James Lloyd LinkedIn Posts

Great to catch up with Rajesh Mehta for the first time since leaving Asia (and Citi).

I was fortunate to work under Rajesh in

As a former fintech / payments transaction advisor I have followed this story with great interest; and would not be as certain that

Having helped structure a number of co-brand credit cards in my day I can relate to the fact that forecasting is both art

Better to facilitate banks than to be a bank; not least from a coverage (and valuation) perspective.

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“[T]his solution will enable us to bring

Necessary conditions for, inter alia, a rollout of the Digital Euro…

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“Regulators had accepted a number of measures that Apple had committed to

“With Toast and Shift4 now active in the UK, Global Payments will need to move fast to transform Takepayments into a software-led sales

“Open Banking” data sharing in the wild: Tink (owned by Visa) via Adyen for Ticketmaster 🇮🇪

I think this might be the first instance

Striking that SumUp opted to partner with Adyen - as opposed to a traditional transaction bank - for this accelerated settlements / payouts

“The Payment & Clearing Association of China… proposed trimming the fee to 1.5% from 2-3%… The negotiations are ongoing and the fee cut

Hiring the first (founding) members of JUSPAY’s international go-to-market (strategy and sales) team, with a particular focus on European expansion.

Location: Dublin

This is

Just got declined for a webinar (on ‘payment optimisation’) because it was full 😅

Let’s learn to operate at scale, people!

Although, having registered ten

It was published in the Sunday Times a few weeks ago - at which time a litany of people messaged to suggest that

Getting the gang back together at #GFF2024:

* Sameer - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
* Naman - Citi [congrats on the launch!]
* Vineesh - CheQ

New CTOs installed at Adyen, Stripe, and Shopify this week - and it’s only Wednesday!

🇮🇳 🤝 🇮🇪

Great to reconnect with some HK fintech friends - including Syed Musheer Ahmed, Douglas Arner, and - the most enthusiastic payments leader of

Looking forward to speaking, alongside clients and colleagues, at the Payments Leaders' Summit in Amsterdam, Sept 23-24.

Who's going?
 
Attendance is complimentary, but

A look-back to our session on global payments innovation at last week’s Global Fintech Fest. Thanks again to my all-star panel:

* Mridula Iyer

Thanks to my old Asia-to-Ireland pal Stephen Breen for an invite to this evening’s ‘End of Season Annual Pursuit Race’

I can confirm that

We recently had a chance to explore Sceilig Mhór (alongside Sceilig Bheag), in County Kerry, southwest Ireland.

Best known for its Gaelic monastery, founded