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Episode 304 - Fanning the Flames: Meta Muse, Instinct, and the Current State of Agentic Commerce

Glenbrook's Chris Uriarte and Drew Edmond revisit the state of agentic commerce, exploring emerging consumer interfaces like Instinct and Meta Muse, access to merchant catalogs and data, and the challenges of turning agent-driven shopping into actual transactions. They also share their firsthand experiences making an agentic purchase through Meta Muse, and the industry complexities that still need addressed.
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Episode 303 - Fanning the Flames: Every Payment, Every Environment, All at Once

This episode is a follow up to Drew Edmond's 2025 payments performance optimization series, and an accumulation of what he has learned about how optimization actually works today. And here's the short version - for subscription payments and for subscription businesses, an individual transaction success depends on a lot more than just the payment.  Tune in as Drew outlines a data-forward approach that spans every environment a payment touches, highlighted by clips from previous guests from the payments performance optimization series.
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Jack Henry Expands Collaboration with Google Cloud to Deliver Tokenized Deposits for Banks and Credit Unions

PR Newswire

“Jack Henry® announced an expansion of its collaboration with Google Cloud designed to pave the way for banks and credit unions to offer tokenized deposits through Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL). Jack Henry will become the first core technology provider to integrate with GCUL GCUL is a fully managed, distributed ledger service that enables financial […]
Tags: Jack Henry & Associates
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Klarna Expands Fiserv Partnership to Enterprise Merchants After Going Live at 100,000 U.S. Locations via Clover

Business Wire

“Klarna will be available on Commerce Hub, Fiserv’s enterprise commerce platform, for the first time. Merchants in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and select European markets will be able to offer Klarna both in-store and online. The agreement follows Klarna’s launch this week at 100,000 U.S. in-store merchant locations through Clover, Fiserv’s point-of-sale platform for […]
Tags: Fiserv Klarna
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Block Selects Marqeta to Enable Square Credit Card on the American Express® Network

Business Wire

“Marqeta now powers Square’s credit card on the American Express® Network, extending its longstanding relationship with Block that includes Square’s debit and prepaid programs. By consolidating debit and credit onto Marqeta’s end-to-end platform, Square has a single platform to build and iterate on card products for sellers. Marqeta’s portfolio migration capabilities enable existing Square Card accounts to […]
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