INDEPENDENT CONSULTING WITH OVER 25 YEARS EXPERTISE IN THE PAYMENT INDUSTRY
PROVIDING PRACTICAL PAYMENT ADVICE, EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT TO:
MERCHANTS, MARKETPLACES, PSPs & FINTECHS, BANKS as well as Payment Schemes, Investors and other companies looking to understand, set up or improve their online payments
ABOUT
Payment Options is an independent consultancy run and managed by Masha Cilliers and leveraging a broad network of industry colleagues when and as required. It provides payment expertise to management and functional teams of merchants, marketplaces, payment providers and other players in the payment industry ecosystem
Its key focus is helping merchants and payment providers to understand the industry and each other and to build successful supplier/buyer relationships as well as to leverage the newest technology trends
Payment Options Limited has been operational for 10 years and in that time has delivered consulting projects to over 50 companies, a mix of retail, travel and digital merchants, fintechs, investment and payment companies. It has also built a unique experience by working with marketplaces and platforms since 2014 and has one of the deepest and practical knowledge bases of this emerging verticals
Payment Options prides itself on offering not only theoretical but also practical help in addressing all payment related issues, it works with client teams to explain, educate and help build internal expertise for the future
Examples of clients and background on experience
Merchants from different verticals (travel, digital, retail)
Assess merchant specific requirements as well as learn about payment trends and innovation, build strategy, select payment providers, chose relevant payment methods and help roll out the strategy
Experience from working with fashion and beauty retailers, online travel agents and airlines, subscription software, search companies and membership organisations
Marketplaces, platforms and new types of merchants
Understand payment needs, ranger of options of staying compliant with latest rules from regulators, schemes and other relevant bodies, understand available solutions, evaluate options and build payment approach
Experience from working with large consumer products marketplaces, gig economy platforms such as taxis or research platforms, business to business procurement platforms moving to marketplace or dropshipping model
Banks, Schemes, Payment Service Providers and investors in payments
Provide a view of what merchants from traditional and emerging verticals really need, assess competition offering and latest industry trends, build successful innovation and expansion strategies for both short and long term
Experience from working with both major payment schemes, range of PSPs from largest to some of the latest start ups, board advisor, NED and mentor with a number of Fintech companies
Key components to make it work:
- onboarding sellers fast and in a compliant way
- managing regulatory requirement such as KYC/AML
- ledger management
- commission/fee deduction
- payout file generation and payout
- seller and buyer portal
An example - introducing Marketplace platform payment challenges as compared with a standard retailer/merchant
Masha has a long history of speaking engagements at conferences, shows, events, news programmes and interviews. As such we can help with your company event by chairing, doing key note presentations, helping with content or managing panels for your external or internal events. Also we help run payment educational webinars or workshops for staff and executive, focusing on particular issues, such as marketplaces, for example, when required
Helping make your events more interesting!
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Payment Options will be your 'eyes and ears on the ground' with independent and impartial advice on the latest payment trends
