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An energy company works to better serve cash customers
A large energy company wanted to craft a payments strategy that would digitally engage cash customers. Glenbrook was asked to help them develop a comprehensive payments strategy that included a credit offering.
A large ecommerce platform optimizes its payments strategy
A large ecommerce platform supporting small to medium businesses had grown significantly over the last decade. The company was concerned they had ‘outgrown’ their approach to payments. Glenbrook was asked to help assess the company’s payments strategies, operations, partners, and organization in order to define a more ideal configuration for payments acceptance, reporting, and ongoing management.
A global omni-channel merchant maximizes retention and growth
A global omni-channel merchant had a number of strategic payments objectives, including 1) increase subscriber growth and retention 2) support international growth 3) maintain redundancy and resiliency and 4) maximize authorization rates. Glenbrook was asked to develop strategic recommendations that aligned with these goals.
A strategic acquirer and its private equity owners evaluate the acquisition of a major competitor
We assisted a global PSP and its private equity backers in conducting market due diligence on a major deal to expand the PSP’s presence in the U.S. market, constructing a comprehensive revenue projection model in the process. The deal was completed on schedule and now represents a core line of business for the acquiring company.
An Independent Software Vendor integrates payments processing into core solution
Over the past several years, the Independent Software Vendor (ISV) market has moved towards a model of integrating payments within their software solutions. An ISV recognized an opportunity to deeply integrate multi-channel Point of Sale and payment processing with their business management system to streamline customer operations and to recognize payments revenue and asked Glenbrook to evaluate the optimal provider configurations and potential partners that would support this objective.
A practice management solution evaluates embedded finance
A software company offering practice management solutions to medical practices was interested in integrating payments and pursuing a Payment Facilitator model. They asked Glenbrook to provide an economic, technical, and operational roadmap for its journey into payment facilitation.
A global payments processor stays on top of industry shifts
Glenbrook conducts regular market scans for a global payments company, capturing key developments and strategic initiatives of traditional and emerging competitors and other important players in adjacent parts of the payments ecosystem.
A central bank better understands payments initiation via open banking
A central bank wanted to better understand other market approaches to open banking, with a particular emphasis on payments initiation. Glenbrook conducted a multi-country review to help inform the bank’s efforts.
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