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Demystifying Payments Orchestration: Part 2 – Orchestration in Practice
Recap Earlier this week, we started to unpack one of the buzziest terms in payments: orchestration. As we define it, Orchestration Platforms facilitate a merchant’s multi-acquirer setup, in addition to providing services across the areas of...
Demystifying Payments Orchestration: Part 1
Introduction For those of us who follow the payments industry, it has been difficult in the past few years to avoid the hype around payments orchestration. The ubiquity of the term begs the question: what exactly does payments...
Payments Post #9: Glenbrook’s November Roundup – Fighting Fast Fraud
It’s hard to believe that it’s already December. After a year of looking back on the biggest headlines in payments month-by-month, this month seemed like an ideal time to reflect on the year’s biggest trends as well as November’s most...
6 Generative AI Payments Use Cases and 6 Actions to Evaluate your GenAI Strategy
Innovations and industry disruptors consistently emerge in the payments domain. As they arise, businesses often scrutinize these trends, evaluating their significance, the appropriate allocation of time and resources, and strategies to integrate...
Payments Post #8: Glenbrook’s October Roundup
At Glenbrook, we’ve been watching rising interest rates and vacillating economic conditions over the course of the year; while economists debate the likelihood of further rate hikes and the odds of a near-term recession, we dig into the real...
PSD3: Implications for the U.S.
Much has already been written about the Third Payment Services Directive (PSD3) and its anticipated scope following the release of the draft texts earlier in the year, but, understandably, mostly from a European standpoint. Arguably, PSD3 is...
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"Pagos, a leading provider of payments optimization solutions, today announced the launch of Pagos Copilot, an AI-powered tool for instant payment intelligence. Commerce businesses of all sizes can benefit from the industry knowledge and streamlined payments analysis...
BBVA Runs Successful Trial of Distributed Quantum Simulation in the Cloud
"BBVA completed a successful pilot test of distributed execution of quantum algorithms across multiple conventional servers in the AWS cloud. BBVA's pilot, one of the first of its kind in the financial sector, provides the bank with a proprietary architecture to...
2024 Findings From the Diary of Consumer Payment Choice Highlight Increased Payments and Stable Demand for Cash Since the Pandemic
"A new study from Federal Reserve Financial Services revealed consumers made more payments in 2023 than in previous years, continuing the trend of rising payment transactions since 2020. The 2024 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice (Diary) is a survey conducted to...
Agencies Announce Inflation-Adjusted Dollar Thresholds for Regulation CC Funds Availability
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Reserve Board jointly adjusted for inflation dollar amounts relating to the availability of customer funds. These changes in Regulation CC include the minimum amount of deposited funds that banks must make...
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