The AFT podcast: At the Forefront of Transactions | Payments | Fintech | Pay-tech | Banking

The AFT podcast is focused on explaining the operations of payments ecosystems in the US. Each episode will bring deep insights into selected topic, no fluff. Do you know how credit cards work? How banks settle obligations between each other? What messaging protocols are used for what payment rails? How the tap to pay works? How funds get disbursed by government agencies?You'll learn about topics in the payment space that you didn't even know existed. If you are in the fintech/payments space or just a curious mind - hop on!

The AFT podcast: At the Forefront of Transactions | Payments | Fintech | Pay-tech | Banking is a business podcast hosted by Konstantin Dubovitskiy, with 355 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Konstantin Dubovitskiy hosts The AFT podcast: At the Forefront of Transactions | Payments | Fintech | Pay-tech | Banking, a business show with 355 episodes published.

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  Prepaid card issuing

  Jul 31, 202648 min

  In this episode I have interviewed not one, but TWO experts on card issuance. Mark Alexander - Head of Issuing at Moov Financial. Steve Kaufman - Lead Technical Analyst at Moov Financial. Here is my article that goes deep into card processing (not issuing) that you can find on Finextra: https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/30774/vip-base-ii-sms-dms-interchange-fee-assignment-interchange-downgrades-assessment-fees-and-m A great quote from Mark Alexander from the episode: “Amazon can deliver a package to your door faster than the US can settle money online” Disclaimer: this episode is intended for educational purposes only. Product capabilities and implementation details may change over time. For the most current information about Moov's products and services, please visit moov.io .

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  Infrastructure so reliable, our customers forget it exists - Joel Tosi on building payments tech.

  May 6, 202645 min

  Joel Tosi , the CTO at Moov Financial in this episode talks about the importance of building sustainable payments infrastructure, the future of PSPs, implications of being a tech-first PSP and more! Documentation MCP server (for AI to ingest): https://docs.moov.io/guides/developer-tools/mcp-ai/docs-mcp/ Follow our Substack: https://aftfinance.substack.com/

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  $1 Trillion in transactions: Notabene, a Swift for crypto solution with Pelle Braendgaard

  Apr 3, 202649 minS0

  <p>Pelle Braendgaard CEO of Notabene in this episode talks about their solution and how do communication protocols really look like.</p><p>Notabene allows crypto transactions to carry the information required by the regulators across the globe, making crypto more accessible for business use-cases.</p><p>Follow my substack with in-depth articles on payments infrastructure! https://aftfinance.substack.com/</p>

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  Direct TCH and Fed connection: connecting to the metal with Adam Shannon

  Mar 17, 202638 minS0

  <p>In this episode, Adam Shannon, a Founding Engineer at Moov Financial talks about direct integrations with The Clearing House and the Fed. What are the implications of such connections, how do they benefit the end user, improve the flow of funds and who should concern themselves with such connections.</p><p><br></p><p>Clarification regarding our comments about settlement delays: we talk about payment infrastructure at a high level in this episode, and some examples of settlement timing are simplified. Payments are still required to move through regulated financial institutions and sponsor banks.</p><p><br></p><p>...

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  PSP VS a Processor VS Core: covering the basics

  Feb 17, 202624 minS0

  <p>In this episode, I spoke with Johnny Moreland who covers the core topics that serve as the introduction to the 9-episode long in-depth dive into the payments ecosystem. We will heavily focus on Moov Financial as the case-study since it has accomplished a lot in this sector (like direct connections to Fed and TCH) and because I now work at Moov:)</p><p><br></p><p>Clarification: during this interview it was mentioned that Stripe doesn't connect directly to the card networks. This information is outdated and Stripe does, in fact, connect directly into all 4 major card networks in...

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