Get up to speed on the latest payments trends, key concepts, and what they mean in today's market.

Introducing the *new* Payments Boot Camp Intensive workshop.

Professional support for payments professionals.

Glenbrook’s consulting, research, and education are the tools you need to thrive in the dynamic global payments ecosystem.

Expert advice, innovative analysis, and payments education.

Build the confidence you need to make the right choices and implement them effectively. Whether you are an experienced professional or someone new to the fintech industry, we have the people, leadership, and counsel you won’t find anywhere else.

Who benefits from working with Glenbrook?

From banks, fintechs, billers, lenders, to merchants, processors, investors, government agencies, NGOs, and more.

25%

We’ve established a merchant roundtable that represents over 25% of global omni-channel commerce

$5B

We’ve supported $5B in Private Equity Deals since 2019

30,000+

We’ve educated over 30,000+ payments professionals to date

62+

We’ve led consulting projects in 62+ countries

Multiple areas of expertise within the payments domain, one source of tailored insights.

With decades of experience, Glenbrook’s experts are from all areas of the payments world.

Pick a focus area to see how our payments professionals can provide expert guidance to you and your team.

B2B Payments

Cross-border Payments

Digital Currencies

Financial Inclusion

Lending & Payments

Merchant Payments Acceptance

Open Banking

Payments in Emerging Markets

Policy & Regulation

Fast Payments

Payments Risk Management

Payments Facilitation

Case Study

 

Multinational Grocer Saves Over 30% in Annual Operating Costs

Glenbrook helped a major multinational grocer solve both short-term issues and develop a long-term strategy to take advantage of current and forecasted industry developments in payments. We explored processing redundancies, expansion of credit acceptance, PCI compliance, and more, and then identified system architecture improvements and helped find a new partner to achieve their goals.

Glenbrook Payments Boot CampTM workshops help your team understand and apply the innovations shaping the payments industry.

You’re smart. But the payments industry is complex and changes fast. Our customized education programs keep you and your team up to speed.

Learn the Essentials

We offer an intensive and comprehensive overview of the payments industry, from the core systems to the economics, risks, and ceaseless innovation in payments.

Build Your Expertise

We provide topic-focused “deep dives” covering the latest critical topics, including fintech payments, global payments, digital currencies, and embedded commerce.

Train Your Team

We offer customized, private Payments Boot Camp workshops tailored to meet your team’s unique needs.

Payments on FireTM resources for the best thinking in payments.

Latest Articles

Glenbrook shares our perspectives on activities in the industry.

Payments Post #3: Glenbrook’s April Roundup

Payments Post #3: Glenbrook’s April Roundup

Welcome back to Payments Post. Last month’s edition was all about banks; this month’s is about “paying by bank”. Or to be a bit more semantically precise, account-to-account (A2A) payments. We were particularly interested in Visa’s Visa+ initiative, iDEAL’s apparent...

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Ready for U.S. Faster Payments 2.0?

Ready for U.S. Faster Payments 2.0?

Today's U.S. faster payments market is not the one we envisioned. In market for five-plus years now, RTP® and Zelle® laid the foundation of faster payments in the country but, as with most new payment systems, challenges inhibit adoption. Volumes in both networks have...

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Where are fast payments systems headed in the U.S.?

Where are fast payments systems headed in the U.S.?

We are in the early stages of fast payments here in the U.S. Zelle and RTP are live and the FedNow Service is about to launch. In the near-term, I expect fast payments ecosystem stakeholders will stay hyper focused on simple yet critical enablers of connectivity and...

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Latest Podcasts

Glenbrook speaks with industry leaders to share a variety of perspectives on the latest payments trends and activities.

Episode 203 – What Big Data Revealed About BNPL Consumers with Kristin Carlson and Zach Tondre, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

BNPL’s rapid ascent has raised questions about its use: Who is choosing to use BNPL? Is it helpful or harmful to consumers’ credit and overall financial well-being? Does it improve financial inclusion? Is it displacing other forms of payment at checkout? A quick online search leads to mixed data points and inconsistent findings, often based on modest sample sizes and extrapolations.

To answer these questions, we sat down with Kristin Carlson, Global Products and Analytics Data Scientist, and Zach Tondre, Director of Credit Risk Market Planning at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, who conducted a longitudinal study to obtain insight into these and other questions.

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Latest News

Glenbrook objectively curates the news to keep you abreast of important daily headlines in payments.

Put 20 years of payments experience to work for you. 

Talk with one of our payments professionals today and get the support you need to learn and grow.