Payments Strategy Show

About Payments Strategy Show

When vertical SaaS platforms hear about the success of companies like Toast or Shopify at monetizing payments, it’s tempting to think they can just integrate payments and double their revenue overnight. The reality is a bit more complex, and a lot of SaaS companies miss out on the full revenue potential because their payments product, positioning, or pricing is a little off. Seemingly insignificant details of the payments implementation and go-to-market strategy can have a disproportionate impact on the financial success of a payments offering. Join host Joshua Silver in conversations with SaaS leaders, investors, and industry experts to illuminate the details that actually move the needle – so you can optimize your payments offering for maximum adoption, revenue, and enterprise value. New episodes biweekly on Tuesdays!

Publisher

Rainforest

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Feb 2025

Latest episode

15 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

47 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Sept 2026

   How Tap to Phone is accelerating the shift to digital acceptance with Mastercard's Sukhmani Dev

   Tap to Phone has been technically possible for years. So why is adoption only now taking off? The answer has less to do with the technology itself and more to do with ecosystem maturity, merchant demand, and the power of industry cooperation. For vertical SaaS platforms, the opportunity is significant. But only for those who understand where Tap to Phone actually fits in their workflow and commerce strategy. In this episode, Sukhmani Dev, Head of Digital and Acceptance Products at...

2. 

   2 Sept 2026

   The hidden costs of going global in payments with Rainforest’s Aaron Steinberg & Max Jewell

   Expanding payments beyond borders sounds like the next logical step after you’ve scaled in the US market. But for most vertical SaaS platforms, it's more complicated. And way more costly than it actually appears. The unit economics that make embedded payments so powerful in the US don't automatically transfer to international markets. Interchange structures are different. Banking infrastructure varies by country. And the "easy button" of a single global processor often comes with hidden trade...

3. 

   11 Aug 2026

   Cash flow, ACH & embedded payments in field services with Adam Holden

   In field services, cash flow isn't just a metric. It's the driving force of the business. For AV integrators and custom installers, payments can be complex. Large ticket sizes, progress-based billing, recurring service contracts, and a heavy preference for ACH make the payments needs of this vertical unlike almost any other. Getting it right means understanding how your customers run their businesses. And then building payments around that, not around just a generic playbook. In this ep...

Who has been a guest on Payments Strategy Show

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Daniel Simon
• Savannah Krieg
• Pamela Draper
• Chris Shaw
• Itai Damti

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

40

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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