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Only Fools Rush In: A Thoughtful Approach to Embedding Financial Services
It is an undeniable trend that an increasing number of businesses are embedding financial services into their products. Those that have embarked on this journey often experience multiple benefits if the new services solve an existing problem for...
Payments Post #1: Glenbrook’s February Roundup
There are a lot of headlines in the payments world. Payments News is Glenbrook’s curated news feed of the headlines that matter most every day, but we’ll readily acknowledge that it can be a lot to digest. That’s why we’re introducing Payments...
Will We See Ongoing Success of Buy Now Pay Later?
Buy now pay later (BNPL) has become a global phenomenon. The global BNPL market size was valued at USD 15.91 billion in 2020 with growth to 90.51 billion by 2029 (source 1). If BNPL isn’t in your market today, it will likely be soon. Look at...
2023: A Big Year for Regulation in the US?
As we dive into the new year, we at Glenbrook reflect on the key themes and learnings within payments from 2022 and assess what we believe will emerge as key trends in 2023. My colleague Chris Uriarte recently shared his 8 Payments and Fintech...
Closing out 2022 by Looking Inward to Improve Our Remote Commerce Experience
At Glenbrook, we live to help organizations solve payments problems. As we’re upgrading our website, we knew it was time to fix a few of our own. Below I share how we apply our expertise and methodology to solve a merchant’s (us!) payments...
Decoupled Debit: How Fintechs Profited from Durbin
This Payments Views post was jointly authored by Neel Saunshi and Andrew Liang If you have followed the Durbin Amendment since its 2011 implementation, you have seen stakeholders adapt in different ways. Consumers saw their debit rewards programs...
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TCH: Use Case Evolution Is One Factor in RTP’s Instant Payments Growth
"Business-to-business payments were one of the first use cases for instant payments when the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC debuted in 2017. The use cases are evolving, with digital wallets—like PayPal and Venmo—now being the largest use cases on...
MoonPay Launches PayBox, a Payment Vault for Claude and ChatGPT That Turns Prompts Into Payments
"MoonPay has launched PayBox, the first payment vault built for AI that lets a person's AI agent transact on the open internet without leaving the conversation. Anyone can now connect PayBox to Claude or ChatGPT through a custom connector and give their AI the ability...
Apple Upgrade Launches in the United States
"Apple announced Apple Upgrade, a new product leasing program provided by Klarna for iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad available on the Apple Store online, in the Apple Store app, and at Apple Store locations in the United States. Apple Upgrade offers 12- and...
ABA, Associations Ask Agencies to Commit to Reproposing Conflicting Genius Act Rules
"As the various federal banking agencies race to establish separate regulations for stablecoin issuers, they should be open to reproposing any rule that conflicts with a regulation put forward by another agency, the American Bankers Association and three banking...
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