PAYMENTS ON FIRE RESOURCE CENTER
Smart thinking for smart payments professionals
Payments On Fire is the industry’s leading resource center for payments professionals. Here, you’ll find the resources and thought leadership that only Glenbrook’s experienced team can provide. Curated news stories, insightful opinion papers, provocative podcasts, and more – it’s all the thinking you need to stay competitive in a dynamic payments world.
Search by Topic:
Search Payments on Fire:
May 7, 2024
Payments Post #13: At the Intersection of Tech, Regs, and Business Partnership
This month, Cici Northup joins regular contributor Justin Pituch to recap positive news in the form of fast payments growth, new fraud mitigation strategies, and evolution in cross-border transfers. All reflect, to varying degrees, the unique dynamic in the payments industry created by the intersection of technology, regulation, and new business partnerships.
Payments Post #13: At the Intersection of Tech, Regs, and Business Partnership
Glenbrook Partners, LLC
“This month, Cici Northup joins regular contributor Justin Pituch to recap positive news in the form of fast payments growth, new fraud mitigation strategies, and evolution in cross-border transfers. All reflect, to varying degrees, the unique dynamic in the payments industry created by the intersection of technology, regulation, and new business partnerships.”
Emirates NBD and NIUM Join Forces to Transform Global Cross-Border Payments in the Middle East
PR Newswire
“Nium announced a partnership with Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye) region, to empower customers with a cutting-edge global payments solution that will redefine the financial services landscape in the Middle East and beyond.”
May 6, 2024
China’s Ant Group Doubles Down on Global Expansion With Cross-Border Payments Offering Alipay+
CNBC
“Ant Group is looking to expand into the payments markets of Europe, Middle East and Latin America with its Alipay+ offering.”
May 3, 2024
Project Mandala: Shaping the Future of Cross-Border Payments Compliance
BIS
“Project Mandala explores the feasibility of encoding jurisdiction-specific policy and regulatory requirements into a common protocol for cross-border transactions such as borrowing, foreign direct investment, or payments.”
April 24, 2024
Nium and Thredd Expand Partnership to Power B2B Travel Payments in APAC
PR Newswire
“Nium, the global leader in real-time cross-border payments, announced the expansion of its partnership with Thredd, a leading global payments processor, to issue virtual cards in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.”
April 23, 2024
Report Highlights Benefits and Challenges of Interlinking Fast Payment Systems for Cross-border Payments
Reserve Bank of Australia
“The Reserve Bank of Australia released a report analysing the benefits, design choices and challenges associated with linking fast payment systems across countries.”
April 12, 2024
The Danish Cross-Border Payments Provider Has Increased Annual Revenues by 23% to €60M
Fintech Intel
“Inpay, the Danish cross-border payments provider announced strong annual results for 2023…In 2023, Inpay integrated 18 new local markets into its cross-border payments offering.”
Verituity Joins Forces With Mastercard to Accelerate Secure Domestic and Cross-Border Payouts
Verituity
“Verituity announced the integration of Mastercard Move, Mastercard’s portfolio of domestic and international money transfer solutions, into its payments platform, enabling near real-time payouts for commercial banks and payers.”
April 10, 2024
Episode 236 - How to Make Money in Payments with Russ Jones, Glenbrook Partners
In this episode, Glenbrook's Russ Jones joins Yvette to talk through 8 simple ideas about how you make money in payments.
April 3, 2024
Project Agorá: Central Banks and Banking Sector Embark on Major Project to Explore Tokenisation of Cross-Border Payments
BIS
“Project Agorá will explore how tokenisation of wholesale central bank money and commercial bank deposits on programmable platforms can improve the monetary system.”
March 27, 2024
Episode 235 - Taking Stock in Fast Payments with Gregor Dobbie, CEO of TFPA and former CEO of Vocalink
Vocalink’s origin story, which began in 1998, spurred payments modernization efforts worldwide. For this episode, we sat down with Gregor Dobbie, CEO of TFPA and former CEO of Vocalink, to discuss what we can learn from Vocalink’s journey and what the future holds for core payment systems.
March 22, 2024
New Mastercard Report Reveals Key Trends & Opportunities to Digitize Remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mastercard
“Mastercard released a whitepaper on the state of remittances, also known as cross-border payments, in Latin America.”
March 21, 2024
Thunes Announces Expanded Strategic Collaboration with Visa
Thunes
“Thunes, a cross-border payments company, announced its deepened strategic collaboration with Visa aimed at enabling new endpoints in key markets across Asia and Africa.”
March 19, 2024
Australian Payments Chooses Swift to Develop Confirmation of Payee Service
Asset Servicing Times
“Australian Payments (AP+) has selected Swift to build a service that aims to reduce the risk of misdirected payments and increase defenses against payment fraud…Swift’s selection to develop the Confirmation of Payee service for the NPP aims to build on its capabilities in AI and data services, including payment pre-validation for cross-border payments.”
Take us with you
Payments on Fire is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, and other podcast apps and services. Or just say “Alexa, play Payments on Fire podcast.”
Stay up-to-date on payments!
Join Glenbrook’s mailing list to get access to valuable information about payments and discover how you can expand your knowledge.
Glenbrook Payments Boot Camp®
Register for the next Glenbrook Payments Boot Camp®
An intensive and comprehensive overview of the payments industry.
Train your Team
Customized, private Payments Boot Camps tailored to meet your team’s unique needs.
OnDemand Modules
Recorded, one-hour videos covering a broad array of payments concepts.
Glenbrook Press
Comprehensive books that detail the systems and innovations shaping the payments industry.
Strategy Consulting & Custom Research
- Investor Due Diligence
- Product Strategy
- Merchant Payments Strategy
- Market Analysis
- Industry Research
- and more…
Launch, improve & grow your payments business