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Payments On Fire is the industry’s leading resource center for payments professionals. Here, you’ll find the resources and thought leadership that only Glenbrook’s experienced team can provide. Curated news stories, insightful opinion papers, provocative podcasts, and more – it’s all the thinking you need to stay competitive in a dynamic payments world.

April 29, 2025

Mastercard Unveils Agent Pay, Pioneering Agentic Payments Technology to Power Commerce in the Age of AI

Mastercard

“Mastercard announced the launch of its Agentic Payments Program, Mastercard Agent Pay. The program introduces Mastercard Agentic Tokens, which build upon proven tokenization capabilities that today power global commerce solutions like mobile contactless payments, secure card-on-file, and Mastercard Payment Passkeys, as well as programmable payments like recurring expenses and subscriptions. Mastercard will collaborate with Microsoft […]

April 28, 2025

UnionPay International and Dojo Partner to Expand Card Acceptance Across the UK

PR Newswire

“UnionPay International (UPI), dedicated to providing seamless global payment network, has announced a strategic partnership with Dojo , the UK’s leading SME payment provider. This collaboration will significantly increase UnionPay card acceptance across the UK, providing cardholders with a seamless payment experience while enabling small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to tap into a vast international customer […]

April 22, 2025

April 16, 2025

April 15, 2025

FlexFactor and Spreedly Partner to Transform Payment Declines into Revenue Recovery

PR Newswire

“Spreedly and FlexFactor, the leading payment recovery platform, announced their strategic partnership designed to help merchants recover lost sales. With over $500 billion in sales lost each year due to false declines, this new collaboration aims to empower merchants to turn declines into revenue, enhancing shopping cart conversions and driving growth for the global merchant.”

PayPal and TerraPay Partner to Expand Access to Cross-Border Payments across Middle East and Africa

TerraPay

“PayPal announced a strategic partnership with TerraPay, a leading global money movement company, to enable real-time fund transfers for PayPal customers across the Middle East and Africa. This partnership aims to drive economic growth by making cross-border transactions faster, easy to use and more accessible by connecting banks, mobile wallets, and financial institutions.”

April 11, 2025

Redcompass Labs Unveils the World’s Most Comprehensive Payments Modernization AI

RedCompass Labs

“RedCompass Labs, the global experts in payments modernization, has unveiled the world’s most comprehensive payments modernization-specific AI solution, AnalystAccelerator v2.5. Trained on the largest collection of payments rulebooks and scheme documents in the world and fine-tuned on decades of knowledge from leading payments experts, AnalystAccelerator 2.5 delivers cutting-edge applied AI models to help banks accelerate […]

April 10, 2025

Branch Launches New Paycard Built for the Modern Workforce

PR Newswire

“Branch, the leading workforce payments platform, announced the launch of a full-service paycard, with enhanced features that reimagines the traditional paycard experience for workers. Branch’s paycard can be easily integrated with time and attendance systems. The new paycard offering was developed in response to growing demand across industries including hospitality, healthcare, staffing, construction, and agriculture […]

April 9, 2025

April 8, 2025

Fiserv Acquires Pinch Payments, Enhancing Payment Service Offerings for Business Partners Across the Asia-Pacific Region

Fiserv, Inc.

“Fiserv, Inc. announced it acquired Pinch Payments, a payment facilitator (PayFac), known for leading PayFac enablement and its management platform “Glassbox”. Founded in 2017 and serving approximately 2,000 merchants throughout Australia and New Zealand, Pinch offers comprehensive tools to facilitate payments more efficiently at scale. This acquisition provides Fiserv with a payment orchestration platform that […]

April 1, 2025

UnionPay Expands Payment Network in Australia with MyDeal Integration, Enhancing Payment Convenience for Australian Shoppers

Yahoo Finance

“UnionPay International continues to expand its footprint in Australia with the integration of UnionPay acceptance on MyDeal, one of the country’s leading online retail marketplaces. This partnership enhances shopping convenience and streamlines the payment experience for UnionPay users, reinforcing UPI’s commitment to secure, seamless, and efficient digital transactions worldwide.”

March 28, 2025

March 27, 2025

Perplexity Integrates firmly.ai Commerce Tech to Scale Seamless Ecommerce Experience

GlobeNewswire News Room

“Perplexity, the leading AI answer engine, announced it will be integrating firmly.ai agentic ecommerce technology to scale access to Perplexity’s native shopping experience. This collaboration enables seamless purchases for all consumers and merchants of any size. By embedding firmly.ai’s innovative Agentic commerce platform, Perplexity empowers more users to complete their entire shopping journey—from product discovery […]

Socure Earns "Moderate" FedRAMP® Authorization

PR Newswire

“Socure, the leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) for digital identity verification, compliance, and fraud prevention, announced that its Socure For Government (SocureGov) platform has achieved the “Moderate” authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®).”

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