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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 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.

Episode 298 - The Patchwork of Payments Regulation in the US, with Duncan Douglass, Alston & Bird LLP

Kicking off a series of regulation-related episodes, Duncan Douglass, payments attorney and Partner at Alston & Bird LLP, joins Chris Uriarte and Samantha Gordon to turn the confusing and sometimes tedious topic of US payments regulation into an entertaining and enlightening update. The conversation begins with who actually regulates payments in the US and how US payments oversight differs from the UK and EU, then flows into developments on current regulatory topics.
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Payments News

Algorithmic Shopping Is Here. Is Your Company Ready?

Harvard Business Review

“Executives have spent years preparing their organizations to use AI internally. The next challenge is preparing for AI as the customer. As intelligent shopping agents evaluate, compare, and purchase products on behalf of consumers, companies must rethink how they compete. Success will depend on structured data, technical infrastructure, organizational capabilities, and executive alignment. Leaders should […]

ABA Viewpoint: The Genius Act Rules Are (Almost) Here. Here’s What Banks Should Do

ABA Banking Journal

“Congress gave federal regulators until July 18, 2026, to finalize the Genius Act’s implementing rules. That deadline came and went without a coordinated final package, but don’t mistake the delay in establishing final rules of the road for stablecoin for a reprieve. Here’s the short version of what’s expected in the final rules, and what banks should consider.”

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