"Worldwide Golf, the premier destination for golf equipment and apparel, has chosen Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, as its unified commerce payments partner.With Adyen’s single platform, Worldwide Golf can consolidate...
Rounding Up: The Impact of Phasing Out the Penny
"The U.S. government is expected to stop producing new pennies for circulation by early 2026. In 2024, the Treasury incurred a seigniorage loss of $85.3 million on penny production. As pennies phase out, businesses are likely to round cash transactions to the nearest...
U.S. Bank Deepens Focus on CX Through Its Recent Embedded Payments Suite Expansion
"Designed to operate behind the scenes — within websites, mobile apps, enterprise software, or fintech platforms — the new features of the embedded payments suite help businesses deliver a simplified payment experience without redirecting users to external sites or...
RTP® Network Hits $481 Billion in Q2 as Higher-Value Instant Payments Surge
"Instant payments adoption is accelerating—and payments are getting bigger. In Q2 2025, the RTP® network, the largest instant payments system in the United States operated by The Clearing House that averages 1.18 million payments each day, processed $481 billion in...
Citi and Ant International Pilot AI-enabled Forecasting Solution to Enhance FX Risk Management for Airline Customers
"Citi and Ant International announced that they are piloting the use of Ant International's Falcon Time-Series Transformer (TST) Model to deliver an enhanced FX risk management solution for their customers. Developed with aviation clients as an initial use case, the...
FCA Proposes Stricter BNPL Rules Amid Debt Concerns [UK]
"The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled a series of new proposals aimed at tightening regulation of the country’s fast-growing Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) market, as policymakers look to address mounting concerns over consumer debt and affordability. The...
We (Really) Can’t Stop Talking About Tokenization: A 2025 Update
Glenbrook’s Chris Uriarte unpacks network tokenization updates from Visa and Mastercard.
ECB Publishes Third Progress Report on the Digital Euro Preparation Phase
"The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its third progress report on the preparation phase of a digital euro, which was launched on 1 November 2023 and is laying the foundations for the potential issuance of a digital euro. Since the publication of the second...
Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope?
"With the advent of generative AI (genAI), the potential scope of artificial intelligence has increased dramatically, but the future effect of genAI on productivity remains uncertain. The effect of the technology on the innovation process is a crucial open question....
Ant International Expands Merchant Payment AI Functions With Antom Copilot 2.0
"Antom, Ant International’s merchant payment and digitisation services provider, announced a major upgrade to its flagship AI agent, Antom Copilot, with expanded capabilities across payment integration, onboarding, risk configuration, and chargeback solution. Antom...