Lending and Payments

Episode 183 – Fanning the Flames: Money20/20 Recap

Episode 183 – Fanning the Flames: Money20/20 Recap

Glenbrook’s Bryan Derman, Chris Uriarte, Cici Northup, and Joanna Wisniecka are back from Money20/20 and return to Payments on Fire to debrief with Yvette Bohanan in this Fanning the Flames episode. If you listened to Episode 180, you know what hot topics the team was anticipating at the conference. Was it everything they expected? Tune in to hear the highlights and observations. 

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Episode 180 – Fanning the Flames: Money20/20 Preview

Episode 180 – Fanning the Flames: Money20/20 Preview

Yvette Bohanan hosts Glenbrook’s Chris Uriarte, Cici Northup, and Joanna Wisniecka to discuss their attendance at the upcoming Money20/20 conference. Listen in to hear what noteworthy payments trends the team is paying attention to and what related themes they expect to surface at Money20/20. We’ll catch up with them after the conference to see what takeaways were most surprising or interesting.

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Episode 143 – The Buy Now Pay Later Challenge to Credit Issuers – Chris Bixby, Sezzle – Payments on Fire® Fintech Series

Episode 143 – The Buy Now Pay Later Challenge to Credit Issuers – Chris Bixby, Sezzle – Payments on Fire® Fintech Series

Continuing our payments in fintech series, we talk about one of the major changes in the payments industry over the last few years: the installment lending phenomenon. Companies like AfterPay, Klarna, and Affirm (that just IPO’d and saw its stock double in one day) are leaders in this buy now, pay later (BNPL) space and appeal to Millennial and Gen Z users as well as the merchants selling to them.;

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Episode 117 – Stop Them at the Front Door Before Giving That Loan – Rivka Gewirtz Little, Socure

Episode 117 – Stop Them at the Front Door Before Giving That Loan – Rivka Gewirtz Little, Socure

This is our era’s unprecedented event. I hope you’re staying safe, your family is all well, and you’ve got what you need for what looks to be a pretty long time. On the upside, I’ve seen and experienced people helping one another like never before. That gives me confidence we’ll be able to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on our healthcare system – and on all of us. The downside is obvious. The weight of the pandemic is going to come down heaviest on those with the fewest resources. Helping out is our best response.

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Data Analytics, Lending, and the Next 100 Million Borrowers

Data Analytics, Lending, and the Next 100 Million Borrowers

Extension of credit to people in developing markets has been a long time challenge. Banks, of course, look to repayment history to make such determinations but in much of the world, banking relationships and repayment track records are few. But history has demonstrated that extension of credit in developing markets can be effective and profitable. Just look at the Grameen Bank’s high micro-loan repayment rates.

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