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Business Description

Glenbrook serves as a trusted advisor to the payments industry, providing the consulting, research and education tools that clients need to thrive in a dynamic global payments ecosystem.

Founded in 2001, we approach payments holistically and objectively, serving organizations across the payments ecosystem that are solving the toughest payments challenges, as well as those impacted by the payments ecosystem. Typical clients include central banks, development organizations, merchants, e-commerce leaders, financial institutions, investors, and the world’s largest payments networks.

Payment Technology Experience

Glenbrook Partners works on a wide range of fast payments projects globally. Engagement categories include:
1. Designing and implementing fast payments systems globally, including assessing the business case; developing a financial model, pricing, and ROI; drafting the scheme rules; and more
2. Defining the attributes of an inclusive instant payment systems
3. Assessments to understand the impact of fast payments on businesses
4. Product and go-to-market strategies to take advantage of fast payments

For example, Glenbrook completed a project for a global NGO that was working with a banker’s association in a Sub-Saharan African country to implement a new fast payment system. For more on this project: https://glenbrook.com/a-country-implements-a-fast-payments-system-2/

In another example, Glenbrook supported a global thought leader in developing principles and best practices for improved fraud protections in fast payments. For more on this project: https://glenbrook.com/a-global-thought-leader-advocates-for-improved-fraud-protections-in-fast-payments/

Glenbrook Partners also has depth of consulting expertise at the intersection of payments and financial inclusion. Glenbrook has developed and knows how to practically apply best practices towards the unique conditions and desired outcomes within each market and demographic. Select engagements that showcase Glenbrook’s expertise include the following:

1. Conducted an extensive landscape study of developments in a large economy to better understand what has worked and what has not worked in advancing financial inclusion, with an emphasis on low-income women end users.
2. Drafted a white paper to help a client articulate its value proposition to critical stakeholders and demonstrate how it has contributed to advancements in financial inclusion.
3. Worked with a team in Bangladesh to prototype a bill pay product and interface that reflected low-income women end user needs.

References

– Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
– AfricaNenda
– Various Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) organizations
– Various developed and developing country central banks