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.”

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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 […]

Global Payments Mobile Wallets

Episode 188 - Fanning the Flames: A Year in Travel - Turkey & Ethiopia

Next up in Glenbrook’s travelogue series, Nikhat Choudhury joins Yvette Bohanan to share her experience making payments on a recent trip to Turkey. In this double feature episode, Elizabeth McQuerry and Bethany May also provide observations on the local payments scene in Ethiopia, including their use of the e-money wallet Telebirr.

Conferences & Meetings

Episode 183 – Fanning the Flames: Money20/20 Recap

Glenbrook’s Bryan Derman, Chris Uriarte, Cici Northup, and Joanna Wisniecka are back from Money20/20 and return to Payments on Fire to debrief with Yvette Bohanan in this Fanning the Flames episode. If you listened to Episode 180, you know what hot topics the team was anticipating at the conference. Was it everything they expected? Tune in to hear the highlights and observations. 

Tags: Digital Currencies Fintech Lending and Payments Open Banking Payments in Emerging Markets Podcast Real-time Payments

Fintech

Episode 182 - Steering the Fintech through Regulatory Waters - Cameron Peake, Restive Ventures

Becoming a fintech is no easy task. There’s the foundational idea, there’s the team, the market opportunity, macroeconomic conditions, and the necessary skills of running a business. Never easy and today it’s even tougher for new fintechs given rising interest rates, consumer hesitation, and the uncertain global economy. 

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Conferences & Meetings

Episode 180 - Fanning the Flames: Money20/20 Preview

Yvette Bohanan hosts Glenbrook’s Chris Uriarte, Cici Northup, and Joanna Wisniecka to discuss their attendance at the upcoming Money20/20 conference. Listen in to hear what noteworthy payments trends the team is paying attention to and what related themes they expect to surface at Money20/20. We’ll catch up with them after the conference to see what takeaways were most surprising or interesting.

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Fast Payments Global Payments

Episode 172 - Fanning the Flames: Fast Payments on the African Continent

Glenbrook’s own Elizabeth McQuerry and Joanna Wisniecka just returned from spending a couple of weeks in Kenya leading training on inclusive payments systems.  While in the country, they got to play end-users of digital payments and experimented with M-PESA’s mobile money e-wallet. You may have been following their payments adventure on Glenbrook’s LinkedIn page

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Mobile Wallets QR Codes

Episode 171 - How Wallets Are Transforming The Global Payments Landscape And What Merchants Should Do About It - Chuck Huang, Citcon

Chuck Huang, Founder and CEO of Citcon, joins George Pebody and Yvette Bohanan on this episode of Payments on Fire® to chat about digital wallets across the globe. Listen in to hear their thoughts on where the industry is headed as the consumer payment choice continues to diversify.

Tags: Financial Inclusion Fintech Merchant Payments Payments in Emerging Markets Podcast

Companies

Qenta, Inc. Unveils First Comprehensive Financial Services and Technology Platforms for Emerging Markets

PR Newswire

“Qenta, Inc., a financial services and infrastructure platform with cutting-edge technology and a proprietary enterprise-grade blockchain, the Qenta Operating System, today unveiled an enhanced and integrated suite of financial solutions. With a focus on Africa, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Central and Eastern Europe, Qenta offers tokenized assets, multi token wallets for digital banking, cashless […]

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Global

Mojaloop Foundation Launches the Mojaloop CBDC Center of Excellence in Singapore

businesswire

“The Mojaloop Foundation today announced the launch of its Mojaloop Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Center of Excellence (COE) in Singapore to advance financial inclusion in emerging markets. In addition, the Mojaloop Foundation announced the appointment of Nick Drury, a seasoned executive with nearly 25 years of experience innovating payments technology to drive inclusion, as the Mojaloop CBDC COE Director. […]

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