All Episodes

Episode 301 - Casting Light on the Digital Euro, with Nicola Branzoli, Banca d'Italia

Episode 300 - Reflecting on 12 Years of Payments on Fire

Episode 299 - The Evolving Payments Regulatory Environment in the European Union, with Scott McInnes, Bird & Bird

Episode 298 - The Patchwork of Payments Regulation in the US, with Duncan Douglass, Alston & Bird LLP

Episode 297 - A New Era for Card Issuing, with Nikil Konduru, Lithic

Episode 296 - Fanning the Flames - Beyond Borders: Navigating Your Global Payments Strategy

Episode 295 - Fanning the Flames - 2026 Mid-Year Payments Industry Trends Update

Episode 294 - Zelle's Evolution in the Payments Landscape, with Preston McCaskill, Early Warning Services

Episode 293 - Unlocking Merchant Growth in Emerging Markets, with João Del Valle, EBANX

Episode 292 - Modern Authentication and the Impact on Payments Cost and Performance, with Amandeep Batra, Stripe and Dewald Nolte, Entersekt

Episode 291 - The Complex and Growing World of Platform Payments, with Blake Breathitt, Adyen

Episode 290 - The Evolution of VAMP and Card Network Fraud Monitoring, with Keith Briscoe, MRC, and Allan Shearer, J.P. Morgan

Episode 289 - Stablecoin Infrastructure in Emerging Markets, with Chris Maurice, Yellow Card

Episode 288 - The First 25 Years of Glenbrook - Fanning the Flames with our Founders

Episode 287 - Fanning the Flames - State of Stablecoins 2026

Episode 286 - Understanding Trust in the Modern Agentic and Digital Economy, with Jenny Hadlow and Rory O'Neill, Checkout.com

Episode 285 - Fanning the Flames - What We're Watching in Payments in 2026

Episode 284 - Fanning the Flames - Advanced Payments Workshop Recap

Episode 283 - Banking on Stablecoins, with Scott Southall and Will Artingstall, Citibank

Episode 282 - Why You Need a Stablecoin Strategy, with Ran Goldi, Fireblocks

Episode 281 - Fanning the Flames - Unpacking the Latest Proposed Settlement of the Payment Card Interchange Litigation

Episode 280 - Reflections on Fraud in 2025 and What Lies Ahead, with David Maimon, SentiLink

Episode 279 - Fanning the Flames - Money 20/20 2025 Recap

Episode 278 - From Prefunding to Flow: Rethinking Global Settlement, with Mouloukou Sanoh, MANSA

Episode 277 - Fanning the Flames - Recent Developments in Agent Protocols

Episode 276 - Fanning the Flames - Stablecoin Economics

Episode 275 - The Criticality of Optimizing the Payments Experience, with Anne Hay and Mike Kaplan, PayNearMe

Episode 274 - Looking through the Fog: Investing in Times of Great Uncertainty, with Timothy Chiodo, UBS, and Christopher Kim, Capital Group

Episode 273 - The Hard Science of Fraud Investigations, with David Maimon, SentiLink

Episode 272 - Fanning the Flames - 2025 Mid-Year Payments Industry Trends Update

Episode 271 - Sufficiently Solving the Non-Sufficient Funds Puzzle with Chanan Lavi, Kipp

Episode 270 - Fanning the Flames - Beyond "Behind": Rethinking US Instant Payments

Episode 269 - Designing Digital Financial Services for Women is Designing for All, with Sonja Kelly, Women's World Banking Institute

Episode 268 - Rethinking Payment Optimization Through the Merchant of Record Model, with Rehman Baig, FlexFactor

Episode 267 - Fanning the Flames: Agentic Commerce

Episode 266 - Innovating Inclusive Financial Systems on the African Continent, Sabine Mensah, AfricaNenda

Episode 265 - Solving the Authentication Conundrum, with Rocky Scales, IDgo

Episode 264 - A PSP's Guide to Maximizing Merchant Performance, with Brant Peterson, Worldpay

Episode 263 - Driving Digital Financial Inclusion: The Journey We're On and the Road Ahead - Michael Wiegand, Gates Foundation

Episode 262 - Bot Attacks Are Getting Smarter...Are You? - Nate Kharrl, Spec

Episode 261 - Fanning the Flames: Global Payments Acquisition of Worldpay

Episode 260 - Scams, Stings, and Swindles in Payments #2 - David Maimon, SentiLink

Episode 259 - Using Real-Time Merchant Intelligence to Enhance Transaction Visibility, with Oban MacTavish, Spade

Episode 258 - Giving the Green Light to Surcharging, with Emily Tsitrian, Yeeld

Episode 257 - Scams, Stings, and Swindles in Payments - Catching up with David Maimon, SentiLink

Episode 256 - Banking on Fintech, with Anthony Sharett, Pathward

Episode 255 - Glenbrook's On-Demand Learning Launch and Behind the Scenes with the Payments Education Team

Episode 254 - Reshaping How We Move Money with Booshan Rengachari, Finzly

Episode 253 - Glenbrook Partners: 2024 Payments Industry Trends Wrap Up

Episode 252 - Testing, Testing, 123: Payments has evolved in the past 20 years, what about payments testing? with Steve Semelsberger, Testlio

