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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.

Payments Views

Payments Post #17: Cutting Costs

In this Payments Post, we discuss the DOJ bringing a lawsuit against Visa that alleges the company operates an illegal monopoly in the debit card space. Does the argument have merit in our non-legal minds? And if so, what could the DOJ’s move mean for an evolving payments landscape?

Payments Post #16: The Apple Drops

It’s time for another edition of Payments Post and (surprise!) we’re thinking about the Visa Flexible Credential again. Now that Apple has plans to open up the NFC chip and Secure Element to third party developers, we’re scratching our heads. Who benefits from this newfound NFC access? What opportunities can fintechs unlock? How will conventional financial institutions react? And to tie it all back, does the VFC still matter?
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Payments on Fire Podcasts

Episode 250 - Fanning the Flames: Ten Years of Apple Pay

Yvette Bohanan and Russ Jones celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the announcement of Apple Pay by reflecting on its origins, challenges, and successes. The episode highlights key features like tokenization, encryption, and biometric authentication, emphasizing Apple Pay's focus on security, privacy, and convenience. Tune in to take a look back at Apple Pay’s significant impact on the payments industry and a look forward to its continued expansion.
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On Demand Modules

Navigating the U.S. Fast Pay Solutions Landscape

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Many U.S. financial institutions are contemplating when to move forward with fast payments, or whether they should add additional networks. These are important questions and once a decision is made to move forward, new questions and choices begin to unfold – especially around technology solutions and providers. This webinar will demystify these choices.

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Fundamentals

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Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) has emerged all over the world as an attractive way to pay for purchases in installments, often interest free. Who are the stakeholders in these new payments systems? What type of customer is most attracted to BNPL methods and what is their experience when they make a purchase? What about when they subsequently make an installment payment? How do merchants view these new methods? And who are the leaders in the US market?

This session provides ways to understand the variation in BNPL payments, how consumers behave with BNPL methods, and where BNPL fits in the payments landscape.

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Payments News

Mastercard Is Expanding Its US Installments Program to Provide More Payment Flexibility at Checkout

Mastercard

“Mastercard is expanding its US Installments experience at checkout to provide consumers with more choice in how they pay through Mastercard Installment Payment Services. Through a single and streamlined platform, players across the ecosystem – merchants, financial service providers, payments processors, digital wallets – will be able to present installment offers for consumers to any […]

New Report: Merchants, Payment Providers Ready to Embrace CVRP But Lack of Bank Support Risks Progress

Token

“Merchants, payment service providers and third party providers recognise the potential of Commercial Variable Recurring Payments (CVRP, in the UK) and Dynamic Recurring Payments (DRP, in Europe) to deliver better payment experiences, more choice, and lower processing costs. There are real concerns, however, that lack of bank support is impeding their delivery.”

Visa and USAID are Working Together to Drive Inclusive Digital Government Ecosystems and Payment Digitization

Visa

“Visa announced it is working jointly with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve access to open, secure, and inclusive digital government systems across the world. Following the recent launch of USAID’s Digital Policy, Visa and USAID will work together for five years to focus on developing programs to assist governments in […]

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