Cryptocurrencies

Episode 148 - The Fintech Bringing Crypto and Diem to Payments Users - Ran Goldi, First

2021 will be remembered as the year that cryptocurrencies become a full time presence on Wall Street and a top agenda item at the world’s central banks. The potential for cryptocurrencies to digitally enable the financial lives of world’s 1.7 billion unbanked is gaining interest as well as increasing incumbent concern.

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Payments on Fire

Episode 136 - Global Payments and the Fintech Innovations Changing the Industry - Carol Coye Benson, Glenbrook

For a front row seat on payment innovation you have plenty of choices. Yes, Stripe and Square are based in the tech hotbed of the Bay Area and it's tempting to stare at their success. But a look around the world reveals the evolutionary breadth of how payments are made, regulated, and brought to market. India and China alone reveal how remarkably different approaches can scale to enormous dimensions.

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Episode 125 - COVID-19 Relief: Collaboration, Regulation, and Tech Do Good - Roberto Marinho, CEO, César Souto, Conta Zap, Brazil

This illuminating Payments on Fire® episode takes a deep look at a very new Brazilian payments platform called Conta Zap (Zap Account in English) and how a group of community minded people came together with Conta Zap to provide basic income to economically displaced Brazilians during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Episode 123 - A Trip into the Nigerian Payments Ecosystem - Charles Ifedi, eBanqo

It is super instructive to hear about payments evolution. So, it's time to take a trip. In this Payments on Fire® episode we speak with Charles Ifedi, one of the founders of Interswitch, one of the leading digital payments providers in Nigeria, and founder of customer engagement platform company eBanqo.

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Episode 120 - Deep Dive into Real-time Payments in Developing Markets - Elizabeth McQuerry, Glenbrook Partners

In this special episode of Payments on Fire®, Glenbrook partner Elizabeth McQuerry, partner in charge of Glenbrook's Global payments consulting practice, leads a conversation on the development and adoption of realtime payments in developing markets.

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Financial Inclusion Glenbrook Payments on Fire Podcasts

Episode 107 - The Financial Inclusion Impact of the Digital Wallet in Columbia - Hernando Rubio, CEO, Movii

Digital disruption and financial inclusion are focus areas throughout the developing world and the topics are white hot in Colombia. Listen in as Hernando Rubio, CEO of Moviired, speaks with Elizabeth McQuerry and George Peabody about Movii and payment / financial inclusion ecosystem in Colombia.

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Bitcoin 3.0 - Permissioned Blockchains

Blockchain. Is it the most revolutionary technology in value exchange ever or just the latest fintech buzzword enjoying its peak on the hype cycle? Or both? These young techniques are undergoing swift evolution, going from bitcoin and money transfer into new use cases such as identity management.

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Faster Payments in the US

Sending money in real-time is a capability that is growing around the world. “All bank” systems in the UK and Mexico are thriving. Mobile money services like M-Pesa are changing economies and individual lives in developing countries. But in the US, “things are complicated.” We have a crowded landscape in the US without, as in many global markets, a clear mandate from a regulator.

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