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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...
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...
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Education: AI Agents Need Payment Rails: Here’s How MPP, ACP, AP2 and x402 Protocols Compare
This article explores why AI agents need dedicated payment rails and compares four leading protocols, like MPP, ACP, AP2, and x402, that are shaping agentic commerce in the crypto ecosystem.
XRP Eyes Bigger US Payments Role Amid Fed Access Talks
"A policy discussion shared April 30 by Evernorth CEO Asheesh Birla on social media platform X linked XRP to a potential shift in U.S. payment infrastructure. Evernorth is building a public XRP treasury model for institutional exposure. The Evernorth executive framed...
Treasury Pushes to Eliminate Paper Checks in Federal Payments | Comment Period
"Executive Order 14247, Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account, directs the Secretary of the Treasury to cease issuing paper checks for all Federal disbursements to the extent permitted by law and to review and, as appropriate, revise procedures for...
Amazon, Meta Join Fight to End Google Pay, PhonePe Dominance in India
"Amazon and Meta are set to lobby India’s payments body over the dominance of Walmart-owned PhonePe and Google Pay in the country’s fast-growing instant payments network. Executives representing Amazon Pay, WhatsApp, CRED, MobiKwik, and Flipkart’s Super.money are...
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