Fintech consultancy services

Advisory across market entry, licensing strategy and the payment infrastructure decisions that follow.

• Market entry and licensing strategy
• Payment infrastructure advisory, including scheme access and selection of processors, acquirers, BIN sponsors, exchangers, EMIs and banking partners
• Support in developing digital products and services, such as payment gateways, mobile banking apps, digital wallets, card issuing and crypto services
• Assistance with co-branded card issuing

End-to-end support setting up, optimising and running payment infrastructure for online businesses.

• Set-up of payment infrastructure and payment gateways for online businesses
• Go-to-market planning for card processing, bank transfers, digital wallets, mobile payment solutions, crypto payments and local payment methods worldwide
• Implementation and optimisation of merchant-appropriate payment channel mixes
• Cost and performance optimisation, including pricing, interchange and FX spreads
• Procurement of payment-related software and customised applications, including fraud, chargeback and risk management, and payment orchestration
• Assistance with PCI DSS implementation and audit

Support preparing and progressing fintech licensing applications across licence types.

• Assistance preparing fintech licence applications, including service provider proposals and application pack preparation
• Licensing support for Payment Institutions (PI), Electronic Money Institutions (EMI), crypto and digital asset licences, and forex businesses

Project leadership across scoping, resourcing and risk for fintech and payments initiatives.

• Leading and contributing to project management tasks, including scoping, planning, resourcing and risk management
• Setting up entities, operations and resource procurement

Practical training that builds lasting capability inside a client's own team.

• Training for management and team members on the effective use and management of newly implemented licences, systems and technologies