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Episode 83 – Settlement Systems in Detail – Carol Coye Benson, Glenbrook
Episode 178 – Tokenization – Russ Jones, Glenbrook
Episode 218 – The Technologies, Policies, and Realities of Cross-border Payments – Glenbrook
Episode 231 – Fanning the Flames: Payments Orchestration – Glenbrook…
Episode 236 – How to Make Money in Payments – Russ Jones, Glenbrook
Episode 246 – Going Real-Time – with Dimitri Dadiomov, Modern Treasury
Episode 184 – Talking ACH – with Michael Herd, Nacha
Episode 257 – Scams, Stings, and Swindles in Payments – Catching up with David Maimon, SentiLink
Episode 175 – Delegated Push Payments – Russ Jones, Glenbrook
Episode 179 – Understanding US Payment Regulation – with Jennifer Aguilar, Alston & Bird LLP
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Episode 285 - Fanning the Flames – What We’re Watching in Payments in 2026
Episode 283 – Banking on Stablecoins, with Scott Southall and Will Artingstall, Citi
Episode 282 – Why You Need a Stablecoin Strategy, with Ran Goldi, Fireblocks
Episode 277 - Fanning the Flames - Recent Developments in Agent Protocols
Episode 226 – From the Vault: Talking EMV in the USA (Episode 16)
We’ve pulled Episode 16 from our vault: a far-reaching discussion that moves from some EMV fundamentals to the implications of having a long tale of adoption, how consumer behavior and payment capabilities have to evolve in concert, and the reaction of fraudsters when things change in large, complex environments like the card system.
Episode 225 – Fanning the Flames: Money 20/20 Recap
Glenbrook's Bryan Derman, Chris Uriarte, and Drew Edmond are back from a few days of learning, networking, and speaking (including a live broadcast from the Money Pot) at this year's Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas.
Chris and Drew talk with Yvette Bohanan about the noteworthy payments trends they observed at the show and what related themes our team is paying attention to.
Episode 224 – Creating Best-in-Class Payment Experiences at Scale with Luda Sokolov and Aarti Bharathan, Google
In this episode, we talk with two Google leaders, Luda Sokolov and Aarti Bharathan, who have been on a relentless mission to make the work of the Google teams supporting payments for billions of people worldwide more efficient, stable, and scalable.
Episode 223 – Fanning the Flames: Merchant Fees and Surcharging
“So, have fees gone up?” Yvette Bohanan starts with the tough question in this Fanning the Flames episode.
In our August Payments Post, Chris Uriarte and Justin Pituch observed an underlying theme of broad downward pressure on the cost of merchant processing as well as fee backlash directed toward card networks.
Tune in to hear our thoughts on these fees and the impact on stakeholders across the industry.
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