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Regulatory Analysis of KYC for Covid-19 in Emerging Markets

By Zak Kazzaz on April 30 2020

Download a PDF version of this document here. Read our introductory discussion here. Regulatory Background The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) sets global standards for combating money laundering (ML) and the financing of terrorism (TF) and proliferation. While its recommendations are not binding, they are broadly accepted by regulators as guidelines for national rules.  FATF […]

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UPDATED: Balancing KYC Regulation and COVID-19 Relief in Emerging Markets

By Zak Kazzaz on April 16 2020

Download the PDF of our Regulatory Analysis of KYC for Covid-19 in Emerging Markets or read the web version. Among today’s most pressing questions for emerging market governments is how to get assistance funds into the hands of those who need it given the COVID-19 crisis. This need is especially acute in emerging markets that lack […]

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Where Necessity Meets Innovation – Government Disbursement in the Time of COVID-19

By Elizabeth McQuerry on April 9 2020

Given the coronavirus pandemic and its pressure on governments and individuals alike, Glenbrook’s Global Practice has been looking into how emergency social disbursements can be made quickly to the most vulnerable populations. This is not an easy task for a number of reasons: Governments want to be certain that the intended person is indeed the […]

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Merchant Payment Operations: Partner Performance

By Kavita Jiandani on April 6 2020

Continuing on our theme of Assessing a Merchant’s Payments Operations, in this post let’s focus on the critical aspect of Partner Performance. The goal here is to gauge if the merchant’s payment providers are good partners. Having the right set of payments processing partners is a critical factor that can take a merchant’s payments operations […]

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How Fast Can You Go? Glenbrook Partners’ Allen Weinberg On How We Move Money

By Allen Weinberg on March 3 2020

Digital River’s Commerce Connect podcast is focused on e-commerce and the people who make e-commerce payments happen. In this episode, Glenbrook partner Allen Weinberg is interviewed. Take a listen as Allen observes how the market has changed and how its rate of change and complexity has grown. He addresses, in particular, the evolution and impact […]

Erin McCune

Dispatch from the 2020 U.S. Women in Payments Symposium, February 10-11, 2020

By Erin McCune on February 12 2020

This Women in Payments event has been going on for at least 5 years and this was the first time I attended — I regret that it took so long! Hats off to Kristy Duncan and her team for putting together a substantive event with a refreshing mix of industry insight and professional development and […]

Drew Edmond

Merchant Payments Operations: Reporting and Analytics

By Drew Edmond on February 7 2020

In Kavita Jiandani’s post Assessing a Merchant’s Payments Operations, she introduced Glenbrook’s methodology for our in-depth assessment of a merchant’s payments operations. In her introductory piece, Kavita highlights the major Key Assessment Areas we evaluate during each engagement. In this Payments Views entry, I continue with a focus on one of the Key Assessment Areas: […]

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The Truth About Surcharging

By Sam Levitt on January 10 2020

Glenbrook’s Cici Northup and Sam Levitt co-authored this Payments Views post. You have likely observed an increase in the number of articles about surcharging. These articles show that the practice is on the rise and often tout significant benefits for merchants: “Fortunately for businesses operating in the U.S., surcharging is becoming more widely accepted” “Credit […]

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Assessing a Merchant’s Payments Operations

By Kavita Jiandani on November 8 2019

I am often asked if Glenbrook Partners is a payments education company, and if I teach. My answer to both is yes. Our education programs are designed to give attendees a stronger payments foundation on which to build and refine their corporate strategies, product development efforts, and operational functions. We’re also very much a payments […]

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Federated Bank ID: Implications for Business Payments

By Erin McCune on September 4 2019

At Glenbrook we’ve been thinking about consumer data privacy and control, particularly as multiple competing ‘Faster Payment’ schemes arise in the U.S.. Obviously consumers need to feel comfortable asking for money; but they also need to safely receive and respond to ‘request for payment’ from billers and other businesses. This is a global concern. Citi […]