Our standard business model is based upon a fixed firm price for a defined set of client requirements based on a detailed proposal and workplan and delivered out of our offices in London. For client managed resources, we offer competitive day rates, discounted for larger assignments.
Our assignment methodology reflects a strong commitment to delivery excellence. We resource our assignments with highly qualified, practical and experienced consultants with over 300 collective years’ experience in the payment industry. For our clients they deliver research into target addressable markets, suggest realignment of acquiring and issuing businesses and propose new target operating models. Our commitment to responsiveness and flexibility ensures that your assignments are delivered on time and to a competitively priced budget. Our financial modelling, business cases and practical action plans draw on over 30 years of payment, market knowledge and best practice. We offer teamwork, an interesting an inclusive assignment journey, professional research and strategic thinking to provide you with high quality deliverables and implementation plans.
Business Model
Growth
PSE has built its business based on a cautious and steady growth plan based upon repeat assignments from long term clients. It is PSE policy to bid for any size of assignment from one through to one hundred days.
Geographic Reach
PSE is positioned as a European company with its core business generated from clients across the EU. However, PSE is increasingly an international company, conducting assignments in Australia and New Zealand, South America, as well as the USA through our North American partners.
Independent Advice
Our company is totally independent, has no alliances or partnerships and does not accept commissions nor shared revenues. Clients can be assured that our recommendations are completely impartial and uninfluenced by third parties.
Size
PSE is a boutique payments consultancy company with 14 staff. We do not operate as a resources supplier. Our assignments use consultants employed on our payroll and recruited using the highest selection and security assessment criteria.
ESG
Our company strongly supports the climate change initiative and has an active policy of reducing its carbon footprint across the business and throughout its offices.
Our rigorous staff selection process involves recruiting highly experienced individuals with strong interpersonal skills able to communicate and build good relationships with our clients and their teams.
Our Team
Meet our team of highly experienced consultants with extensive expertise in the payments business. Our staff have backgrounds in banking, retailing, processing, acquiring and issuing as well as specialisations in marketing, operations, finance, compliance, and strategy. This collective experience enables us to build assignment teams with a wide range of skills, ensuring our advice is comprehensive and our recommendations effective.
Our Partnership with EPCA
PSE Consulting proudly collaborates with the European Payments Consulting Association (EPCA), a collective of companies spanning Europe with a keen focus on the dynamic payments market. Our alliance with EPCA enables us to provide in-depth, in-country expertise for many of our assignments. We believe in the power of shared knowledge and experiences, which is why we participate actively in EPCA Forums, held biannually. These forums serve as invaluable gatherings, offering the latest developments and insights into the diverse and ever-evolving domestic payments markets of our fellow EPCA members. It is through this partnership that we enrich our ability to offer you the most comprehensive and up-to-date solutions in the payments industry.
Working together across Europe providing the best payments advisory service to International players
What our staff say
Though it might sound like a cliché, working at PSE really is like being part of a growing family. The culture is one of mutual support, whether that’s understanding something new (or old!)
Michelle Comfort
What I most enjoy about working for PSE is constantly learning and being surrounded by great co-workers and having a positive working environment where new team members can expect to learn a lot about how payments work.
Gonçalo Caraslindas
Learning from the experts in payments consulting, flexibility to work across different areas, good networking opportunities within the payments industry since PSE are seen as the experts, working with leading businesses.