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Glenbrook Survey: Tell Us About YOUR Payments Organization
Informal conversation with Glenbrook clients suggests that different companies have developed different organization structures to manage the ever-increasing complexity of payments. We are eager to learn how your company manages payments, and...
Grappling With Groupon
Last weekend, my wife and I stopped into a downtown Spokane restaurant and I noticed on their Chalkboard a message to Groupon customers, pointing out some of the features and limitations of their Groupon coupon. I asked the proprietor about...
Yep, It’s Hip to Be Square!
Some 17 months ago, I wrote a post here titled "It's Hip to Be Square" following the launch of Jack Dorsey's then new company. At the time I wrote:Square seems to be aiming at democratizing merchant card acceptance for physical face-to-face card...
“FX for the Little Guy” Western Union’s Small Business Payment Solution
Glenbrook’s Carol Coye Benson and Erin McCune are interviewing leading commercial payment providers and enablers to understand whether we’ve finally reached the ‘tipping point’ for B2B payments. This post featuring Western Union is the second of...
Square at Times Square
Glenbrook's Carol Coye Benson, Erin McCune, and Bryan Derman are teaching one of our Payments Boot Camps in New York City near Times Square today. Just out the window we spy...
Reflections on NACHA Payments 2011
Got back this morning after a whirlwind two days in Austin for NACHA Payments 2011. I was in briefings or meetings nearly the whole time, so I barely attended break outs and skipped all of the general sessions, but here are my reflections based...
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Contextual Payments, Considering Artificial Intelligence, 5G and Internet of Things
"The U.S. Payments Forum’s latest white paper explores how artificial intelligence (AI), 5G connectivity, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are driving the next generation of contextual payments—transactions that happen seamlessly within daily activities. This resource...
MoonPay Expands Payment Options with Interac e-Transfer® in Canada
"MoonPay, the global leader in crypto payments, has announced the launch of Interac e-Transfer® as a new payment method for Canadian customers, making it easier than ever to buy digital assets using one of Canada's most trusted payment networks. With Interac...
Bank of England Overhauls Core Payments System Settling £800bn a Day
"The Bank of England has completed a multi-year overhaul of the UK’s Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) service, marking one of the most significant upgrades to the country’s financial plumbing in decades. RTGS is the backbone of wholesale payments: it allows financial...
Chargebee Acquires Inai to Supercharge AI-Powered Payments Intelligence
"Chargebee, a leading billing and monetization platform for recurring revenue businesses, announced its acquisition of Inai, a payments intelligence and analytics company. The acquisition reinforces Chargebee’s long-standing commitment to giving companies of all sizes...
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