Over the past quarter-century, EDC has grown into a global leader in financial services and payments consulting

• In September, 1978, Jim Edgar, Peter Dunn, and Todd Conover left Touche Ross & Company and along with a few other individuals, founded Edgar, Dunn & Conover  in San Francisco California. Their objective was to create a company that held to its values of:

• Integrity and Trust – In all of the firm’s relationships
• Superior Quality – In our work product, thinking and people
• Unique Insights – So clients can benefit from our thinking

• Positive Results – So that what we do matters
  

Specialization in Financial Services and Payments

• The firm began as a general management consulting firm, but through early work done with an international card association and with several West Coast banks, the firm quickly developed a specialization in payments and financial services
  
  
• After Todd Conover left the firm to become head of the US national banking system as Comptroller of the Currency, the firm was re-named Edgar, Dunn & Company
  
  
• EDC was sold to ICF in 1990, but it was re-purchased by the original partners and re-formed in 1992. At the same time, the Atlanta office was opened

International Expansion

• From 1992 - 2000 EDC continued to expand as clients asked for consulting support in Europe and Asia. The firm’s London and Sydney offices were opened in 1992 and 1996 respectively, and through these offices the firm emerged as a global provider of consulting services to the payments and financial services industry

Positioning for Future Growth

• In August, 2000, the firm was acquired by AppNet to achieve scale through a broader set of consulting services, and very shortly thereafter, AppNet was acquired by Commerce One. After 14 months, the firm implemented an MBO to re-emerge as Edgar, Dunn & Company with a strong focus on financial services and  payments
  
  

• The firm acquired Co-Brand Dynamics, now PaymentDynamics, in the fall of 2003. PaymentDynamics gives the firm a unique insight into customer attitudes and behavior related to their payment decisions, along with a New York office
  
  
• In December 2004, the firm’s Frankfurt office was opened to meet the needs of clients in Germany and Eastern Europe
  
  
• In March 2008, the firm's Singapore office was opened to further meet the needs of clients in the Asia/Pacific region

Today, EDC serves clients in over 30 countries from its offices in Atlanta, Frankfurt, London,  San Francisco, Singapore and Sydney.