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Episode 82 – Restaurant Payments Deep Dive – Tim McKenna, Heartland Payment Systems

By George Peabody on November 13 2018

Restaurant payments is a complex area especially for those companies serving the mid-sized and large restaurant operator. They have different needs that extend well beyond payment acceptance but even that is a highly variable concern. Ever notice that we pay differently depending upon the type of restaurant we’re in? It’s always been walk up and […]

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Episode 80 – Talking Tokenization – Glenbrook’s Russ Jones

By George Peabody on October 18 2018

The payment industry’s responses to ongoing payment security concerns are many. We have procedural approaches and technical ones. For example, we are requiring merchants to attest to their compliance with PCI security standards that themselves include procedural requirements. Technical solutions are also called out by PCI and are, of course, being applied across the ecosystem. […]

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Episode 78 – Identity Verification in Fraud Prevention – Ajay Andrews, Whitepages

By George Peabody on September 13 2018

Knowing who you’re dealing with online is critical if you’re taking transaction risk. Digital identity is tough. To address that challenge – and it is a challenge – relying parties, those who take on risk, employ two broad categories of technology: active tools that require user interaction and passive network-based approaches. When the user is […]

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Episode 76 – Payments Canada – Justin Ferrabee, COO

By George Peabody on July 19 2018

During the Glenbrook Payments Boot Camp we make clear that national payments systems are domestic by definition. Each country has its own set of systems to effect payments. We point out that national payment systems differ in many of their details. Regulation, operating rules, governance, ownership, technology, and more are highly variable. At the same time, […]