by Payments Views | Mar 14, 2024
By Justin Pituch & Chris Uriarte Just when our editors were thinking that the payments world was getting unusually quiet, we got the blockbuster announcement that Capital One intends to acquire Discover. So, while we usually take a number of news stories from the...
by Justin Pituch | Feb 5, 2024
We informally called 2023 “The Year of the Regulator” here at Glenbrook. 2024 is shaping up to be much the same. Certainly, some Glenbrookers think so – ‘regulator’ or ‘regulation’ was said 56 times in our first Payments on Fire episode this year, ‘What...
by Simon Skinner | Nov 2, 2023
Much has already been written about the Third Payment Services Directive (PSD3) and its anticipated scope following the release of the draft texts earlier in the year, but, understandably, mostly from a European standpoint. Arguably, PSD3 is likely to be more of an...
by George Peabody | Apr 14, 2016
Given the high rate of press releases and articles on fintech applications of blockchain technology – and the growing number of financial institutions expressing interest in its potential – I’ve been considering this high signal to noise ratio. A few...
by Carol Coye Benson | Jan 19, 2016
Glenbrook’s Allen Weinberg wrote a few weeks ago about his view of the Grand Challenges in payments…. a daunting list, and one I agree with. But I want to extend his discussion on one of his challenges: “Realigned value chain economics in a push payment world”, and...
