MPC Interviews Jodi Durst of ChainIT Pay Please tell us your name, title, company, and email address to provide to prospective participants interested in receiving more information. Jodi Durst, President, ChainIT Pay Inc., jodi@chainitpay.com. How are you different than other brands in your space? Most payment platforms ask you to…
Your Product Isn’t Hard to Sell. It’s Hard to Understand. by Morgan Nobel There’s a pattern that shows up across payments, fintech, and channel-driven businesses. A company builds something strong: the product works, the economics are there, the partnerships are in place. And yet, traction stalls. Not because the product is weak. It’s…
AI Just Broke the Business Cycle — And Silver May Never Recover the Same Way Again For more than two centuries, investors relied on one basic assumption: The business cycle always comes back around. Boom. Bust. Recovery. Repeat. But AI may have just shattered the timing mechanism underneath the entire global economy. And if that’s…
ETA Transact ‘26 Wrap-Up by Tom McCole The ETA Transact ’26 Conference in Atlanta has wrapped and what an important industry event it was. I have attended payment industry events for more decades than I care to admit and this year the ETA really delivered the goods. In the past, the ETA has consistently…
ETA Transact ‘26 by Tom McCole March brings us both the best of Madness and clarity, the annual NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament, and more importantly, the Electronic Transaction Association’s premier convocation for the payment industry. Transact ’26 will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta and host 3000+ attendees, 150+…





