Dispatch from the Smart Card Alliance Payments Conference

by George Peabody | Feb 20, 2014

For those companies and individuals most committed to building the EMV and NFC ecosystems, the place to be February 3rd through 7th was Salt Lake City where the Smart Card Alliance hosted both an EMV Migration Forum meeting and its annual Payments Summit.  Over 525...

The NFC Debit Challenge

by Carol Coye Benson | Apr 27, 2012

I was in Washington this week for client meetings and to attend an FTC conference on mobile payments. At the conference, in addition to many regulatory lawyers and consumer protection advocates, there were the usual mobile payments suspects: Visa, MasterCard, Google,...

A Look Back at Payments in 2011

by scott | Dec 20, 2011

As we’re winding down for the year, we wish you the best for you and your family this holiday season! At Glenbrook, we thrive on thinking about how payments are evolving and how these changes will affect us in the years ahead.  In this look back at the important...

Oh, You Wanted a Steering Wheel with that Car? Contemplating New Debit Fees

by Bryan Derman | Oct 2, 2011

I’ve spent part of my weekend contemplating the public relations hubbub that broke out late last week around Bank of America’s announcement that it would assess a $5 monthly fee on certain of its checking account holders who choose to use their debit cards for...

POS Steering in the Age of Durbin

by Russ Jones | Feb 14, 2011

Point of sale (POS) steering isn’t really part of the payments industry dialogue right now as various stakeholders praise, argue, and criticize the proposed Federal Reserve rules on debit card interchange and network routing. But, I think it could be a big part...