Advanced Workshops
Advanced Merchant Payments June 18, 2025 Virtual
$1,000
Register by May 16 to receive an automatic 10% discount!
Glenbrook’s Advanced Merchant Payments Workshop is a four-hour session for professionals focused on merchant payments who want to stay informed about critical topics related to payment acceptance.
This workshop shares Glenbrook’s industry expertise and insights on the opportunities and challenges merchants face in this ever-evolving segment of the payments ecosystem. From new products and technologies to card network updates and risk considerations, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how today’s changes are shaping the future of payments.
Whether you’re focused on product, strategy, or operations, this session provides valuable perspectives to help you make sound decisions today and prepare your thinking for the future.
Location
Virtual
This workshop will be hosted virtually using Zoom Meetings.
Agenda
11:00am – 4:30pm ET (including 1-hour break)
Introduction – 15 mins
Volumes and Key Trends – 15 mins
Card System Update – 45 mins
- Capital One / Discover Merger – Stated goals, likely implications
- Configurable Cards – Visa Flexible Credential and Mastercard One
- Mastercard PAN Elimination Initiative
Merchant Risk Management – 30 mins
- Top Merchant Risks 2025
- Visa VAMP – Motivations, Ratios, Triggers, and Merchant Guidance
Back Office Optimization – 45 mins
- PSP Cost Reporting – Fee Reporting Challenges, Transaction vs Aggregate Level Detail
- Intelligent Analytics Meets Orchestration – Key Trends, Current Market Examples
Payments Around the World – 30 mins
- Request to Pay (RtP) – Market by Market recap, Manual vs Autopay RtP
- Pix Update – Positioning, Current Roadmap, Pix Automático Launch
- UPI Update – Positioning, Wallet Leaderboard, Recent Product Enhancements
Stablecoins for Merchants – 30 mins
- Stablecoins in the World of Digital Cash
- Merchant Use Cases – Tender Type, Cross-border Payouts, and Treasury Optimization
- Current Strategies – Stablecoin Networks, Leading PSP capabilities
Agentic Commerce on the Horizon – 30 mins
- Agentic Commerce Overview -The Robots Go Shopping
- Visa Intelligent Commerce, Mastercard Agent Pay, PayPal Agent Toolkit
- Merchant Considerations in Agentic Commerce
Optional Q&A with Glenbrook – 30 mins
Daily Schedule
Advanced Merchant Payments Workshop
- 11:00am – 1:00pm ET – workshop
- 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET – break
- 2:00pm – 4:00pm ET – workshop
- 4:00pm – 4:30pm ET – optional Q&A
Fees, billing, discount and refunds
Discounts*
Individual discounts:
- Save 10% – Alumni discount. Glenbrook Payments Education alumni wanting to attend another payments education event. Contact us, prior to registering, to request your alumni discount code.
Group discounts:
- Save 10% – Register 2 people for a workshop
- Save 15% – Register 3-6 people for a workshop
- Save 20% – Register 7-9 people for a workshop
- Save 30% – Register 10+ people for a workshop
- Group discount rates apply to registrations within a 6-month timeframe.
- Contact us, prior to registering, to request your group discount code.
Glenbrook client discounts:
- Discounts are also available for select Glenbrook clients. Contact us to inquire about a discount code.
* Only one discount code may be used per person. Discounts may not be combined with any other sale, promotion, discount, code, coupon, and/or offer.
Refunds
Payments Boot Camp and workshop registrants may cancel their registration for a full refund if cancelled two weeks prior to the event. Refunds for cancellations within two weeks of the event will be considered on a case by case basis. In some cases, it may be possible to switch registrations to an event at a later date.
Local Airports, Driving Directions, Hotels
This workshop will be hosted virtually.
Reference Materials & Resources
Resources
- Payments News – Glenbrook’s curated daily news feed
- Payments Views – Glenbrook’s commentary and opinion blog on topical issues in the payments industry
- Payments On Fire – Glenbrook’s podcast interview series featuring the latest and most interesting developments in payments
- Glossary – Glenbrook has compiled an expansive industry glossary of key payments terms and acronyms
- Attending Companies – view a list of companies who have attended Glenbrook Payments Education events
Workshop Leaders
Russ Jones
Russ brings exceptional skills in payments industry analysis, strategy development, and product conceptualization - as well as 35 years as an executive, analyst, and consultant - to Glenbrook clients from across the payments value chain.
Drew Edmond
Drew has years of experience managing global payments operations in marketplace and financial services environments. He brings a keen interest in identifying and executing optimal payments strategies for businesses throughout the payments value chain.