Announcements
Optimized Payments Welcomes Three New Leaders to Growing Team
Atlanta, GA, May 3, 2022 – Global FinTech Optimized Payments is pleased to welcome three new leaders to its rapidly growing team. Alan Vickness joins Optimized Payments as Vice President of Strategy and Delivery. Alan brings 24 years of experience developing, leading, and executing strategic initiatives at prominent companies. His primary responsibilities will be enhancing
May 3, 2022
Optimized Payments Commits to Donating $100k to Philanthropic Causes Each Year
ATLANTA, GA—April 20, 2022– Optimized Payments, a Global FinTech leader, is committed to donating a minimum of $100k each year to support humanitarian and environmental organizations. The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team at Optimized Payments focuses its efforts in three main areas: Education Environment Local causes around the Atlanta, GA area “As Optimized Payments thrives,
April 20, 2022
Joining the World to Drive Sustainable Commerce
Atlanta, GA, February 1, 2022 — Optimized Payments, a global SaaS Analytics Platform leader, is committed to driving a smarter way of doing business via sustainable commerce, reducing their impact on the environment, and transitioning to a low-carbon economy. They do this by implementing environmentally responsible business practices, continually partnering with companies that share their
February 1, 2022
Optimized Payments Acquires Paul Larsen Consulting to Become Global Leader in Payment Analytics
Atlanta, GA, January 4, 2022 — Rapidly-growing FinTech, Optimized Payments (OP), has acquired Paul Larsen Consulting (PLC) in a strategic move that will position OP as the global leader in payment data services and analytics. Paul Larsen Consulting has strong domain expertise in the rapidly evolving and complex subscription ecology and an established track record
January 4, 2022
Optimized Payments Welcomes Industry Expert as Head of Sales and Marketing
Atlanta, GA, December 14, 2021 — Optimized Payments, a rapidly growing global FinTech, is very pleased to welcome Oliver Gumbrill as Head of Sales & Marketing. Oliver’s responsibilities will encompass sales team leadership, accelerating Optimized Payments’ revenue through new products, services and geographies, development of new channels, and contributing to the company’s marketing and business
December 14, 2021
Optimized Payments Welcomes FinTech Industry Veterans as Strategic Advisors
ATLANTA, GA, August 30, 2021— Rapidly growing FinTech, Optimized Payments, today announced it will welcome two highly-respected industry veterans as strategic advisors. Mike Passilla, former Vice Chairman at JPMorgan Chase, and Sameer Govil, former Senior Vice President at Visa, will join the Optimized Payments Advisory Board to help guide and manage the firm’s unprecedented growth
August 30, 2021
Press Releases
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Optimized Payments Welcomes Three New Leaders to Growing Team
Atlanta, GA, May 3, 2022 – Global FinTech Optimized Payments is pleased to welcome three new leaders to its rapidly growing team. Alan Vickness joins Optimized Payments as Vice President of Strategy and Delivery. Alan brings 24 years of experience developing, leading, and executing strategic initiatives at prominent companies. His primary responsibilities will be enhancing
May 3, 2022 -
Optimized Payments Commits to Donating $100k to Philanthropic Causes Each Year
ATLANTA, GA—April 20, 2022– Optimized Payments, a Global FinTech leader, is committed to donating a minimum of $100k each year to support humanitarian and environmental organizations. The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team at Optimized Payments focuses its efforts in three main areas: Education Environment Local causes around the Atlanta, GA area “As Optimized Payments thrives,
April 20, 2022 -
Joining the World to Drive Sustainable Commerce
Atlanta, GA, February 1, 2022 — Optimized Payments, a global SaaS Analytics Platform leader, is committed to driving a smarter way of doing business via sustainable commerce, reducing their impact on the environment, and transitioning to a low-carbon economy. They do this by implementing environmentally responsible business practices, continually partnering with companies that share their
February 1, 2022 -
Optimized Payments Acquires Paul Larsen Consulting to Become Global Leader in Payment Analytics
Atlanta, GA, January 4, 2022 — Rapidly-growing FinTech, Optimized Payments (OP), has acquired Paul Larsen Consulting (PLC) in a strategic move that will position OP as the global leader in payment data services and analytics. Paul Larsen Consulting has strong domain expertise in the rapidly evolving and complex subscription ecology and an established track record
January 4, 2022 -
Optimized Payments Welcomes Industry Expert as Head of Sales and Marketing
Atlanta, GA, December 14, 2021 — Optimized Payments, a rapidly growing global FinTech, is very pleased to welcome Oliver Gumbrill as Head of Sales & Marketing. Oliver’s responsibilities will encompass sales team leadership, accelerating Optimized Payments’ revenue through new products, services and geographies, development of new channels, and contributing to the company’s marketing and business
December 14, 2021 -
Optimized Payments Welcomes FinTech Industry Veterans as Strategic Advisors
ATLANTA, GA, August 30, 2021— Rapidly growing FinTech, Optimized Payments, today announced it will welcome two highly-respected industry veterans as strategic advisors. Mike Passilla, former Vice Chairman at JPMorgan Chase, and Sameer Govil, former Senior Vice President at Visa, will join the Optimized Payments Advisory Board to help guide and manage the firm’s unprecedented growth
August 30, 2021
Articles
Wirecard and the Curious Case of the Missing $2 billion
As COVID-19 worsens financial crisis in Europe, Wirecard, a global FinTech company based in Germany filed for insolvency after losing over $12 billion in market value after EY audit reports showed insufficient evidence of $2 billion in profit earned over a decade. Wirecard, a German payment processor and financial services provider, with over 20 years
June 26, 2020
VISA and TerraPay Partner Drive Real-Time Payments Interoperability
A global payments infrastructure company, TerraPay, and Visa announce a strategic partnership to work together to drive real-time digital remittances, interoperability, financial inclusion and drive adoption of cashless payments. Partnerships have played a vital role in Visa’s growth strategy as their collaboration with TerraPay will help boost interoperable financial services and products to push much
June 24, 2020
The Credit-Card Fees Merchants Hate, Banks Love and Consumers Pay
In this interesting article by AnnaMarie Andriotis and Harriet Torry from The Wall Street Journal, they highlight how cash is becoming a less preferred method of payment due to an increased dependability on credit cards, apps, and online shopping, especially during the pandemic. With the use of non-cash payments, comes increased costs for merchants in
June 23, 2020
Strategically Managing Card Swipe Fees
U.S. merchants will spend over $90 billion in credit card processing or swipe fees in 2019. For many organizations, swipe fees represent one of their top five operating costs. Swipe fees continue to grow not only due to an increase in card sales, but also due to increases in interchange and network fees. Just this
April 22, 2020
Guidance for Outlining your Key Payments Goals in 2020
As you are coming up with your personal resolutions for the new year, we wanted to offer some potential payments ‘resolutions’ or goals for your organization for 2020. Here are 5 key payments goals that you should tackle or start tackling in 2020: 1. Security – Encryption/Tokenization/Omni-channel Every retailer with exception of Automated Fuel Dispensers
December 19, 2019
Payments are Constantly Changing – October 2019 Regs Release Highlights
The joys of the fall season…football, beautiful weather, leaves are falling, and card brand rate changes. As the card brands tend to make their regulatory and rate changes every Spring and Fall, we like to keep you updated on many of the most significant changes, so you are prepared for the final quarter of 2019
October 22, 2019