About this episode

In  today’s episode, Martin is joined by Mark Beresford, Director at EDC based in  our London office and leads our retailer practice. In the conversation, Mark  shares his views and perspective on the rapid growth and expansion of the payment orchestration space, a relatively cutting-edge innovation trend that has  emerged over the past few years. As Mark points out in the intro, the number of payment orchestration companies has risen sharply over the past few years  with just five companies included in EDC’s monitoring database at the start  of the pandemic to a current total of twenty-two with more being added.

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Episode Links

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/markberesford/

Email: mark.beresford@edgardunn.com

Guest Bio

Mark is a Director  in the London office and heads up the Retailer Payments Practice for EDC. He  has over 25 years of experience of consulting strategy in the payments and  fintech industries. Mark works with leading global merchants, and payment  suppliers to retailers, to develop omnichannel acceptance strategies. He uses  the 360° Payment Diagnostic methodology developed by EDC to identify cost  efficiencies and new growth opportunities for retailers by defining an  appropriate mix of payment methods, acceptance channels, innovative consumer  touchpoints, and optimizing Payment Service Providers and acquiring  relationships. Outside the payments and fintech industry Mark is a passionate  snowboarder.

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