Artificial Intelligence Payments Fraud Risk

Episode 262 - Bot Attacks Are Getting Smarter...Are You? - Nate Kharrl, Spec

Spec co-founder and CEO Nate Kharrl joins Yvette Bohanan on Payments on Fire to dig into some of the tactics and tech that is enabling today's fraud schemes, and how GenAI is redefining the payments risk landscape.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Episode 261 - Fanning the Flames: Global Payments Acquisition of Worldpay

Glenbrook partners Bryan Derman, Chris Uriarte, and Simon Skinner jump on a Fanning the Flames episode of Payments on Fire to give a first take on the  Global Payments acquisition of Worldpay. Tune in to hear their strategic perspective on the deal. 

Companies

Klarna Scales In-Store Offering With Clover, Expanding to Stores, Salons and Service Providers

Fiserv, Inc.

“Klarna has signed an agreement with Clover, the world’s smartest point-of-sale system, to auto-enable Klarna’s flexible payment options into shops and service businesses across the United States, with initial plans to enable over 100,000 merchant locations. With this strategic partnership, shoppers will be able to choose Klarna for payments on Clover devices for in-store purchases.”

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Global

Banked Acquires UK’s Vibepay To Accelerate Global Adoption of Pay by Bank

Disruption Banking

“Global Pay by Bank platform, Banked announced the acquisition of UK-based app VibePay, to accelerate global Pay by Bank adoption through innovative consumer and merchant incentives. Like Cash App and Venmo in the US, the company has gained a loyal Gen Z and Millennial following, pioneering ‘Conversational Commerce’ through an innovative blend of personalised offers, […]

Tags: UK

Global

AfricaNenda Foundation and Partners Celebrate the Successful Announcement of Rwanda’s Instant Inclusive Payment System – eKash

AfricaNenda

“The AfricaNenda Foundation, in collaboration with the Rwanda Information Society Authority, RSwitch, Ministry of ICT & Innovation, National Bank of Rwanda and RSwitch, successfully launched the second use case of eKash (Rwanda National Digital Payment System RNDPS) in February 2025. The unveiling of eKash’s interoperable merchant payments was highlighted at the Inclusive Fintech Forum 2025, […]

Tags: Africa

Global

RBI Eases UPI Rules To Enable High-Value Merchant Payments [India]

IBS Intelligence

“The Reserve Bank of India has introduced a significant update to its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) framework by allowing banks and payment service providers more control over transaction limits for in-person payments at merchant outlets. Under the new guidelines, financial institutions can set their transaction caps for UPI-based payments at physical stores, provided they stay within the overarching […]

Tags: India

Companies

Klarna Statistics 2025: Revenue, User Base, and Strategic Partnerships

CoinLaw

“Imagine you’re standing in a bustling marketplace, where transactions flow seamlessly without the burden of upfront payments. This is the world Klarna envisions—a future where financial flexibility empowers consumers and drives merchant success. Klarna, a leader in the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) space, has redefined how we shop online.”

Tags: Klarna

Companies

J.P. Morgan Payments Expands European Footprint With iDEAL

J.P. Morgan

“J.P. Morgan Payments is expanding its European e-commerce capabilities, providing an integrated, streamlined experience to meet merchant clients’ evolving needs. iDEAL, the leading payments network in the Netherlands, has been added as a payment method at checkout to their global Commerce platform.”

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Global

India’s Digital Payments Face Sustainability Test as Zero MDR Bites

IBS Intelligence

“Zero MDR (Merchant Discount Rate) Policy refers to the government’s directive that payment service providers cannot charge merchants any fee (MDR) on transactions made through certain digital payment methods, such as UPI and RuPay debit cards. While this policy encourages digital payment adoption among small businesses by making transactions free for them, it has raised concerns […]

Tags: India

Banking Industry Card Issuers Data Merchants Payment Operations Payments Fraud

Episode 259 - Using Real-Time Merchant Intelligence to Enhance Transaction Visibility, with Oban MacTavish, Spade

In this episode, Oban MacTavish, CEO and Co-founder of Spade, joins Glenbrook's Drew Edmond to explore payments optimization by focusing on merchant data, and how issuers make decisions about card transactions.

Companies

Tink Hits 10,000 Merchant Milestone for Open Banking Payments

Tink

“We are excited to announced that 10,000 merchants have now chosen Pay by Bank via our Payment Service Provider (PSP) partnerships. Tink also recently hit a new €100M peak in a single day for its payment initiation services (PIS) across Europe, marking a tipping point in demand for Pay by Bank.”

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Companies

One Click and That’s It: Worldpay and Visa Deliver Single Click Checkout to the UK

Worldpay

“With the aim to deliver payments experiences consumers love, Worldpay ® has joined forces with Visa to bring their Click to Pay payment option to merchants in the U.K. Worldpay customers using the company’s hosted payments pages can simply turn on Click to Pay with Visa without the need for merchant integration or development.”

Tags: Visa Worldpay

Card Acceptance Card Payments Consumers Credit Cards Merchants

Episode 258 - Giving the Green Light to Surcharging, with Emily Tsitrian, Yeeld

Surcharging is a tricky issue with a lot of different stakeholder perspectives to consider. In this episode, Emily Tsitrian, co-founder of Yeeld, joins Bryan Derman and Drew Edmond to share industry insights on this emerging practice and how businesses can best implement surcharging while staying compliant.

Global

Government Weighs Return of Merchant Charges on UPI, RuPay

MSN

“The government is considering a proposal to bring back merchant charges on Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based transactions and RuPay-powered debit cards, said two senior bankers in the know. No MDR is currently levied on transactions using UPI and RuPay debit cards that are facilitated by retail payments network National Payments Corporation of India.”

Tags: India

Companies

Ingo Payments Partners with Securely to Deliver Real-Time Merchant Settlements with Advanced Ledgering and Payment Capabilities

Business Wire

Ingo Payments announced its partnership with Securely, a cloud-based payment platform. This collaboration marks a milestone for both companies as Securely™ partners to bring Ingo’s full-service embedded banking platform to the market, combining proven payment infrastructure with an innovative approach to real-time merchant settlement through advanced ledgering and diverse payment options.

Tags: Ingo Payments