Did Star Trek predict bitcoins and what does it mean for the future? If you are like me, a Star Trek fan then it’s interesting to note that many of the futuristic technologies and gadgets used on the show have come true or are close to coming true. This is likely more...
India Makes Important Advances in Biometric Payments In India it’s already possible for a consumer to authorise and authenticate a payment with their fingerprint or iris scan. As a largely cash based economy India has leapfrogged the use of Cards and Smart Phones for...
How do bitcoins impact online merchants? There’s a lot that has been said and written about bitcoins. They are the talk of the town these days. Undoubtedly bitcoins and related distributed ledger technologies will have a lasting impact on payments and financial...
PSD2 What Will Really Change? There has been a lot written about the PSD2 and rightly so, it is important regulation soon to be enacted into legislation that will bring significant innovation and change to electronic payments. But what will actually change in the day...
SafeCharge 3 Years After IPO In this post we look at SafeCharge, a medium sized payment processor and recently formed acquirer. We look at the following items; history, the IPO, recent performance, drivers of growth so far, recent strategic moves and execution...
GDPR – Data Protection Gets Serious On 14 April 2016, the EU Parliament adopted the long awaited General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The GDPR will have considerable impact on all companies that provide goods or services to Europe, regardless of the...
Gropay provides management consulting and interim management services globally in the areas of online payments, mobile payments and point of sale POS payments. Our clients span the entire payments value chain from schemes to merchants and also include private equity investors, technology and mobile companies. The Gropay team consists of proven industry leaders with extensive experience both on the demand (merchant) and supply (Payment Service Provider, acquirer, scheme) sides with a focus on sales and business development, operations, risk, compliance, valuation and due diligence.