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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.
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Payments News

Rajat Taneja on Building Visa’s Defense for the Agentic Era

Fast Company Middle East

“Rajat Taneja, President of Technology at Visa, spoke to Fast Company Middle East in an exclusive conversation on the eve of the Visa Payments Forum in Paris, the company’s flagship European gathering held at the Paris Convention Center on July 1 and 2. He outlined how Visa is reshaping its technology stack to address a […]

Europe’s Payment Power Struggle: Can Visa and Mastercard Be Displaced?

International Banker

“Europe’s payment system is entering a new phase in which pertinent questions about market structure, competition and efficiency are increasingly being reframed as questions of financial sovereignty. What was once a discussion about interchange fees and merchant costs has expanded into a broader assessment of how much control Europe retains over the infrastructure that underpins […]

Dutch Foundation Launches Class Action Lawsuit Against Buy-Now-Pay-Later Service Klarna

NL Times

“The Mass Damage & Consumer Foundation (SMC) has launched a class action lawsuit against the payment service Klarna. According to the foundation, the company violates consumer credit regulations with its pay-later services. Klarna’s buy-now-pay-later services are “essentially just a loan,” which should be subject to strict regulation, said SMC chairwoman Lucia Melcherts.”

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