Citi to Whitelabel Ariba EIPP Solution
From Bank Technology News: Ariba, a spend management solutions firm, has agreed to a first-ever private-label agreement for its invoice and payments technology with Citi’s Global Transaction Services...
View ArticleChecking Up on Bill Presentment
CheckFree and AT&T Mobility recently announced that AT&T would begin supporting electronic bill presentment through CheckFree-powered bank bill pay sites. AT&T Mobility’s more than 70...
View ArticleFinovate 2008 via NetBanker
Due to a last minute change of plans I am not in NYC for Finovate2008 (and very disappointed) but you can follow along with Jim Bruene who is live blogging at NetBanker. I will add links to additional...
View ArticleWhat Does Payments as a Service (PaaS) Mean to You?
Recently a number of ecommerce merchants and traditional companies have asked us, “Can I just outsource ALL of my payment processing? I’ve had it!” At first we suspected that these requests were driven...
View ArticleThe Check is in the Email? Electronic Payments Orders Could Be An Opportunity...
I think it’s fair to say that the success of remote deposit capture (which allows the recipient of a check to scan and deposit it electronically) took the payments industry somewhat by surprise. The...
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PayNearMe Refreshes Kombini Payments For The US
You are a bona fide payments professional if that headline makes senses to you. For everyone else, here’s an explanation. Kombini Payments Before we take a look at PayNearMe, let’s first explore how...
View ArticleVerizon’s $2 Bill Pay Fee: Do We Call Them Crazy?
Over the winter break, Verizon announced (and then retracted) that it would begin to charge customers a $2.00 convenience fee in 2012 to pay their monthly bill online or over the phone — except in a...
View ArticleThe State of Payments – U.S. Market 2012
It’s hard to believe that the end of 2012 is in sight – and it’s almost equally hard to believe that three years ago, a few of us at Glenbrook were thinking, “gee – all the exciting stuff in payments...
View ArticleMilk and a Fridge: Cross-border Bill Payments – A Developing Market
One of the more interesting aspects of joining Glenbrook is the essential need to stay up to date with new market developments and product enhancements. (Oh, the luxury to focus on what’s new and...
View ArticleMerchants and Billers: Leverage = Options x Time!
Every three years or so, merchants and billers have an opportunity to reconsider their card processing agreements with their acquirers. This is an opportunity to negotiate lower rates — especially if...
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Sympathy for the Biller – the Unsung Masters of Payments Complexity
At Glenbrook we take pride in, and place great importance on, our historical focus on end users: consumers, enterprises and small businesses that make and receive payments. Recently, we’ve been working...
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The Global Struggle of Government Payments
Over the last year, I’ve been focused on government payments – a compelling mashup of traditional bill pay and multi-channel retail requirements against an intriguing backdrop of policy, economic, and...
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The eGovernment – ePayment Conundrum
The interdependence of eGovernment and government ePayments is yet another classic payment chicken and egg challenge. As we work with governments to build their electronic payment strategies we...
View ArticleTwo Paths for Faster
The always-interesting Federal Reserve Bank Chicago Payments Symposium just closed, and predictably, a lot of the discussion (and argument!) was around “faster” – the evolving progress of the United...
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