The Field Guide to Global Payments by Sophia Goldberg

An introduction to the key concepts and payment systems that underpin our global economy.The payments industry is complex and quickly changing. From the origins of card-based transactions, to the vast world of digital wallets, to the emerging land of decentralized finance and cryptocurrencies, it can be hard to know where to start as a consumer or merchant better looking to understand how money moves in the twenty-first century.In The Field Guide to Global Payments, payments industry veteran and entrepreneur Sophia Goldberg offers a smart, compressive course on payments, covering the evolution of the industry, surveying the current global payments landscape, and looking forward into emerging payment technologies.The payments industry underpins the entire modern globalized economy. It's hard for someone starting off to know what they don't know. With this book, readers will finally have access to a high-level overview of this crucial but complex space. This is a book for anyone who is