Conferences & Meetings Jacqueline Chilton Mobile Banking & Payments

Mobile Payment Themes from CTIA

I am just returned from the 25th anniversary International CTIA Wireless conference Las Vegas.  An estimated 40,000 people were expected to attend and from the look of things, that number seemed right. It was encouraging seeing companies willing to travel for a conference and presenting new innovations in the mobile space.  The conference is focused […]

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ACH and the Future of Electronic Payments: BAI Convenes the Ultimate ACH Panel

Glenbrook’s Erin McCune is in Orlando for BAI’s Payments Connect conference. At its Payments Connect conference BAI assembled a dream ACH panel, consisting of: Jan Estep, CEO NACHA Rich Oliver, EVP Retail Product Manager, Federal Reserve Rossana Salaris, SVP, Payments Products, The Clearing House Stephanie Sturgis-Griffin, CEO Pariter Solutions The session was moderated by Fred […]

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The Rapidly Evolving World of Alternative Payments (Interview Reprint)

I was featured in Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco (FWA SF) Winter Newsletter. The Q&A is reprinted here, with permission from the FWA. FWA: What are the current trends in the emerging and alternative payments space? McCune: Well, they aren’t all that alternative or so emerging anymore, for one. In the online domain, emerging […]

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The Most Pressing Issues in e-Payments: An Open Forum at BAI

Glenbrook’s Erin McCune is in Orlando for BAI’s Payments Connect conference. John Stewart of Digital Transaction News moderated an open discussion exploring the most pressing issues in e-payments. It picked up on the list of 10 pressing themes raised in the November issue (pgs. 26-32). The panelists were: Aaron Fine, Oliver Wyman David C Stewart, […]

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Re-coupled Debit? The TSYS Hybrid Card

Last week’s announcement by TSYS of its new hybrid card marks the latest application of the decoupled debit technology first made popular by Capital One in 2007 (though arguably pioneered by PayPal some years before in an online, non-card form). In fact, depending on how it is ultimately deployed, the TSYS product could provide a […]

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Airline Fraud Report from ATPS2009

The Airlines & Travel Payments Summit 2009 held a preconference session on fraud yesterday. Managing online fraud is a significant cost for carriers around the world. CyberSource’s Paul Brock spoke on improving automation to increase fraud detection.  The key to identifying fraud is finding common characteristics, which can be used in automated detection and defining […]

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Maximizing Your Debit Portfolio [ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum 2009]

This is one of a series of posts with highlights of the ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum 2009 preconference workshops. You can find an index of posts from the conference here. Successfully Navigating the Debit Payment Evolution provided food for thought for debit portfolio managers and was led by Tony Ficarra and Jeff Fazio of […]

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Interview with Jason Hogg, CEO of Revolution Money

I jumped at the opportunity to interview Jason Hogg, CEO of Revolution Money, parent company of Revolution Card. My colleagues and I at Glenbrook Partners are frequently tapped as a source of information about the very latest goings on in the world of “alternative payments”, but unfortunately, Revolution doesn’t share a whole lot of key […]

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Decoupled Mobile? A Look at mPayy

At Glenbrook, we’re fascinated by the topics of mobile payments (in general); the potential for new ACH applications; and the continued growth of eCommerce.  So it was great to talk to Conrad Sheehan, CEO of mobile payment startup mPayy – who has moved his company right into the center of all three topics. To start […]

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Glenbrook on Emerging Payments and Many Other Topics (Need a Speaker?)

A little shameless Glenbrook promotion, forgive us. Today our partner Allen Weinberg spoke at the San Francisco Treasury Management Association (the local AFP) monthly lunch about emerging payments: PayPal, Amazon, Google Checkout, and many, many more start-ups nipping at their heels.  The crowd – half bankers and half corporate cash managers/treasury professionals – loved it. […]

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Adapting to a new future: Impact of The Credit CARD Act of 2009 on Financial Institutions [E&Y]

Consistent with the current government focus on enhancing consumer protection, the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit CARD Act of 2009) brings sea changes to the credit card industry. Forward-looking financial services institutions are viewing these shifts not as a reactive compliance and operational exercise, but more broadly in anticipation of […]

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A Look at Obopay: Mobile Payments Pioneer is Sticking to Its Knitting

Editors Note: Glenbrook, along with the rest of the payments industry, has been watching developments in mobile payments closely.  This is one of a series of posts by our partner Carol Coye Benson. Thus far she has profiled Boku, CashEdge products, Canada’s Zoompass, Zong, Billing Revolution, and Blaze Mobile. Today she takes a look at […]

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Mobile Payment Gateway? - a Look at Billing Revolution

Editors Note: Glenbrook, along with the rest of the payments industry, has been watching developments in mobile payments closely.  A few weeks ago, our partner Carol Coye Benson profiled Boku and CashEdge products.  Today, she takes a look at Canada’s Zoompass, Zong, Billing Revolution (below), and Blaze Mobile. [UPDATE Aug 6th: Be sure to check […]

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ACH: Big Questions for the Biggest Network - An Interview with NACHA CEO Jan Estep

Editor’s Note: This is one of a pair of ACH commentaries that we are publishing today on Payments Views. Be sure to also read Erin McCune’s post “The Future of ACH.” There is a tremendous focus on the ACH network right now within the payments industry – and with good reason.  The ACH is the […]

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A Look at the U.K.’s Faster Payments Service

Many of us in the United States who follow the continuing evolution of the ACH network have been interested in the United Kingdom’s “Faster Payments” initiative.  FP just hit the one-year-since-launch milestone.  I spoke with David McFarlane, Company Manager, CHAPS Clearing Company about FP.  I was surprised by much of what he said: FP is […]