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Involuntary Churn: Measured and Managed

Involuntary Churn: Measured and Managed

In our previous post on involuntary churn, The Payments Playbook for Challenging Churn, we explored the challenges faced by business in managing recurring billing operations. The post explored various tactics to manage and reduce involuntary churn, such as dunning...

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Where Have the Months Gone?

Buy Now, Pay Later: Where Have the Months Gone?

At the beginning of the year, I hypothesized that four issues needed to be addressed for sustained Buy Now, Pay Later success. What happened this year? To what extent did we mature our BNPL market?  Let's take a look at 2023 progress: Issue 1: BNPL Education January...

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Payments Post #6: Glenbrook’s August Roundup

Payments Post #6: Glenbrook’s August Roundup

Chris Uriarte and Justin Pituch put their heads together to sift through the August news in search of a broader storyline. Looking back at headlines surrounding merchant surcharging, fee backlash, and Adyen’s lackluster H1 performance, we noted an underlying theme of...

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Latest Podcasts

Glenbrook speaks with industry leaders to share a variety of perspectives on the latest payments trends and activities.

Episode 222 – Fanning the Flames: Involuntary Churn

Subscription merchants and merchants that have recurring payments as part of their business model rely on the ability to charge their customers on an ongoing basis. In this Fanning the Flames episode, Drew Edmond joins Yvette Bohanan to dive deep into an issue that has grown in importance with the continued growth of the subscription economy: involuntary churn. 

Listen in to hear Drew shed light on this tricky and important topic for subscription merchants.

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Latest News

Glenbrook objectively curates the news to keep you abreast of important daily headlines in payments.

Payment Companies are Ready to Play with Stablecoins

"Visa has partnered up with Solana to to introduce USDC settlements over the blockchain network. This announcement comes after Mastercard and PayPal have launched their own stablecoin initiatives, signaling interest in the digital currency by payments players."

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Why PhonePe is Thriving

"There is usually good reason to be skeptical these days about a loss-making fintech with a sky-high valuation, but India’s PhonePe – valued at US$12 billion – could be an exception to the rule."

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Publications

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