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Who benefits from working with Glenbrook?
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We’ve established a merchant roundtable that represents over 25% of global omni-channel commerce
$5B
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We’ve educated over 32,000+ payments professionals to date
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We’ve led consulting projects in 62+ countries
Multiple areas of expertise within the payments domain, one source of tailored insights.
With decades of experience, Glenbrook’s experts are from all areas of the payments world.
Pick a focus area to see how our payments professionals can provide expert guidance to you and your team.
B2B Payments
Cross-border Payments
Digital Currencies
Financial Inclusion
Lending & Payments
Merchant Payments Acceptance
Open Banking
Payments in Emerging Markets
Policy & Regulation
Fast Payments
Payments Risk Management
Payments Facilitation
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Multinational Grocer Saves Over 30% in Annual Operating Costs
Glenbrook helped a major multinational grocer solve both short-term issues and develop a long-term strategy to take advantage of current and forecasted industry developments in payments. We explored processing redundancies, expansion of credit acceptance, PCI compliance, and more, and then identified system architecture improvements and helped find a new partner to achieve their goals.
Glenbrook Payments Boot CampTM workshops help your team understand and apply the innovations shaping the payments industry.
You’re smart. But the payments industry is complex and changes fast. Our customized education programs keep you and your team up to speed.
Payments Boot Camp™
Our Payments Boot Camp, Payments Boot Camp Intensive, and Advanced Workshops give you a comprehensive overview of the payments industry.
Build Your Expertise
For self-paced learning, check out our popular payments books and library of On-Demand Learning courses.
Train Your Team
We offer customized, private Payments Boot Camp workshops tailored to meet your team’s unique needs.
Payments on FireTM resources for the best thinking in payments.
Latest Articles
Glenbrook shares our perspectives on activities in the industry.
Decoding a cross-border business payment to Rwanda: detailing the journey, the costs, and our observations
By Elizabeth McQuerry, Cici Northup, & Victor Malu Introduction Glenbrook is based in the U.S., but we work on projects around the world; our global practice often supports clients in emerging markets. From time to time, for more formal proposal processes,...
Could Amazon’s Just Walk Out Technology Address the Scourge of ‘Shoplifting’?
I read with some sadness last week about Target’s decision to close nine of its stores in the New York, Portland (OR), San Francisco/Oakland, and Seattle markets due to what it called not “shoplifting”, but “theft and organized retail crime”. The closures will be...
Payments Post #7: Glenbrook’s September Roundup – Sibos, India, and a Connected Future
This month, Payments Post is going global. We’ll jump to Canada as we explore themes from Sibos and then to India to take a look at a leader in next-generation national payment schemes. We’re joined by Cici Northup, Associate Partner in our Global practice, alongside...
Latest Podcasts
Glenbrook speaks with industry leaders to share a variety of perspectives on the latest payments trends and activities.
Episode 271 – Sufficiently Solving the Non-Sufficient Funds Puzzle with Chanan Lavi, Kipp
In this episode, Drew Edmond is joined by Chanan Lavi, CEO and Co-founder of Kipp, to discuss solutions to the major problem of non-sufficient funds declines, as well as the implications for merchants, issuers, and consumers.
Episode 270 – Fanning the Flames – Beyond “Behind”: Rethinking US Instant Payments
Join Russ Jones and Will Eisler at the Glenbrook water cooler as they debate a looser definition of fast payments, explore challenges for adoption of traditional fast payments systems in the US, and ponder if the US actually has a more advanced and widely adopted “fast” payments ecosystem when we consider how Americans are experiencing faster money movement.
Episode 269 – Designing Digital Financial Services for Women is Designing for All, with Sonja Kelly, Women’s World Banking Institute
In our third episode in a series to spotlight the latest in global developments in payment systems from a financial inclusion lens, Sonja Kelly, Global Head of Women’s World Banking Institute, joins Joanna Wisniecka to dive into design principles for inclusive digital financial systems and how all end users benefit when design considers the specific needs of women.
Latest News
Glenbrook objectively curates the news to keep you abreast of important daily headlines in payments.
Visa: Agentic Payments from the Ground Up: What the Onchain Data Tells Us
"Until recently, software could read a webpage and suggest what to do next, but it couldn’t actually pay for anything. AI agents now book travel, reorder inventory, query data providers, and buy compute for the businesses and people they work for. Visa worked with...
BNY Launches Global Digital Transfer Agency Capabilities, Extending Leadership in Fund Servicing to Digital Market
"BNY announced the launch of its new Digital Transfer Agency (TA) capabilities, meeting an expanded set of client needs by extending the firm's leading TA services to support digitally native funds. BNY Digital TA modernizes BNY's fund servicing capabilities to...
Financial Services Intelligence Report July 2026
"The great unbundling of the banking and financial services industry may have reached a turning point. After several quarters of losing share of new account openings to FinTech challenger brands, the big banks have come roaring back in the second quarter of 2026....
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