Merchant Acquiring Conference 2019

Our 9th Merchant Acquiring Conference took place in November 2019. The event was designed to highlight the major trends affecting European acquiring and provide unique insights into developments in the current market.

Below are are short videos from the speakers highlighting the topics covered in their presentations, plus links to the full videos and their slide packs (where released by the speakers).

We had a great set of speakers from the following organisations:

• Tink who will be sharing their views on the status of PSD2 APIs across Europe and the implications for payments
• Stripe will be sharing their latest experiences of issuers’ approaches SCA
• Experian who will be talking about their experiences with Open Banking specifically Account Information, account aggregation and risk/credit scoring during on-boarding
• Trustly will be drawing on their experience in Payment Initiation to identify where players can add value to the vanilla credit transfer
• Modulr will be talking about how instant payments enables the digital economy
• LemonWay who are going to talk about the emergence of regulated payments marketplaces
• Vix Technology who provide mass transit solutions for many of the globe’s largest cities will be taking about their experiences of payment acceptance
• Glenbrook will provide some of their insights on acceptance innovation in the US market
• PSE Consulting will be talking about the latest developments in acceptance innovation

Presentations

• Chris Jones - PSE Consulting

  Conference Introduction Chris provides some introductory comments on the event - discussing if traditional acquiring is facing an existential crisis
• Jan van Vonno - Tink

  Status of PSD2 APIs across Europe and the implications for payments Jan provides insights into the evolution of the bank API landscape during 2019 and their level of compliance. Full presentation video
• Emmanuel De Cazotte - Lemonway

  The emergence of regulated payments marketplaces Emmanuel outlines Lemonway's views on the development of B2B and B2C marketplaces in Europe. Full presentation video
• Andrew Dellow - Modulr Finance

  Enabling the instant economy: Driving efficiency in payments Andrew highlights the opportunities presented by real time payments for SMBs: payroll, accounting and payments integration. Full presentation video
• Adam Davies - Stripe

  Latest perspectives: Implementation of SCA Adam highlights some of Stripe's experiences during the implementation of SCA and makes an offer for wider industry co-operation. Full presentation video
• Rob Haslingden - Experian

  Direct experiences of processing UK OB requests Rob discusses Experian's perspectives on the evolution of Open Banking in the UK
• Adrian Kelly - Vix Technology

  Why you need to pay attention to mass transit? Adrian highlights the opportunities and frustrations of the mass transit market in its interactions with the acceptance market. Full presentation video
• Ciaran O'Malley - Trustly

  PSD2 APIs & Instant Payments...a walk in the park... Ciaran presents some of the major challenges faced by vanilla PISP services and the opportunities for players to value add. Full presentation video
• Luke Purser - PSE Consulting

  Opportunities for acquirers with the Payment Facilitator Model Luke discusses the opportunities presented by the Payment Facilitator model for acquirers. Full presentation video
• Peter Jones - PSE Consulting

  Payment Faciltator Model - which way for regulators? Peter highlights some of the challenges for PayFacs and their approach to commercial risk. Full presentation video
• Allen Weinberg - Glenbrook

  Insights on acceptance trends and innovation in the U.S. Market Allen discusses his views of the US market and how large merchants are interacting with gateways and acquirers