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Payments Orchestration: What Comes Next?
Orchestration providers have certainly come a long way, and can enable powerful capabilities and benefits for the merchants that employ them. This post explores some of the possibilities Glenbrook has been thinking about for where Orchestration (and even orchestration) can go next.
Payments Post #12: Lessons from Change
In this month's Payments Post, we want to draw your attention to several recent fraud incidents that underscore the criticality of effective risk management to your business and the safety and soundness of the payments industry.
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...
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