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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.

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April 28, 2025

NPCI’s Netbanking 2.0 Looks to Replicate UPI Success, but Challenges Loom

Policy Circle

“The National Payments Corporation of India is set to give the net banking system a major makeover, aiming to replicate the revolutionary success of Unified Payments Interface and make online transactions even easier for users. The ambitious project, called Netbanking 2.0, is being spearheaded by NPCI’s subsidiary, NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd, and is expected to go live […]

April 16, 2025

April 2, 2025

Joint Trades Respond to CFPB’s Emerging Payments Interpretive Rule

Bank Policy Institute

“The Clearing House Association, the Bank Policy Institute, and the Consumer Bankers Association submitted a comment letter in response to the Notice of Proposed Interpretive Rule and request for comment regarding Electronic Fund Transfers Through Accounts Using Emerging Payment Mechanisms. The Emerging Payments Rule purports to apply Regulation E to new products, including virtual currencies, […]

March 31, 2025

TreviPay Launches Advanced Purchase Controls to Streamline B2B Purchasing and Enhance Compliance

Business Wire

“TreviPay announced the release of advanced purchase controls to allow businesses to configure and enforce customized B2B purchase policy structures that align with their procurement requirements. The new functionality, now available to TreviPay clients, addresses pain points in the B2B purchasing process by automating controls that reduce payment delays, minimize manual reconciliation work and enhance […]

March 27, 2025

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 […]

March 26, 2025

TreviPay Launches Advanced Purchase Controls to Streamline B2B Purchasing and Enhance Compliance

TreviPay

“TreviPay announced the release of advanced purchase controls to allow businesses to configure and enforce customized B2B purchase policy structures that align with their procurement requirements. The new functionality addresses pain points in the B2B purchasing process by automating controls that reduce payment delays, minimize manual reconciliation work and enhance overall compliance.”

March 10, 2025

OCC Withdraws Policy on Bank Engagement With Cryptocurrency

ABA Banking Journal

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published an interpretive letter rescinding the agency’s policy on bank engagement with cryptocurrency “to reaffirm that a range of cryptocurrency activities are permissible in the federal banking system,” according to an agency statement.

February 26, 2025

February 12, 2025

Episode 256 - Banking on Fintech, with Anthony Sharett, Pathward

In this episode, Anthony Sharett, President of Pathward, joins Glenbrook’s Bryan Derman to share insights on the evolving partner banking space, the importance of risk and compliance frameworks, and Pathward's mission of financial inclusion. Tune in as they also discuss potential policy and regulatory changes due to implications of major discrepancies in the banking-as-a-service arrangement between fintech platform Synapse and its banking partners.

January 24, 2025

December 10, 2024

December 6, 2024

Consumer Credit Cards Show Few Signs of Financial Stress

Kansas City Fed

“The Federal Reserve began tightening monetary policy in March 2022 to combat higher inflation. This tightening, in turn, increased borrowing costs for a wide range of consumer financial products such as auto loans, mortgages, and credit cards. Higher borrowing costs can dampen demand as households use more disposable income to service interest expenses, which, in […]

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