Special Edition from MPE 2025 | Insights from Payments Leaders and Experts

In this special episode of “The Executives: A Dialogue with Majid,” recorded live at Merchant Payments Ecosystem (MPE) 2025 in Berlin, Majid, as an official media partner, gathers insights from leading figures in the payments, fintech, and merchant sectors. The episode explores cutting-edge trends shaping the future of payments, encompassing topics from open banking and payment orchestration to fraud prevention and AI-driven innovations

The episode features exclusive interviews with influential leaders:

• Ugnė Buračienė, Group CEO at Payabl., discusses key trends shaping the payments landscape and the transformative role of AI.
• David Birch, Global Ambassador at Consult Hyperion, shares his vision for the future of digital payments and the growing significance of stablecoins.
• Guy Houghton, Chief Revenue Officer at Tribe Payments, elaborates on simplifying payment infrastructure to enhance customer experiences.
• Nikhita Hyett, General Manager EMEA at Signifyd, provides insights into current trends in fraud and abuse prevention within e-commerce.
• Jürgen Brandt, VP of Business Development at Risk Ident, explains how real-time fraud detection is achieved using AI and device fingerprinting.
• Xi Ye, Global D2C Commercial Strategy Lead at Versuni, addresses the unique payment challenges faced by direct-to-consumer businesses and the integration of AI in their strategies.

The episode synthesizes these discussions into key takeaways, covering the future of financial innovation, strategies for maximizing revenue and streamlining payment processes, combatting fraud and ensuring cybersecurity, leveraging AI to balance fraud detection with customer experience, commercial strategies, global payment trends, and building business resilience and scalability within the evolving payment ecosystem.