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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 299 – The Evolving Payments Regulatory Environment in the European Union, with Scott McInnes, Bird & Bird
In this Payments on Fire episode, Glenbrook’s Chris Uriarte and Samantha Gordon continue their global payments regulation series with Scott McInnes, Partner at Bird & Bird, focusing on the European Union.
Tune in as they explore the EU’s highly regulated landscape, the challenges of inconsistent national enforcement across 27 member states, and developments on current regulatory topics.
Episode 298 – The Patchwork of Payments Regulation in the US, with Duncan Douglass, Alston & Bird LLP
Kicking off a series of regulation-related episodes, Duncan Douglass, payments attorney and Partner at Alston & Bird LLP, joins Chris Uriarte and Samantha Gordon to turn the confusing and sometimes tedious topic of US payments regulation into an entertaining and enlightening update.
The conversation begins with who actually regulates payments in the US and how US payments oversight differs from the UK and EU, then flows into developments on current regulatory topics.
Episode 297 – A New Era for Card Issuing, with Nikil Konduru, Lithic
Drew Edmond and Chris Uriarte chat with Nikhil Konduru, Chief Commercial Officer at Lithic, to discuss modern card issuing infrastructure and where the market is headed. Tune in as they break down the issuing stack, discuss issuer-side tools to improve authorization outcomes, and explore implications for cross-border payments and agentic commerce.
Episode 296 – Fanning the Flames – Beyond Borders: Navigating Your Global Payments Strategy
Going global with your payments strategy requires far more than choosing a single payment provider: companies must weigh local acquiring versus cross-border acquiring, country-by-country payment preferences, entity structure, tax implications, compliance requirements, authorization performance, currency handling, and provider coverage.
In this episode, Chris Uriarte joins Glenbrook colleagues Samantha Gordon, Simon Skinner, and Drew Edmond to explore the complexities and potential benefits for merchants and platforms to consider when expanding payments globally.
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