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Payments on Fire Podcasts

Episode 296 - Fanning the Flames - Beyond Borders: Navigating Your Global Payments Strategy

Going global with your payments strategy requires far more than choosing a single payment provider: companies must weigh local acquiring versus cross-border acquiring, country-by-country payment preferences, entity structure, tax implications, compliance requirements, authorization performance, currency handling, and provider coverage. In this episode, Chris Uriarte joins Glenbrook colleagues Samantha Gordon, Simon Skinner, and Drew Edmond to explore the complexities and potential benefits for merchants and platforms to consider when expanding payments globally.

Episode 295 - Fanning the Flames - 2026 Mid-Year Payments Industry Trends Update

The Glenbrook team is taking stock in June 2026 to see how the predictions from our January episode are holding up. Tune in for updates on trending topics in payments, including agentic commerce, stablecoins, cross-border and instant payments, risk and fraud, and the regulatory landscape. We also share insights on the “hot off the presses” news on tokenized deposits and the Visa/Mastercard interchange settlement.
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Payments News

What New Rules for Agentic AI in Payments Might Look Like

Pinsent Masons

“We would expect to see new rules around consent and authorisation frameworks for agentic transactions – the existing ‘strong customer authentication’ (SCA) requirements under payment services regulations (PSRs) were designed for human-initiated payments and are not well suited to autonomous agents executing multiple transactions on a consumer’s behalf. There will also need to be a […]

BIS Paper Floats FMI Style Oversight for Blockchain Sequencers, Middleware

Ledger Insights

“The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published a Bulletin exploring why blockchain activity has fragmented across dozens of separate networks rather than converging on one or two. Buried in the policy section is its most consequential point. Some of the plumbing that connects these networks is becoming systemically important, and the BIS floats the idea […]

PNC's New Mobile App Delivers an Intuitive, Personalized Experience to Help Clients Seamlessly Manage Their Day-to-Day Financial Lives

PR Newswire

“PNC announced the launch of its new Mobile Banking app. The new PNC Mobile app introduces a streamlined interface with improved navigation, faster load times and a highly customizable design that adapts to each user. Clients can tailor the app by organizing and prioritizing accounts, adjusting their dashboard, and selecting display preferences such as light […]

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