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Going Boldly – The 2025 Top 5 in Payments and the Dark Mirror: Bold Predictions…
Season 2 | Episode #4
Summary: Going Boldly – The 2025 Top 5 in Payments and the Dark Mirror: Bold Predictions That Virtually No Banking Professional Will Say Out Loud w/ Alan Koenigsberg

Summary: Going Boldly – The 2025 Top 5 in Payments and the Dark Mirror: Bold Predictions That Virtually No Banking Professional Will Say Out Loud w/ Alan Koenigsberg

Season 2 | Episode #4 | Going Boldly – The 2025 Top 5 in Payments and the Dark Mirror: Bold Predictions That Virtually No Banking Professional Will Say Out Loud w/ Alan Koenigsberg
Season 2 | Episode #4 | Going Boldly – The 2025 Top 5 in Payments and the Dark Mirror: Bold Predictions That Virtually No Banking Professional Will Say Out Loud w/ Alan Koenigsberg

Embedded Finance and the
Great Supply Chain Reset
August 20, 2024
Summary: Embedded Finance and the Great Supply Chain Reset

Summary: Embedded Finance and the Great Supply Chain Reset


Small Businesses Are
Ready to Embrace BNPL
Need to Know • August 19, 2024
Summary: Small Businesses Are Ready to Embrace BNPL

Summary: Small Businesses Are Ready to Embrace BNPL


Embedded Finance is Key to
B2B Commerce Evolution
What’s Next in Payments • July 18, 2024
Summary: Embedded Finance is Key to B2B Commerce Evolution

Summary: Embedded Finance is Key to B2B Commerce Evolution


Enhancing User Experience
with Embedded Payments
What’s Next In Payments • July 17, 2024
From PYMNTS Media
From PYMNTS Media

Meet the 2006 Payments Startup
That Took ACH Payments Global
Fireside Chat • May 1, 2024
Summary: Meet the 2006 Payments Startup That Took ACH Payments Global

Koenigsberg emphasizes that IPF’s key innovation was bridging national payment systems using ISO 20022 standards rather than replacing them. “I recall a very extensive live-mapping exercise… literally like physical post-it notes paper all over the walls,” he says, describing the painstaking work behind the IPFA’s enduring infrastructure.
This bridge, which remains in use today, allowed banks of all sizes to manage their clients’ payments directly, rather than outsourcing them. “It democratized the way payments are made,” Koenigsberg notes. IPFA’s work also facilitated real-time cross-border payments in the Southern African Development Community and improved transactions between the U.S. and Europe.
Visa’s acquisition of Earthport in 2019 was a continuation of this vision, integrating it with Visa’s broader international strategy, alongside later acquisitions of YellowPepper and Currencycloud. The legacy of IPFA, which formally disbanded in 2023 with “mission accomplished,” lives on in today’s global payments ecosystem.
Summary: Meet the 2006 Payments Startup That Took ACH Payments Global

Koenigsberg emphasizes that IPF’s key innovation was bridging national payment systems using ISO 20022 standards rather than replacing them. “I recall a very extensive live-mapping exercise… literally like physical post-it notes paper all over the walls,” he says, describing the painstaking work behind the IPFA’s enduring infrastructure.
This bridge, which remains in use today, allowed banks of all sizes to manage their clients’ payments directly, rather than outsourcing them. “It democratized the way payments are made,” Koenigsberg notes. IPFA’s work also facilitated real-time cross-border payments in the Southern African Development Community and improved transactions between the U.S. and Europe.
Visa’s acquisition of Earthport in 2019 was a continuation of this vision, integrating it with Visa’s broader international strategy, alongside later acquisitions of YellowPepper and Currencycloud. The legacy of IPFA, which formally disbanded in 2023 with “mission accomplished,” lives on in today’s global payments ecosystem.

Global Money Movement, AI, Embedded Finance, and…
Season 1 • Episode 14