Advanced Workshops
Advanced Payments – May 12-13, 2026 – Virtual
$1,395
Save 10% automatically when you register by April 12!
The Glenbrook Advanced Payments Workshop looks beyond the Payments Boot Camp to explore leading edge topics in the payments industry.
We begin with a review of macro trends and updates in the card systems, then explore the evolving landscape of digital wallets, highlighting tokenization and updates on digital wallets around the world.
In the fast payment section, we move beyond the basics to explore the rise of overlay services and Request to Pay (RtP). We’ll look at fast payments in the US, supplemented with a look at the success of the Pix system in Brazil and the UPI system in India.
The workshop finishes with a look at two significant industry trends shaping the future of payments – stablecoins and agentic commerce.
Location
Virtual
This workshop will be hosted virtually using Zoom Meetings.
Agenda
Introductions and Agenda Review
Macro Trends – 30 mins
- Consumer payment trends
- Changing consumer preferences
- Consumers and agentic commerce
- Payments industry revenue trends
Card System Update – 45 mins
- Proposed Visa/Mastercard Interchange Litigation Settlement
- Capital One / Discover merger – stated goals, likely implications
- Configurable cards – Visa Flexible Credential and Mastercard One
- Mastercard PAN elimination initiative
Digital Wallets – 45 mins
- Tokenization state of play
- Digital wallets around the world
- Wallet Updates – Apple Wallet, Paze, and Wero
- Fintech wallets
Fast Payments – 1 hour 45 mins
- Fast Payments Building Blocks
- Key characteristics and global rollout
- Similarities and differences by market
- State of Play in United States – RTP, FedNow, and Zelle
- Fast Payments Overlay Services
- Definitions and concepts
- Overlay variation around the world
- Overlay categories – Mobile, RtP, QR Codes, Directories, etc.
- Request to Pay (RtP)
- RtP key concepts and use cases
- RtP with manual payment vs RtP with Autopay
- Pix Spotlight (Brazil)
- Pix positioning and roadmap
- Pix Automatico drill down
- New Pix fraud rules
- UPI Spotlight (India)
- UPI Positioning and recent network enhancements
- UPI wallets and emerging functionality
- New UPI rules
Agentic Commerce – 1 hour
- Agentic commerce overview – The robots go shopping
- Who’s who on the Agentic Commerce landscape
- Beyond the agentic agents
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) services
- Agent-to-Agent Protocol (A2A)
- Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)
- Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)
- Shopping assistants
- Key risks and challenges
- Adoption challenges – buyer side vs seller side
Stablecoins – 1 hour 15 mins
- Stablecoin fundamentals, stakeholders, use cases
- Unpacking stablecoin volume claims
- Stablecoin economics
- Currencies and the role of FX
- Emerging stablecoin regulations
- Risk exposures
- Providers, incumbents, and card network stablecoin strategies
Wrap Up
Daily Schedule
Advanced Payments
Day One
- 11:00am – 12:30pm ET – workshop
- 12:30pm – 1:00pm ET – break
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET – workshop
- 2:30pm – 3:00pm ET – optional Q&A
Day Two
- 11:00am – 12:30pm ET – workshop
- 12:30pm – 1:00pm ET – break
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET – workshop
- 2:30pm – 3:00pm ET – optional Q&A
Fees, billing, discount and refunds
Discounts*
Individual discounts:
- Save 10% – Early-bird discount. Register at least 1 month in advance of a virtual workshop, or 2 months in advance of an in-person workshop, to receive this special price.
- 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 Payments Boot Camp
- Save 15% – Register 3-6 people for a Payments Boot Camp
- Save 20% – Register 7-9 people for a Payments Boot Camp
- Save 30% – Register 10+ people for a Payments Boot Camp
- 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 using Zoom Meetings.
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.
Bryan Derman
Bryan brings an unusually comprehensive perspective to his consulting practice, having worked as a senior executive, security analyst, and strategy consultant during his 30-year career in financial services. He has developed new strategies and innovative business models for banking technologies ranging from mobile payments deployment and online payment security to remote ATM operations and healthcare payments.