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title: The Payments Strategy Puzzle
description: This week's episode covers James' strategy framework for maximizing value in payments, a sales tip from Rich, and Patti's BNPL disruption update. Thanks for joining!
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# The Payments Strategy Puzzle

This week's episode covers James' strategy framework for maximizing value in payments, a sales tip from Rich, and Patti's BNPL disruption update. Thanks for joining!

[ James Shepherd ](https://www.ccsalespro.com/podcast/author/james-shepherd)

 Aug 16, 2024

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In this week's episode, James shares his thoughts on a framework for effective strategy.  You will learn how to identify, create, and combine strategic puzzle pieces in the payments industry to create maximum value for yourself / your organization.  Rich Norton gives a quick sales tip from the field and Patti Murphy shares a disruption to the growth of the BNPL space as card issuers begin to stop payments from their cards to pay off their BNPL loans.  Thank you for joining us!

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