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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 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

Mastercard Conducts First Live Agentic Transaction in Malaysia with CIMB, Maybank and RHB Pilot

Mastercard

“Mastercard announced the completion of a pilot that delivered its first authenticated agentic transactions in Malaysia, marking a major step forward for trusted AI‑powered commerce. The pilot was conducted with CIMB Group Holdings Berhad, Malayan Banking Berhad and RHB Banking Group using Mastercard Agent Pay and was initiated by AI agents in a controlled pilot […]

PPRO and PayPal Enable Swish Payments for Global eCommerce

IBS Intelligence

“PPRO has partnered with PayPal to enable Swedish mobile payment service Swish on PayPal’s platform, allowing millions of Swedish consumers to use their preferred domestic payment method when shopping with international online merchants. The integration connects Swish’s user base of around 8.7 million people to PayPal’s global merchant network, enabling them to pay at thousands […]

The Future of Commercial Payments

Discover Global Network

“The commercial payments landscape is at a pivotal moment, rapidly evolving amid an uptick in digital products and emerging technologies across the wider payments ecosystem. Although checks are still common, faster payment methods such as real-time payments and virtual card numbers (VCNs) are becoming prevalent. For example, 77% of businesses surveyed say they use and […]

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