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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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Payments on Fire Podcasts

Episode 289 - Stablecoin Infrastructure in Emerging Markets, with Chris Maurice, Yellow Card

In this episode, Chris Maurice, the CEO and co-founder of Yellow Card, joins Drew Edmond to explore how stablecoins are transforming global payments, especially in emerging markets, by addressing liquidity issues, reducing costs, improving compliance transparency, and enabling faster cross-border transactions. Listen in as they highlight the challenges of legacy infrastructure, regulatory evolution, interoperability, and the evolving role of banks and technology platforms in this ecosystem.

Episode 288 - The First 25 Years of Glenbrook - Fanning the Flames with our Founders

For Glenbrook's 25th Anniversary, we speak with the three founding partners - Carol Coye Benson, Scott Loftesness, and Allen Weinberg - to celebrate the progress of the industry and the firm. Listen in as they recall the early days of the firm, discuss how Glenbrook’s strategy work expanded to form our education and global practices, consider the evolution of the “payments professional”, and reflect on payments industry shifts over their years both in and out of Glenbrook.
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Payments News

Gap Dives into AI Commerce with Checkout on Google Gemini and New Fit Guidance Tech

Retail TouchPoints

“Gap Inc. brands, including Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, will soon be shoppable via Google Gemini through adoption of Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) . The company also announced that it is an early partner of Bold Metrics ’ new Agentic Sizing Protocol (ASP), which offers embedded fit guidance in AI-driven shopping experiences.”

SWIFT Expands Blockchain Payments With 50+ Banks, Challenging XRP and XLM Use Case

CCN

“Over 50 banks are adopting a new framework designed to make cross-border retail payments faster, more transparent, and predictable. The initiative promises upfront fee transparency, full-value delivery, faster settlement, and end-to-end tracking. Up to 80% of payment delays occur after funds reach the destination bank, something SWIFT aims to fix with this new framework. As SWIFT improves speed, […]

Worldpay, Now Global Payments, Joins EPI to Roll Out Wero Instant Payments Across Europe

IBS Intelligence

“Global Payments Inc. announced its Worldpay business has joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) as a Principal Member, enabling clients to begin offering Wero – the pan-European instant payment solution – over the coming months. As an EPI member, the company’s clients will be able to accept Wero payments across Europe, giving consumers more choice and […]

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