Companies

dLocal and Papaya Global Forge Partnership to Support Complete Workforce Payments Globally

dLocal

“dLocal announced its strategic partnership with payroll and payments platform Papaya Global joining forces to enable companies to easily handle workforce payments globally, including across emerging markets.”

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Fast Payments Instant Payments Mastercard Vocalink

Episode 235 - Taking Stock in Fast Payments with Gregor Dobbie, CEO of TFPA and former CEO of Vocalink

Vocalink’s origin story, which began in 1998, spurred payments modernization efforts worldwide. For this episode, we sat down with Gregor Dobbie, CEO of TFPA and former CEO of Vocalink, to discuss what we can learn from Vocalink’s journey and what the future holds for core payment systems.

Companies Industry

Mastercard’s Latest Crypto Loyalty Scheme Aims to Plug Google Pay Gaps

Coindesk

“Payments giant Mastercard is working with Swoo Pay, an emerging markets-focused mobile payments app, to offer loyalty rewards in cryptocurrency and plug the gaps left by the likes of Google in the global payments landscape.”

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Artificial Intelligence Glenbrook Merchants Payments Fraud Regulatory Environment

Episode 229 - What Glenbrook is Watching in Payments in 2024

Glenbrook is kicking off the new year with a (lengthy) conversation on what payments industry trends and developments we think are the most interesting, compelling, and controversial at the moment, and what to watch as we move into 2024.

Companies

dLocal for Platforms Brings Cashless Solution to inDrive Brazil

Business Wire

“inDrive, a global mobility and urban services platform, has added a new payment solution to its app in Brazil thanks to dLocal, a technology-first payments platform enabling global enterprises to connect with billions of consumers in emerging markets.”

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Merchants Payment Operations Payments Acceptance

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.

Cross-border Payments Financial Inclusion Global Payments

Decoding a cross-border business payment to Rwanda: detailing the journey, the costs, and our observations

By Elizabeth McQuerry, Cici Northup, & Victor Malu   Introduction Glenbrook is based in the U.S., but we work on projects around the world; our global practice often supports clients in emerging markets. From time to time, for more formal proposal processes, we are asked to provide a corresponding bid security. For anyone not familiar […]

Global

UK Payments Markets 2023

UK Finance

“An analysis of recent and emerging developments for all forms of payments. UK Payment Markets 2023 provides detailed commentary on trends in payment markets in 2023 and forecasts up to 2032.”

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Companies

Latin American Payments Provider DLocal Explores Potential Sale

Yahoo Finance

“DLocal Ltd., a provider of payments services to businesses in emerging markets, is exploring options including a potential sale, according to people familiar with the matter.”

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Companies

Visa Invests in Borderless Money-Movement Network

Yahoo Finance

“While the real-time settlement schemes like FedNow attract attention from banks and payments providers in mature markets, a race to connect underserved consumers to digital wallets is taking shape in emerging markets.”

Tags: Visa

Industry

Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC) Q1 2023 Data Dashboard

Electronic Payments Coalition

“The Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC) released its 2023 Q1 Data Dashboard highlighting the emerging trends within the credit and debit markets. Newly released data featured in the Q1 Data Dashboard show that as a share of purchase volume, credit interchange and merchant discount rates have remained stable for the past seven years. In 2022, the […]

Companies Glenbrook

The Real-Time Payments Network Is Here to Stay

Modern Treasury

“Financial expert Cici Northup has spent the past decade designing and implementing real-time payment systems in emerging markets in countries across Africa and Asia. “It’s a broad term, ‘real-time payments,’” Northup recently told Modern Treasury. “But it showcases the general swing we’re seeing in payments where funds are made available to end users immediately, on […]

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Global

dLocal’s For Platforms Brings a Unified Payment Solution for eCommerce Marketplaces, Ride-Sharing Solutions, and Social Media Platforms

EIN News

“dLocal, a technology-first payments platform enabling global enterprise merchants to connect with billions of consumers in emerging markets, today announced the official launch of a new all-in-one payment solution to manage global platform payments in one place. dLocal for Platforms is an end-to-end payment solution for marketplaces, on-demand services, and any other platform business models.”

Conferences & Meetings Digital Currency Fast Payments

Episode 194 - Fanning the Flames: Fast Payments, Digital Currencies and Fraud - Recent Conference Updates

In this latest episode of Fanning the Flames, Yvette Bohanan catches up with Joanna Wisniecka and Cici Northup after their recent attendance at the 2023 Payments Summit and the Fintech: Innovation, Inclusion, and Risks Conference. Listen in to hear why “FOMO is not the answer” when implementing fast payments (or anything, really), and their other key takeaways on the digital currencies and fraud topics.

Global

UK Fintech Tintra Selects Temenos to Power AI-Led Inclusive Banking for Emerging Markets

Temenos

“Tintra PLC, a London-headquartered Deep Tech and Banking company, has selected Temenos to power its innovative new bank designed solely for emerging market clients. Tintra will be using Temenos core banking platform and market-leading payments as well as its Financial Crime Mitigation solution. Tintra’s mission is to create true fiscal inclusion in trade and finance […]