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Payments on Fire Podcasts

Episode 300 - Reflecting on 12 Years of Payments on Fire

2026 is a milestone year for Glenbrook as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the firm. We also find ourselves airing the 300th episode of our Payments on Fire podcast - founded by George Peabody in 2014, nurtured by Yvette Bohanan, and now continued on through the hosting efforts of most of the team. We thought there would be no better way to mark the 12 year achievement - and pay respect to what George and Yvette built - than to revisit the journey with clips from the first 299 episodes. From early episodes on digital currency and AI, to fast payments evolution and financial inclusion efforts (and how could we leave out tokenization), listen in as Bryan Derman and Jill Wurst guide you through significant moments in the podcast’s history.

Episode 299 - The Evolving Payments Regulatory Environment in the European Union, with Scott McInnes, Bird & Bird

In this Payments on Fire episode, Glenbrook’s Chris Uriarte and Samantha Gordon continue their global payments regulation series with Scott McInnes, Partner at Bird & Bird, focusing on the European Union. Tune in as they explore the EU’s highly regulated landscape, the challenges of inconsistent national enforcement across 27 member states, and developments on current regulatory topics.
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Payments News

FedNow® Service 2027 Discount Program

The Federal Reserve

“Institutions may qualify for the FedNow Receive Discount, Send Discount or both, provided they meet the respective eligibility requirements. The discounts are available to both new and current FedNow Service participants. The FedNow Receive Discount provides a one‑time statement credit for institutions that have enabled the ability to receive instant payments and meet the additional […]

X Shifts Us Creator Payouts from Stripe to X Money

TechCrunch

“Elon Musk’s social network X said that starting today, all of its U.S. creator payouts will be handled through X Money, the app’s payments service. The benefit of this new payment system is that the payments are instant. There’s no waiting until the end of a billing cycle or a minimum threshold that has to […]

Handwave, Visa Integration Enables Linking of Cards to Palm Biometrics for Payments

Biometric Update

“European palm biometrics startup Handwave has announced an expanded agreement with Visa. A release says the agreement integrates Visa’s tokenization and authentication technologies into Handwave’s model for safe, seamless card onboarding. Building on a prior collaboration focused on integrating Visa’s Token Management Service (TMS), the new Handwave integration will enable Visa to securely link cards […]

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