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Payments on Fire Podcasts

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

Clarity Act Stalls as Banks Push Back on Stablecoin Rewards

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“Despite stalled negotiations, discussions about crypto regulation continue. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has scheduled a roundtable for April 16 to review how federal securities laws should apply to digital assets. Regulators and industry participants are expected to discuss how future rules could balance innovation in the crypto sector with investor protection. With banks […]

x402 Payment Protocol Lands on Etherlink, Opening the Door to Agentic Payments

Chainwire

“x402 enables instant, low-cost crypto payments for digital services, purpose-built for scenarios where traditional payment methods are too slow, too expensive, or simply don’t fit. x402 works by reviving the dormant HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status code, enabling servers to request crypto payments directly through standard HTTP headers. TZ APAC has adapted the existing Coinbase […]

OpenAI Drops Plan for Direct Checkout Inside ChatGPT

The Keyword

“OpenAI is halting plans to support direct product checkout inside ChatGPT, according to The Information. The report says low buying activity inside ChatGPT is a major reason for the change. Internal findings suggest users often search for products but rarely complete purchases in ChatGPT. Technical hurdles, such as real-time product data synchronization across millions of retailers, made in-chat […]

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