Merchant Acquiring Conference 2024

20th November 2024, Merchant Taylors Hall, London

Presentations

Luciana Mosoia, VISA - The rising expectations of borderless commerce

Colin Close, Planet - Solving complex customer problems – the only remaining source of differentiation for payments?

Luke Purser, PSE - Where next for the PayFac in Europe?

Why are EV payments still so complex for everyone? - Max Venn-Russell, NMI

Ivan Donn, Magnet Motos - Net Zeros impact on forecourt transactions

Klas Back, Pagos - Payments Data as a Strategic Asset

Christopher Uriarte, Glenbrook - What next for fraud (and AI)? A merchant’s perspective

John Godfrey, Commercial Director, Red Badger - Embedded Friction & how to avoid it

Unlocking growth: Capitalising on embedded finance trends for platform success - Joëlle Böhme, Adyen

Tom Longhurst, YouLend - Back to basics: Demystifying Successful Embedded Lending

David Avgi, UNIPaaS - Embedded Payments 2.0: Unlocking Growth for SaaS Platforms with Managed Solutions

Mark Roberts, ClearAccept - How software is winning in payments

Sean Werkema, Stripe - Investing in issuer partnerships for merchant outcomes: lessons learned to optimize payment performance

Houssem Assadi, Market Pay - In-Person Payment Solution: lessons learned from implementation to customer deployments

Ed Hardy, CEO, Tuza - Fight or flight: Why should Acquirers invest in SMB book?

Br-dge | Glenbrook | JUSPAY - Panel Session: Orchestration

Richard Campion, VISA - Head of Fleet and Business Mobility at MAC2024

Tom Voaden, Br-dge - VP Commercial of Br-dge at MAC2024

James Lloyd, JUSPAY - Senior Director, International of JUSPAY at MAC2024

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Highlights of this years conference:

Delivered by Payments Experts for Payments Experts!

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Our conferences provide a unique platform to explore key trends shaping the European payments landscape, share insights, and engage in meaningful discussions with industry leaders. Whether you’re looking to stay ahead of the curve or connect with peers, this is your opportunity to be part of the conversation driving the future of payments.

 

This year, we covered a wide range of topics including: .

    • SaaS & Embedded Finance: It’s one of the hottest topics in financial services – from payments to lending and banking we will be exploring the range of services and models available for SaaS providers.
    • Digital FX: While FX has been part of the payments landscape since its inception, we’ll discuss the new range of digital-first opportunities that exploit emerging technical and risk management services.  
    • Orchestration:  We are going to discuss the issues behind the hype and how orchestration can add value by simplifying the ever-expanding landscape for multi-channel, multi-country, and multi-acquiring. payments.  
    • EV: Whether drivers pay to charging their electric vehicles on the move or as they park, EV payments is an exciting new frontier which requires the ecosystem to work together in new ways. We are going to get input from a wide range of players from PSPs, insurance firms, users, card schemes and manufacturers.
    • Payments Data Insights: We are going to debate how to maximise the value of each payment interaction, using strong data sets and insight-driven tools to enable focussed decision-making. 
    • Next Gen Payment Systems: We’re looking forward to a healthy discussion on how payment systems will evolve in the medium term as smart contracts and digital currencies move into the mainstream.

’24 Speakers:

This year’s conference attendees represent a diverse and impressive range of expertise, bringing together professionals from various sectors of the payments industry. With a strong presence of C-suite executives, senior managers, and key decision-makers, the event provides a unique opportunity for strategic networking and collaboration. Sales and business development specialists, along with leaders in partnerships, marketing, and product innovation, ensure a dynamic exchange of ideas and insights. Attendees also include consultants, analysts, and experts in payments technology, further enriching the knowledge-sharing environment. The conference underscores its position as a premier platform for driving innovation, addressing industry challenges, and shaping the future of payments.

Here are the metrics showcasing the distribution of attendees by their roles:

The conference underscores its position as a premier platform for driving innovation, addressing industry challenges, and shaping the future of payments.

Unlike most European payments conferences, we do not charge our speakers to present. Our goal is to provide you with more than just sales pitches. We ask our speakers to share their insights on the future of the acquiring market, recount experiences from launching new services, and discuss best practices.

 

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What our clients say

SME in all payment related space with in depth knowledge
Merchant
PSE Consulting are experts who really understand payments. They get under the skin of issues and provide consultancy that is more relevant and specific to the brief that many other consultants
Global Acquirer
PSE have strong payments experience both regarding product and the market, that is practical as well as good client mgmt skills. It's not a common combination.
Issuer
Professionalism during the project delivery and in-depth understanding of the selected topics, alongside with a flexible approach on topics e.g. change of language, timeline or scope of the project
Processor
Really took time to listen and understand our business to provide tailored and relevant consulting, it felt very bespoke not reliant on generic approach
Global Acquirer

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