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September 11, 2023

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Payments Views: Payments Post #6 - Glenbrook's August Roundup

Glenbrook Partners, LLC

"Will broad downward pressure on the cost of merchant processing lead to its commoditization? Take a look back at August's headlines surrounding merchant surcharging, fee backlash, and Adyen’s H1 performance in the newest Payments Post from Glenbrook's Chris Uriarte and Justin Pituch."

August 30, 2023

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Payments on Fire™: Episode 218 – The Technologies, Policies, and Realities of Cross-border Payments

Glenbrook Partners

"Globally, cross-border payments represent $156 trillion annually – roughly 25% of global GDP – and are projected to reach nearly $250 trillion by 2027...In this episode, we’re looking at the rapidly evolving space of cross-border payments with Glenbrook colleagues who have been traveling the globe working extensively with regulators, corporations, and governments on cross-border initiatives."

August 23, 2023

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August 10, 2023

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Payments Views: On the Journey to Fast and Low-Cost Cross-Border Payments (Not Yet at the Destination)

Glenbrook Partners, LLC

"Impetus to improve cross-border payments: Whether you are deep in the cross-border payments space or have sent (or tried to send) a cross-border payment, you know these are not as easy as paying for your morning coffee or sending money to a local friend for last night’s dinner. Domestic payments have become faster, if not instant, and low cost, if not free."

August 9, 2023

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August 3, 2023

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Payments Views: Fast Payments, Rich Data

Glenbrook Partners, LLC

"FedNow – the Federal Reserve’s new instant payment service – went live earlier this summer, and it could signal big changes ahead for B2B payments. Why? It comes down to data. B2B payments are rife with data challenges."

August 2, 2023

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July 19, 2023

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Payments on Fire®: Episode 212 – Creating Customer Success in the Age of Embedded Finance with Ashley Isenberg, VP Revenue & Strategic Partnerships at Finix

Glenbrook Partners, LLC

"While payment facilitation has opened up a new segment of service providers within the payments industry, embedded finance is opening up the world of payments to every company. The allure of embedded finance is rooted in the deepening of the customer relationship through offering meaningful financial products. This deeper relationship comes in the form of increased customer loyalty – or “stickiness” – and new revenue streams accretive to the company’s core business."

July 17, 2023

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B2B: Why the Pain?

Glenbrook Partners, LLC

"What makes B2B transactions so difficult, even as digitization transforms other business processes and areas of the payments world? And what technologies are helping finance teams improve their B2B payments experiences? We'll try to answer both questions at a high level in this piece."

July 13, 2023

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Payments on Fire®: Episode 211 – AI Unleashed: Exploring Fresh Horizons in Payments with Frank Young and Russ Jones

Glenbrook Partners, LLC

"The Payments Industry is interesting because it is constantly changing, and technology has always been a significant change agent. For decades, networks, processors, PSPs, merchants, and financial institutions have invested in technology to increase adoption, create new services, manage risk, and accelerate initiation, clearing, and settlement.  How might AI transform the payments industry?"

July 6, 2023

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June 21, 2023

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Payments on Fire®: Episode 206 – What’s Hot, What’s Not, and What We’re Watching: Checking in at 2023’s Halfway Point with Glenbrook (Podcast)

Glenbrook Partners, LLC

"Some people know Glenbrook for our Payments Boot Camp™ workshops, some know us for our book – Payments Systems in the US – while others know us for this podcast. Interestingly, while we do all of those things, we are, in fact, a consulting firm. A consulting firm that believes educating industry professionals is a great way to make the industry stronger."

June 15, 2023

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Payments on Fire®: Episode 205 - Why Simple Questions Can Be Hard To Answer, with Klas Bäck, Founder and CEO of Pagos Solutions

Glenbrook Partners, LLC

"In payments, as it is in life, a simple question is often wrapped in complexity. The complexity of the payments acceptance landscape, with an increasing number of stakeholders and technology providers, changing regulations and rules, and Issuers implementing new authentication and authorization mechanisms – any one or a combination of these could lead to major and minor impacts to the operational and financial performance of a business."

June 7, 2023

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June 1, 2023

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Payments on Fire®: Episode 203 – What Big Data Revealed About BNPL Consumers with Kristin Carlson and Zach Tondre, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Glenbrook Partners, LLC

"A 2022 report from the CFPB titled Buy Now, Pay Later: Market trends and consumer impacts noted that from 2019 to 2021, the dollar volume of BNPL originations through five lenders surveyed grew by 1,092 percent, from $2 billion to $24.2 billion. BNPL adoption continues, not just in the US but globally, making it one of the most watched payment methods in the world."

May 24, 2023

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Payments on Fire®: Episode 202 – Innovating at the Intersection of BNPL and Embedded Commerce with Bobby Tzekin, Founder and CEO of Wisetack

Glenbrook Partners, LLC

"In this episode, Yvette Bohanan and Debbie Bartoo are joined by Bobby Tzekin, Founder and CEO of Wisetack (and Glenbrook Payments Boot Camp alumnus) to examine how technology, consumer and small business demand, and banking are opening up a very large market in the BNPL space - one that has a lot of potential and a lot of nuance."

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