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Payments Unbound is a collaborative magazine from J.P. Morgan Payments and WIRED Consulting. Currently on its sixth volume, it contains key insights into the future of payments, from leading voices across industries.

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The future of payments is being written in code. As technology and finance become ever more intertwined, the builders creating the fast, frictionless and secure technologies powering payments are taking center stage. Explore the world they’re building in Volume 6 of Payments Unbound.

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Insights from industry leaders

See what some of the brightest minds in finance and technology have to say on the critical issues connected to payments.

How are fintechs improving security against fraud for account-to-account transactions?
"When it comes to improving protections, there is strong industry momentum at the moment. That’s bringing an enhanced framework to pay-by-bank, and Tink is excited to be one of the first members of this new solution.”

Ian Morrin 

Head of Payments and Platform at Tink

What impact could AR and VR have on the at-home entertainment experience?
“I think you can start to create really interesting experiences as you bring the physical to the digital and the digital to the physical. Integrating special computing with AI will allow our realities to merge, creating new immersive experiences that transform how we interact with the world.”

Ken Moore

Chief Innovation Officer at Mastercard

Where is e-commerce going from a currency perspective?
“Our view is, regardless of how a consumer chooses to hold money, whether it's fiat, whether it's stablecoins, whether it's a commoditized way of holding money, ultimately there has to be an interoperable layer where the exchange of whatever the form of stored value is needs to happen.”

Rubail Birwadker

Global Head of Growth at Visa

What are the biggest security risks in paytech today?
“Human identity verification is a significant payments security issue for which business leaders should be seeking developer solutions. As AI gets more and more sophisticated, the Turing test is now yesterday’s test.”

Chaitanya Varanasi

Advisory Solutions Consultant at MongoDB

What is your vision for the future of AI in financial services?
“In fields like financial services and payments, I believe AI will democratize access to data and insights, enabling everyone to have a personal banker, just as ride-share apps have made private drivers accessible to all.”

Richie Etwaru

Co-Founder and CEO at Mobeus

Is it ever really worth a business building their own payments solution?
“For any company considering building a paytech solution themselves, I’d ask, ‘What is the differentiated value you’re trying to add?’”

Adam Elbaz

General Manager, Consumer Banking, Bilt

What’s an under-appreciated consideration when integrating AI with payments?
“The question of ethical AI is an important consideration when we build and develop these products. ‘Ethical’ AI can mean many things. For Twilio, a vital element when integrating AI with payments is understanding where your data comes from, how it has been handled, and how it influences AI decision-making.”

Asha Chakrabarty

Vice President of Product, Builder Experiences, Twilio

What’s the biggest question facing payments today?
“How to ensure bad actors cannot wreak havoc on trusted systems as the industry’s speed of innovation continues to accelerate.”

Josh Proctor

Chief Financial Officer, Golden State Warriors

Exclusives from Volume 6

Now more than ever, it’s become essential for leaders to understand the digital capabilities powering payments and making it all possible. That’s why, in this issue, J.P. Morgan and WIRED focus on builders and their impact on the world of payments—from the entertainment industry and streaming services to the fast-growing field of open banking and more.

J.P. Morgan Payments feature

Show business

From interactive TV ads and pay-by-voice buying, to the complexities of handling money behind the scenes, entertainment companies are making payments the star of the show.

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WIRED feature

Where open banking goes next

With global momentum building, these are the big ideas set to change our financial lives.

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Exclusive interview

How payments ate the world

We asked the co-hosts of the wildly popular Acquired podcast for their exclusive take on how payments went from back-office function to corporate strategy essential.

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Spotlight

Tech and the city

New York City became the fintech world’s new hotspot. What’s behind the boom?

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Communities

Building the future of payments

We spoke to some of the most forward-thinking developers to hear their takes on four key paytech questions that are front of mind for business leaders.

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Other volumes

Volume 5: Game Changer

As new technology disrupts industries, take a look at how the most successful companies are exploring new organizational paradigms.

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Volume 4: Ready Payer One

Explore unexpected connections between a business and a supplier, a gamer and a virtual world, a fintech and a community they serve—made possible by payments.

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Volume 3: Bank to the Future

Learn about the impact of generative AI, how blockchain is changing the payments game and what stores will look like in the future.

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Volume 2: The New World of Commerce

Economies are evolving, and the payments landscape is changing quickly. Everything from making doctors’ appointments to selling clothes to how you use your car is impacted. And that’s just the start.

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Volume 1: The Money Revolution

How digital wallets are driving the connected-car economy and reshaping the future of payments.

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