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Healthcare, meet Payments: When two complex industries collide
Can we improve the payment experience for Patients and Providers? I think so. Before I dive in, let me start with a confession - at one point I was pursuing a career in medicine - drawn, like many, by the opportunity to help people in need. My...
Payments Post #10: Glenbrook’s January Roundup – 2nd “Year of the Regulator”?
We informally called 2023 “The Year of the Regulator” here at Glenbrook. 2024 is shaping up to be much the same. Certainly, some Glenbrookers think so - ‘regulator’ or ‘regulation’ was said 56 times in our first Payments on Fire episode this...
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...
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UK Fraud Losses Hold Steady at £1.17bn as Experts Warn of Evolving Threats
"Fraud continues to pose a grave threat to the UK’s financial stability and consumer safety, with losses from unauthorised and authorised fraud reaching a staggering £1.17 billion in 2024, according to UK Finance’s annual fraud report. While the figure remains broadly...
BS2 Buys Fintech Platform to Advance With “International Pix”
"BS2 , a digital bank focused on companies, wants to move forward with an “international Pix” solution this year. To this end, the Minas Gerais-based institution is purchasing VoucherPay , a platform that allows Brazilians to pay for purchases abroad with Pix or...
Stripe Fuels UK Business Growth With Global Money Management Capabilities
"UK businesses are now able to: Hold, manage, and spend from balances in multiple currencies in their existing Stripe account, and pay out to customers, contractors, and other third parties in 50 countries with just an email address.Sell cross-border more easily using...
Card-Not-Present Fraud Rates in the United States After the Migration to Chip Cards
"Unlike many other countries, the United States did not see a surge in the “card-not-present” fraud rate immediately after migrating to chip-card technology. Instead, the U.S. card-not-present fraud rate of non-prepaid debit cards has increased gradually over the past...

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