COVID-19 / Aug 2020
Payments
Consulting,
Research,
and Education
Consulting,
Research,
and Education
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StrategyConsultingGlenbrook's consulting practice focuses on strategy development, competitive analyses, go-to-market solutions, and the application of innovative technologies to solve important payments problems
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CustomResearchGlenbrook provides enriched data-driven analysis, in the form of market or product scans, benchmarking studies, and private interviews, to address the most pressing issues facing our clients
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PaymentsEducationGlenbrook’s payments education program helps professionals reach new levels of payments industry insight and understanding. Talk to us about our popular Payments Boot Camp®, Insight Workshops and Webinars, and customized private workshops and webinars
ON OUR RADAR
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We Are All Connected – Payments in the Post-COVID Era
Security / Sep 2020
Amazon One Lets You Pay with Your Palm
Domains / Oct 2020
SWIFT gpi: Driving a Payments Revolution
Global Insurance Company Develops Modern, Efficient Payments Strategy
The Glenbrook team leveraged its expertise to help the insurance company create a more efficient and cost-effective payments operation.
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Glenbrook's payments strategy drives significant cost reductions for international grocer
Find Out MoreState Government Payments Case Study
Transaction Growth and Improving Citizen Experience
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Influencers’ next frontier: their own live shopping channels
"2020 has been the year of live shopping for US tech companies. Amazon launched Amazon Live for influencers in July, and Instagram and Facebook launched live shopping features in August. Google’s R&D division, Area 21, also launched Shoploop , which isn’t live but offers shoppable stories, and smaller startups continued their efforts to make live shopping not just a thing, but the future of retail. On every platform, it ends up looking like a modern twist on QVC — but with influencers instead of celebrities, and those influencers getting a cut of the sales."
Merchant Payments Operations: Accounting and Reconciliation
A core component of Glenbrook’s methodology for assessing a merchant’s payments operations includes review of certain processes managed by the business’s accounting team, particularly the level of effort required to reconcile payment activity. The business’s accounting team is responsible for a variety of fundamental financial activities, including record keeping and reporting, accounts payable and receivable, […]