Episode 251 - Bridging the Communication Gap Between Treasury and Payments with Debopama Sen, Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions

Episode 250 - Fanning the Flames: Ten Years of Apple Pay

Episode 249 - Two Decades of 3-D Secure: Can Strong Customer Authentication Succeed in the US and Unregulated Markets? with Dewald Nolte, Entersekt and Amandeep Batra, Stripe

Episode 248 - The Ins and Outs of Payouts with Manish Vrishaketu, Tipalti

Episode 247 - From the Vault: Multiplayer Fintech Builds a Winning B2B Service – Robin Gandhi, TripActions (Episode 146)

Episode 246 - Going Real-Time with Dimitri Dadiomov, Modern Treasury

Episode 245 - Shining a Light on the Dark Web with Dr. David Maimon, SentiLink

Episode 244 - Fanning the Flames: Understanding Mastercard's Announcement to "Reimagine Online Checkout" in Europe by 2030

Episode 243 - Payments, Authentication, and Identification in the Era of AI with Ori Eisen, Trusona

Episode 242 - From the Vault: Who Are You, Really? FIDO's Biometric Authentication (Episode 28)

Episode 241 - How Open Banking is Reshaping the Financial Playing Field with John Pitts, Plaid

Episode 240: Fanning the Flames: Potential Winners and Losers in the Proposed Acquisition of Discover

Episode 239 - Talking Payments and Politics with Michele Alt and Adam Shapiro, Partners at Klaros Group

Episode 238 - Will Pay by Bank Really Compete with Cards? Trevor Nies, Adyen

Episode 237 - Is Orchestration the New Normal In Payment Operations? A conversation with John Lunn, Gr4vy

Episode 236 - How to Make Money in Payments with Russ Jones, Glenbrook Partners

Episode 235 - Taking Stock in Fast Payments with Gregor Dobbie, CEO of TFPA and former CEO of Vocalink

Episode 234 - Partnerships in the Payments Industry - Insights, Musings, and Hard-Won Wisdom with Steve Klebe

Episode 233 - How unexpected technology combinations can lead to practical payment solutions with Glendy Kam, Tassat

Episode 232 - Talking Payments and Fraud with Julie Fergerson, Merchant Risk Council

Episode 231 - Fanning the Flames: Payments Orchestration

Episode 230 - Talking Central Bank Digital Currencies with Jim Cunha, Former EVP, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Episode 229: What Glenbrook is Watching in Payments in 2024

Episode 228 - Fanning the Flames: 2023 Payments News in Review

Episode 227 - EMVCo: A Textbook Example of Collaboration with Oliver Manahan, EMVCo

Episode 226 - From the Vault: Talking EMV in the USA (Episode 16)

Episode 225 - Fanning the Flames: Money 20/20 Recap

Episode 224 - Creating Best-in-Class Payment Experiences at Scale with Luda Sokolov and Aarti Bharathan, Google

Episode 223 - Fanning the Flames: Merchant Fees and Surcharging

Episode 222 - Fanning the Flames: Involuntary Churn

Episode 221 - The Future of Fast Payments in the U.S. with Bernadette Ksepka, Federal Reserve Financial Services and Elena Whisler, The Clearing House

Episode 220 - Stay Ahead of the Game: Understanding and Countering Policy Abuse with Eyal Elazar, Riskified

Episode 219 - Smart Takes on Cross-border Payments - Ryan Zagone, Head of Americas, Wise for Banks, and Joanna Wisniecka, Glenbrook

Episode 218 - The Technologies, Policies, and Realities of Cross-border Payments

Episode 217 - Talking Moonshots with Jared Isaacman, Founder and CEO, Shift4

Episode 216 – Fanning the Flames: Payments Post #5

Episode 215 - From the Vault: On Faster Payments in the U.S. (Episode 10)

Episode 214 - We Just Can't Stop Talking About Tokenization

Episode 213 - From the Vault: Payment Tokenization Continues to Roll (Episode 21)

Episode 212 - Creating Customer Success in the Age of Embedded Finance with Ashley Isenberg, VP Revenue & Strategic Partnerships at Finix

Episode 211 - AI Unleashed: Exploring Fresh Horizons in Payments with Frank Young and Russ Jones

Episode 210 – From the Vault: Bitcoin Discussion with Scott Loftesness (Episode 1)

Episode 209 - Part 2 of What's Hot, What's Not, and What We're Watching: Checking in at 2023's Halfway Point with Glenbrook

Episode 208 - Fanning the Flames: Glenbrook's Payments Boot Camp Intensive

Episode 207 - Fanning the Flames: Payments Post #4

Episode 206 - What's Hot, What's Not, and What We're Watching: Checking in at 2023's Halfway Point with Glenbrook

Episode 205 - Why Simple Questions Can Be Hard To Answer, with Klas Bäck, Founder and CEO of Pagos Solutions

Episode 204 - Are We Ready to Pay by Bank? A Conversation with Eric Shoykhet, CEO & Co-Founder of Link Financial Technologies

Episode 203 - What Big Data Revealed About BNPL Consumers with Kristin Carlson and Zach Tondre, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Episode 202 - Innovating at the Intersection of BNPL and Embedded Commerce with Bobby Tzekin, Founder and CEO of Wisetack