DIGITAL PAYMENTS & FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY & MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
OUR EXPERTISE
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE
About Financial Tech Advisors
Founded in 2011, Financial Tech Advisors specializes in the dynamic global digital payments sector, with expertise in navigating jurisdiction-specific payments regulations, legislation, and compliance requirements in the context of international commerce.
Our mission is to simplify digital payment processes, helping businesses manage costs and optimize operations across payment methods such as debit and credit cards, ACH, P2P, B2B, and G2C money transfers and cross-border remittances.
We collaborate with individual businesses as well as VC and PE firms managing diverse portfolios, all with a shared goal of reducing their costs of payment acceptance. Our geo-specific solutions are tailored by industry, focusing on Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) where strategic adjustments can create the most impact.
Using a structured, results-oriented approach, we rapidly assess, analyze, and deliver customized solutions that keep our clients competitive in an ever-evolving marketplace.
For businesses evaluating whether their digital payment volumes warrant direct negotiations with payment platforms and processors, Financial Tech Advisors provides the expertise and guidance needed to unlock those opportunities.
Our engagements are time-bound, with clear objectives and deliverables established from the outset, ensuring measurable outcomes and a focused path to success.
ACTIONABLE ANALYTICS
The Financial Tech Advisors team has well over a decade of experience in complex payments analytics yielding deep insights for clients.
Our key areas of functional expertise include: Extensive market research; New financial product launches; Financial modeling; Benchmarking studies; Cost of payment acceptance analysis (including cash, checks, debit/credit cards, and ACH); Assessment of regulatory impacts on both payment networks and retailers; Mobile payment apps; Industry research reports, Cross-border payments and remittances; & more.
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
We collaborate with Federal & State Agencies in Advisory, Strategy/Cost Savings, & Support Roles.
DUNS Number: 066 696 393
CAGE Code: 8EPX0
Certified: WOSB
LOCATION
Atlanta is the FinTech capital of the United States, and over 70% of all electronic payments transactions processed in the US run through here. FTA is smack-dab in the middle of all the action, expertise, and connections.
PREVIOUS CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS
MOBILE PAYMENT SOLUTIONS
COST OF PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE
COST OF PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE
Partnered with a large retail consortium to develop a mobile payment solution designed to reduce payment acceptance costs.
COST OF PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE
COST OF PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE
COST OF PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE
Worked with major credit card network to quantify the cost of accepting various payment methods in order to demonstrate merchant benefits of accepting electronic card payments
OUTSOURCING DECISIONS
COST OF PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE
OUTSOURCING DECISIONS
Collaborated with a mid-sized bank to streamline its credit and debit card portfolios with the goal of streamlining operations and determining
which components were best suited for outsourcing
REGULATORY IMPACTS
REGULATORY IMPACTS
OUTSOURCING DECISIONS
We offer ongoing compliance guidance to card networks, financial institutions, and merchants when new payments regulations are issued.
LOSS MITIGATION
REGULATORY IMPACTS
LOSS MITIGATION
Proactively analyze credit card portfolios for early indicators of increased delinquencies. Experience working with financial institutions during major economic contraction cycles.
PRIVATE LABEL
REGULATORY IMPACTS
LOSS MITIGATION
Guide retailers through the decision to offer private label payment options including gift cards/accounts; charge and credit cards; and co-branded options.