Synopsis
Payments on Fire is a podcast from Glenbrook Partners on the latest developments in the payments space. Featuring interviews with fintech business and opinion leaders, the podcast also includes Glenbrook's own take on emerging technologies and industry trends, news and views on this dynamic space.
Episodes
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EP9 - Realtime Authorization and Messaging
20/10/2014 Duration: 24minRealtime, consumer-facing authorization of card payment transactions has been available for some time but few of us have it offered to us by our issuers. Today, there's a number of technology providers selling truly realtime notifications and two-way approval requests based on the live authorization stream. Glenbrook's Russ Jones takes us through what's on offer while George gets grumpy over what he's got today. As more consumers become thorougly alarmed over data and privacy breaches, this could be the time for issuers and independents to offer the "worried" consumer more control and a strong role in fraud management. Companies mentioned in this episode include: TSYS Spend Controls for consuemrs and corporate card administrators MasterCard InControl Vantiv MobiMoney Red Giant Mobile
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EP8 - Virtual Banking, PayPal, Apple Pay - A conversation with Dan Schatt
13/10/2014 Duration: 39minJoin George Peabody in a conversation with Stockpile's Dan Schatt on virtual banking, innovation, and the future of PayPal. Dan is former GM of Financial Innovations at PayPal and the author of Virtual Banking: A Guide to Innovation and Partnering, a new book that includes a chapter on Bitcoin and math-based currencies by Glenbrook's George Peabody. We also discuss Stockpile's innovative approach to equities ownership, a business model that will be fascinating to watch develop.
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EP7 - Biometrics, Apple Pay, and Privacy: a Talk with Steve Wilson
06/10/2014 Duration: 26minApple Pay's announcement has brought attention to biometrics and their role in payments security and to the broader, if amorphous, concept of online identity. Steve Wilson of Constellation Research and I discuss local and cloud-based biometrics, identity attributes, and the vexing challenges of privacy.
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Episode 6 - Russ Jones on Visa Checkout and Checkout Flow
29/09/2014 Duration: 28minUsing a powerful examination of the challenge of online and mobile checkout, Glenbrook's Russ Jones takes us for a deep dive into Visa Checkout, comparing it to PayPal and other methods of making the ecommerce experience slippery. At Checkout's announcement in mid-July, Visa promised to support the initiative with significant advertising. One ad has been viewed by 9 million times on YouTube and anyone with a passing interest in Sunday football has seen spots educating viewers on Checkout's speed and availability.
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FinovateFall 2014 Day 2
24/09/2014 Duration: 17minCome back for Bryan Derman's wrap-up on FinovateFall 2014. From banking technology vendors to SMB lending and some very interesting security and biometric apps. Take a listen to his report here and via iTunes. Just search for Payments on Fire.
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FinovateFall Day 1
24/09/2014 Duration: 18minFinovate has become the leading opportunity for new companies and long term players in financial technology to strut their stuff. But not all of us can attend the conference and not all of us have the long term view that Glenbrook's Bryan Derman brings to the show. Take a listen to his take on Day 1 of the event. And come back tomorrow for his take on Day 2.
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Payments in Europe
18/09/2014 Duration: 27minWant to know more about SEPA and the new SEPA for cards initiative? Thinking about opportunities in the EU? Need to understand how payments work in Europe and how they vary country to country? Well, to get started, take a listen to this podcast conversation between Elizabeth McQuerry, Glenbrook's international payments maven, and Manfred Schuck of Schuck Consulting from Frankfurt. Then, if you need more understanding, join them October 9 in Mountain View, CA for their Payments in Europe Insight workshop. Visit www.glenbrook.com for more.
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Glenbrook Payments on Fire - On Checkout Flow and Apple Pay
15/09/2014 Duration: 32minIn this Payments on Fire podcast, Russ Jones and I discuss last week's Apple Pay announcement and how it fits with and compares to other checkout approaches. We begin looking at Apple Pay and Visa Checkout from the perspective of the checkout process because that's what they are, ways to optimize checkout. We talk about how both will evolve over time. We then dive into what we know about Apple Pay and discuss and what's most exciting about Apple Pay (it's not NFC). In our next Payments on Fire podcast, Russ takes a deeper dive into Visa Checkout. So, come back for that next week. This week's Glenbrook links of note: Carol Coye Benson's personal appreciation of Apple and Apple Pay Glenbrook's business assessment of Apple Pay Take our Bitcoin 2014 survey. Please! Glenbrook's Insight Workshop on Payments in Europe
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Payments on Fire - Episode 1
07/09/2014 Duration: 25minWelcome to Glenbrook's first Payments on Fire podcast. This conversation between Glenbrook's founding partner Scott Loftesness, Terence Spies, CTO of Voltage Security, and Glenbrook's George Peabody is about virtual currencies. It's a discussion about Bitcoin, other math-based currencies and approaches like Ethereum, Nxt, and more. We're calling Glenbrook's podcast series Payments on Fire because, well, payments are hot and the payments industry finds itself in some hot water. Between investor, entrepreneur and hacker interests, payments is the place to be. My Glenbrook partner Elizabeth McQuerry will join me as co-host on this series soon. Looking ahead, Payments on Fire will cover all things payments. You'll hear interviews with payments participants about their offerings, conversations with members of the Glenbrook team and guests on recent events and news as well as discussions on the larger themes of faster payments in the US, payments security, and more. So, please plan on coming back to hear more.