Global Payments 11 min read
Egypt Payments Operator Guide: Fawry, Meeza, InstaPay, Cards, and Wallets
How operators actually accept payments in Egypt: routing across cards, Meeza, InstaPay, Fawry, wallets, and cash — and reconciling the lot.
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Chargeback Management Compared: Alerts, Representment, and Recovery Models
Chargeback management compared by operating model: network pre-dispute alerts (Verifi, Ethoca), representment automation, managed recovery, and in-house.
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By Shaun Toh Start with a reading path
Curated paths through the library, sequenced for payment operators
Reading List 9 briefings
PSP Switching Reading List
A 9-article operator guide to evaluating, switching, and negotiating with payment service providers — from operating model choice to contract leverage.
Reading List 8 briefings
Payment Routing Reading List
Operator reading path across authorisation rate economics, multi-acquirer routing, least-cost routing, network tokens, AI orchestration, and routing KPIs.
Reading List 8 briefings
Recurring Payments Reading List
Operator reading path across recurring payment rails, direct debit mandates, card-on-file MIT mechanics, network tokens, SEPA SDD, regional rails, VRP, and retry recovery.
Reading List 8 briefings
Fraud Operator Reading List
Fraud operator reading path covering KPIs, real-time decisioning, ATO, card testing, rules, ML drift, first-party fraud, and chargeback spillover.
Reading List 8 briefings
Chargeback Operator Reading List
A 7-article guide to the chargeback lifecycle — scheme rules, reason codes, unit economics, and how to actually win disputes.
Reading List 8 briefings
Cross-Border Payments Reading List
An 8-article guide to cross-border payments — SWIFT correspondent chains, real-time rail alternatives, FX cost mechanics, and stablecoin corridors compared.
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AI & Automation 11 min read
AI Agent Payment Controls: Governance for Payment Operators
When an AI agent holds the card, the operator's job is controls: scoped mandates, spending limits, kill-switches, and audit. A governance guide.
PSP & Infrastructure 11 min read
Authorization, Capture, and Settlement: Payment Lifecycle for Operators
An approved authorization is a hold, not settled money. The operator guide to the card lifecycle: authorization, capture, clearing, settlement — and the gaps.
Risk & Compliance 11 min read
Fraud Incident Response Runbook for Payment Operators
A live fraud spike is an attack in progress, not a metric. An incident-command runbook to confirm, classify, contain with reversible controls, and recover.
PSP & Infrastructure 11 min read
Issuer, Acquirer, Gateway, PSP: The Payment Stack Operators Actually Contract With
The payment stack is a map of who you contract with, who holds your money, who carries liability, and who you call when a payment breaks — not a glossary.
Risk & Compliance 11 min read
Ongoing Merchant Monitoring: KYB Does Not End at Onboarding
The merchant you approved drifts. A lifecycle playbook for risk-tiering, re-screening, monitoring signals, graduated response, and offboarding.
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AI & Automation
How AI and automation are reshaping payment operations — fraud detection, smart routing, reconciliation automation, agentic commerce, and AI-driven monitoring.
15 briefings
Global Payments
Payment methods, rails, and global infrastructure — real-time networks, card schemes, e-wallets, BNPL, bank transfers, and the corridors connecting them.
42 briefings
Payments Economics
The commercial and cost architecture of payment acceptance — interchange, MDR, FX markup, rolling reserves, settlement fees, PSP pricing, and contract terms.
14 briefings
PSP & Infrastructure
The plumbing of payments — PSPs, acquiring banks, payment gateways, orchestration layers, merchant-of-record platforms, and routing logic.
30 briefings
Risk & Compliance
Fraud, disputes, chargebacks, and the regulatory frameworks governing payment operations — KYC, KYB, AML, PCI DSS, 3DS2, and compliance requirements.
27 briefings
Stablecoins
Stablecoins as payment rails for businesses — USDC and USDT as settlement infrastructure, merchant acceptance, B2B payouts, and treasury management.
15 briefings
Payment markets, globally covered
Country-level guides across 52 markets — rails, regulators, MDR, card penetration, and local payment methods.
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