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The Open Banking Phenomenon, Explained
Time to Read: 9 minutes Highlights: An introduction to open banking, its key concepts, and implications for payments industry participants A framework for understanding open banking principles Adoption and usage statistics What is Open...
ACH is Hot
Time to Read: 8 minutes Highlights: ACH, though a 50-year old payment system in the U.S., continues to grow The ACH ecosystem is evolving to meet modern-day needs: Nacha, the rule-making body, plans to implement a series of enhancements that...
The True Cost of Being Underbanked
Highlights It’s expensive to be a low income American, driven in part by the high cost of financial services available to such consumers. In this post, we break down where cost comes from, and how fintechs are changing the way working class...
Raising Women’s Financial Inclusion in South Asia
Zak Kazzaz co-authored this post. Time to Read: 7 minutes Highlights: There is a set of high payoff steps necessary to increase financial inclusion of women in South Asia and other markets Collaboration across the stakeholder ecosystem accelerates...
Where is Financial Inclusion in the U.S. Today?
At Glenbrook, international financial inclusion work has long been a major focus area. Given the challenges racial equity concerns raises for the U.S., Glenbrook as a firm has returned our focus to financial inclusion here at home. To begin that...
Will Digital Cash Be the New King of Payments?
First of a series on Central Bank Digital Currencies Central banks around the world are in the process of developing digital cash, commonly known as central bank digital currency, or CBDC. At Glenbrook, we’re kicking off a series of Payments...
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TerraPay Partners with HDBank to Power Real-Time International Payments from Vietnam
"TerraPay has partnered with HDBank, one of Vietnam’s leading commercial banks known for its strong retail and SME franchise, to enable real-time outbound international payments from Vietnam to bank accounts and mobile wallets worldwide. Vietnam’s outward remittance...
PIX and Stablecoins Are Not Rivals, Says Visa’s Digital Currencies Chief for Latin America
"Stablecoins did not arrive to fight PIX. That was the message from Antônia Souza, Visa's Director of Digital Currencies for Latin America and the Caribbean. "We are not here to fight against PIX", she said, pushing back on a framing that has become common across the...
Visa Is Cutting 7% of Employees in Efficiency Push as AI Reshapes Work
"Visa plans to eliminate about 2,600 jobs, mostly in its technology and product operations, representing roughly 7% of its workforce. CEO Ryan McInerney said AI is helping “shape the way work gets done at Visa,” while a person with direct knowledge said AI was a...
Emirates Airline Starts Accepting Crypto Payments for Flights
"Emirate's airline has begun accepting cryptocurrency payments, the first major airline in the Gulf to offer the option of using digital assets for flight bookings. The option uses the Crypto.com Pay service and is live for bookings settled in dirhams on the airline's...
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