Photo: Scott Loftesness A few weeks ago I joined my client Raj Jain, CEO of RS Software, for my third visit to India. RS Software is headquartered in Kolkata which was our first stop for the annual general meeting of shareholders. After that, we visited Mumbai...
Reflections: Back to the Future
Today, Glenbrook celebrates its 15th birthday. It’s been quite a journey - an amazing one in so many ways - yet it also sometimes feels like we’re still on Day One! There’s so much happening in payments - and, more broadly, in commerce, financial inclusion, and crypto...
My Half Life in Payments
Earlier this year, I was invited to keynote a conference in Sydney - something I always enjoy doing. The conference sponsor wanted me to talk about disruptions, about how successful innovations in payments come into the world, and to provide a look inside Silicon...
Mobile Payments – What Entrepreneurs Need to Know
Recorded about a month ago by VC firm Matrix Partners, Glenbrook's Scott Loftesness and Dana Stalder of Matrix Partners discuss the evolution of mobile payments, the business model failure of Softcard, and other topics including: The 8+ year journey to ApplePay...
Dennis Moser – In Memoriam
On a bright sunny New Year’s Day 2015, we lost our long-time friend and colleague Dennis Moser. Dennis had been battling a recurrence of cancer - undergoing treatment to battle the disease following the appearance of new symptoms at Thanksgiving. I remember seeing him...
Hostility in Payments
The recent entry of Amazon.com into the small merchant mobile POS card acceptance market may signal the last phase of increasing hostility in the US merchant acquiring segment of the card payments business. Prior to the launch of Square in 2010, the merchant acquiring...
My Take: Apple’s New Passbook
This morning, at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple introduced a slew of new Mac hardware, new Mac Mountain Lion software and, perhaps most importantly for us in the world of mobile and mobile payments, iOS6 - the next generation of mobile...
“Over the Top” with Mobile Payments
On January 26, FIS announced a new mobile payments solution using technology provided by Paydiant. In its announcement, FIS said: This cloud-based payment solution is adaptable and secure, requiring only downloadable applications for both consumers and retailers....
What You’re Reading – 2011
Curious about what payments professionals were reading last year? Here are the top books ranked by sales made through our Payments News Book Store on Amazon.com: Payments Systems in the U.S. - A Guide for the Payments ProfessionalWritten by Carol Coye Benson and Scott...
A Look Back at Payments in 2011
As we're winding down for the year, we wish you the best for you and your family this holiday season! At Glenbrook, we thrive on thinking about how payments are evolving and how these changes will affect us in the years ahead. In this look back at the important...