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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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Episode 293 - Unlocking Merchant Growth in Emerging Markets, with João Del Valle, EBANX

In this episode, Drew Edmond is joined by João Del Valle, CEO and co-founder of EBANX, to talk about the origin story of EBANX, why Brazil has historically been such a difficult market for non-Brazilian merchants, and what João has learned as the company has expanded into new regions. Listen in as they cover some of the biggest topics shaping the next phase of global payments, including Pix and Pix Automático in Brazil, payment optimization when looking at local payment methods, and perspectives on agentic commerce and stablecoins.
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Flutterwave Partners With Blockchain Network Tempo to Cut Costs on African Payments

Tech Labari

“Africa’s largest payments company is betting on blockchain to fix one of the continent’s most persistent financial headaches: the high cost and slow speed of moving money across borders. Flutterwave, which processes transactions across 34 African countries, announced on Wednesday a partnership with Tempo, a blockchain network backed by Stripe and Paradigm, to build a stablecoin-based […]
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New Gold-Backed Visa Card Lets Users Earn 6% Cashback

Yahoo Finance

“Popular digital assets company Tether announced the launch of a gold-backed neobanking Visa card in collaboration with the digital banking and investment platform Fasset on June 3. Tether said the card allows users to earn 6% cashback in the form of its XAUT stablecoin.”
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Bank of America to Launch Cross-Border Real-Time Payments, Expanding Global Payment Choice [Video]

Bank of America

“Bank of America announced plans to launch a cross-border real-time payments solution that will enable its corporate, commercial and financial institution clients to send and receive funds instantly through Swift or the bank’s flagship digital platform, CashPro®. The service will offer real‑time payment tracking, full-principal preservation and lower costs. The service is expected to launch […]
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