize Payments were we discuss their history, how they work and of course who does what. In this episode we're discussing Clearings. Clearings what are they?…
- Fraud and Scams - The dark underbelly of Payments · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 21Welcome back to Bitesize Payments, in today's episode we dive into the murky waters of payment fraud and scams. From ancient swindlers to modern-day cybercriminals, we're…
- Corporates - the power house of Payments · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 20Welcome back to Bitesize Payments, in this episode we are going to discuss a Major Stakeholder that is not always discussed as much as they should have. As an example, when the…
