{"podcast":{"title":"Scaling Europe","slug":"scaling-europe-7780754","podcast_index_feed_id":7780754,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/108a8a74c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaling-europe","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44302379/44302379-1756114015030-846dc0246eba9.jpg","author":"Sebastian Johnson","episode_count":223,"summary":"Every week Seb Johnson sits down with 5 of Europe's best builders and investors to talk about what's going on in European Tech. Prior guests include the founders of Lovable, Cleo, Voi an Zilch, as well as top VCs from 20VC, Index, Balderton and Creandum.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T22:17:10.818712+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754"},"episode":{"title":"Ashley Paulus, VP of Revenue (UK & EEA) at Checkout.com: Checkout.com reached 78% growth in the UK and 60% in Europe","slug":"ashley-paulus-vp-of-revenue-uk-eea-at-checkout-com-checkout-com-reached-78-growth-in-the-uk-and-60-in-europe","published_at":"2026-05-26T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754/ashley-paulus-vp-of-revenue-uk-eea-at-checkout-com-checkout-com-reached-78-growth-in-the-uk-and-60-in-europe","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaling-europe/episodes/Ashley-Paulus--VP-of-Revenue-UK--EEA-at-Checkout-com-Checkout-com-reached-78-growth-in-the-UK-and-60-in-Europe-e3jme0h","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/108a8a74c/podcast/play/120321489/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-21%2F424598023-44100-2-bf22af689b61.mp3","summary":"Checkout.com is one of Europe’s leading payments companies, powering transactions for some of the world’s biggest digital businesses. Ashley Paulus, VP of Revenue (UK & EEA) at Checkout.com, is leading the company’s growth across two of its most important markets after 78% growth in the UK and around 60% growth in Europe last year. As merchants look for better acceptance rates, global coverage and faster access to capital, Checkout.com is becoming a bigger part of how companies grow across borders. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europe Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:16 - Checkout.com’s growth in the UK and Europe 1:51 - Why major merchants choose Checkout.com 3:40 - Scaling payments across global markets 5:12 - Growth targets for 2026 7:01 - New merchants and existing customers 8:14 - Europe vs Southeast Asia in payments 10:16 - AI in payments infrastructure 13:50 - Using AI in revenue teams 16:26 - Agentic commerce 18:04 - Stablecoins and faster merchant settlement","meta_description":"Checkout.com is one of Europe’s leading payments companies, powering transactions for some of the world’s biggest digital businesses. Ashley Paulus, VP of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1213,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scaling-europe-7780754/episodes/ashley-paulus-vp-of-revenue-uk-eea-at-checkout-com-checkout-com-reached-78-growth-in-the-uk-and-60-in-europe/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754/ashley-paulus-vp-of-revenue-uk-eea-at-checkout-com-checkout-com-reached-78-growth-in-the-uk-and-60-in-europe.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}