Announcements
Optimized Payments Welcomes Two More Payment Processing Experts to the Team
ATLANTA, GA—July 5, 2022— Global FinTech leader, Optimized Payments is pleased to welcome two more payment experts. Taige Caldwell joins as a Senior Consultant for the Strategy & Delivery Team. He has over a decade of experience optimizing interchange fees and has delivered millions of dollars in cost savings at ACI. Taige’s primary role will
July 5, 2022
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
Press Releases
Optimized Payments Welcomes Two Experts to Technology and Data Services Team
ATLANTA, GA—August 2, 2022— Optimized Payments, a global FinTech leader, is pleased to welcome two industry experts to their growing Technology and Data Services team. Komal Mehta joins as a Data Analyst and brings with her years of experience as a Payments Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase. Komal will be a part of the data
August 2, 2022
Optimized Payments Welcomes Expert Payment Strategist to Growing Team
ATLANTA, GA—July 18, 2022– Optimized Payments, a global FinTech leader, is pleased to welcome John Albin to their growing Recurring Payments team. John joins Optimized Payments as a Recurring Payments Strategist, where his deep experience with payments operations and analytics will be an asset. He will work closely with clients to understand, analyze, and improve
July 29, 2022-
Optimized Payments Welcomes Two More Payment Processing Experts to the Team
ATLANTA, GA—July 5, 2022— Global FinTech leader, Optimized Payments is pleased to welcome two more payment experts. Taige Caldwell joins as a Senior Consultant for the Strategy & Delivery Team. He has over a decade of experience optimizing interchange fees and has delivered millions of dollars in cost savings at ACI. Taige’s primary role will
July 5, 2022 -
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
Articles
Credit Card Competition Act of 2022
Author: Taige Caldwell Last week, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the Credit Card Competition Act of 2022. Like the blueprint Sen. Durbin used a decade ago for debit cards, this bill would require credit cards to be processed over two competing networks, one of which is not Visa or MasterCard. The
August 5, 2022
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