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143 briefings on payments, fintech, and AI money infrastructure.
Recurring Payments Operations: How Operators Recover and Retain Subscription Revenue
How operators manage recurring billing: MIT credential setup, network tokens, direct debit mandates, retry logic, and involuntary churn recovery.
June 7, 2026
VAMP Remediation Checklist: Steps to Exit Visa Acquirer Monitoring
Steps to exit Visa VAMP monitoring: confirm the TC40/TC15 ratio, stop it from worsening, and run parallel fraud and dispute remediation.
June 7, 2026
OUR, SHA, and BEN: Why SWIFT Payments Arrive Short
OUR, SHA, and BEN are SWIFT charge instructions that set who pays correspondent bank fees. SHA is the default — and why B2B invoices often arrive short.
June 6, 2026
South Korea Payments Operator Guide: Cards, Wallets, and Local PGs
How foreign operators accept payments in South Korea — the local-PG requirement, KakaoPay/Naver Pay, FSC-regulated MDR, and data-residency rules.
June 5, 2026
China Payments: The Foreign Operator's Guide
How foreign operators accept Alipay, WeChat Pay, and UnionPay. PBOC licensing realities, CIPS for B2B CNY settlement, and 2024–2026 regulatory changes.
June 2, 2026
Indonesia Payments Operator Guide: QRIS, BI-FAST, and the Wallet Stack
Accept payments in Indonesia: QRIS (one QR for GoPay, OVO, DANA), BI-FAST, MDR rates, and the licensed-aggregator entry path foreign operators must use.
June 2, 2026
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.
May 29, 2026
Direct Debit Payments Explained: ACH, SEPA SDD, Bacs, and eGIRO
Direct debit payments explained for operators: mandates, ACH, SEPA SDD, Bacs, eGIRO, returns, disputes, timing, and when to use each rail.
May 29, 2026
Fraud Prevention Platforms Compared: Guarantee, Managed Decisioning, and Risk Scoring Models
Sift, Forter, Riskified, Signifyd, and Kount compared by operating model: guarantee, managed decisioning, and risk scoring — which fits your fraud operation.
May 29, 2026
Recurring Payments: Cards, Direct Debit, A2A, and Wallet Billing Compared
Recurring payment rails compared for operators: card mandates, direct debit, A2A/VRP, and wallet billing — mechanics, risks, and when to use each.
May 28, 2026