Payments Consulting Network has been providing strategic advisory and market research services to the financial services and payments sectors since 2013. Our consulting network has presence in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, UK and USA.

Areas of industry focus include merchant acquiring and online payments; ATM acquiring and deployment; card issuing; real-time payments; mobile payments; and the infrastructure that supports payments processing.

Payments consulting services include strategy development, market research, business cases, market assessments, benchmarking, pricing tools, RFP/RFI support, fraud/risk frameworks, industry round tables, market entry support, technical advisory, training, and government relations.

The firm established Merchant Advisory (formerly Merchant Pricing Hub) to support organisations in the retail, hospitality, tourism, and not-for-profit sectors lower the cost of payments acceptance and optimise the customer payments experience. Services include payments optimisation reviews, pricing comparisons, request for proposals, card scheme strategic merchant rate negotiations and consulting services.

We leverage our independence, team of specialist consultants, deep payments industry experience, and proprietary tools, to cut through the complexity to deliver tangible results for our clients. We are proud of the industry solutions that we have developed to address many common challenges faced by our clients and partners in the sectors in which we operate.

The firm’s client base includes financial institutions, card schemes, payments processors, retailers, not-for-profits, ATM deployers, international consulting firms, industry associations, and service providers to the payments industry.

Website link: paymentsconsulting.com and merchantadvisory.com