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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.
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Payments News

New X9 Standard for Secure, Interoperable QR Code Payments Will Accelerate U.S. Use of Instant Payments

Business Wire

“Today the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. (X9), the organization accredited by ANSI to develop financial industry standards for the United States, announced the publication of a new standard, “X9.150, Merchant-Presented QR Codes For Secure Payment.” The standard can now be downloaded from the ANSI website. Using payment QR codes for instant or account-to-account transactions bypasses […]

Federal Reserve Follows (To a Degree) FinCEN and Other Banking Agencies in Proposing Sweeping AML/CFT Program Reforms

Wilmer Hale

“On July 7, 2026, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System issued its own Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would substantially revise the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements applicable to Board-supervised banks under the Bank Secrecy Act. Although the Board’s announcement stated that the NPRM is intended to […]

Mastercard: Helping the UK Get AI-Ready

Mastercard

“Agentic AI is becoming one of the UK’s biggest commercial opportunities. They chose the UK to announce expansion of Agent Suite with Proto, a sandbox environment to explore, test and validate agentic AI use cases before introducing them into production. Mastercard will be live in the UK in August. Retailers and their partners will be […]

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