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Payments Post #11: Closing the Loop: Cap None?
This month's Payments Post focuses on the announcement that Capital One intends to acquire Discover and considers the perspectives of the various ecosystem participants it affects.
Healthcare, meet Payments: When two complex industries collide
Can we improve the payment experience for Patients and Providers? I think so. Before I dive in, let me start with a confession - at one point I was pursuing a career in medicine - drawn, like many, by the opportunity to help people in need. My...
Payments Post #10: Glenbrook’s January Roundup – 2nd “Year of the Regulator”?
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...
Demystifying Payments Orchestration: Part 2 – Orchestration in Practice
Recap Earlier this week, we started to unpack one of the buzziest terms in payments: orchestration. As we define it, Orchestration Platforms facilitate a merchant’s multi-acquirer setup, in addition to providing services across the areas of...
Demystifying Payments Orchestration: Part 1
Introduction For those of us who follow the payments industry, it has been difficult in the past few years to avoid the hype around payments orchestration. The ubiquity of the term begs the question: what exactly does payments...
Payments Post #9: Glenbrook’s November Roundup – Fighting Fast Fraud
It’s hard to believe that it’s already December. After a year of looking back on the biggest headlines in payments month-by-month, this month seemed like an ideal time to reflect on the year’s biggest trends as well as November’s most...
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Nepal Permits Digital Payments for Third Country Transactions
"After India, Nepal’s central bank has opened the digital payment system for third countries, pending the completion of necessary arrangements by Nepal’s commercial banks for its formal enforcement."
New Nacha Rules Take Aim at Credit-Push Fraud
"Nacha members have approved a set of rules intended to reduce the incidence of frauds, such as business email compromise (BEC), that make use of credit-push payments. The new rules establish a base-level of ACH payment monitoring on all parties in the ACH Network...
Instant Settlement Needed to Compete With Crypto, India’s Markets Regulator Says
"The chairperson of India's markets regulator has warned that if regulated markets don't offer instant settlement, investors will move to spaces like crypto. Settlement refers to the final step in payments and securities trade."
How the CFPB’s Mobile Wallet Rule Is Raising More Questions Than Answers
"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its proposed rule on mobile wallets back in November, and comments on it closed Jan. 8, but that doesn’t mean the proposal isn’t still stirring up discussion as lawmakers, payments experts, and technology firms...
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