About this episode
In today’s episode, Martin speaks to Pascal Burg who is a EDC Director and leads our travel practice. In our conversation Pascal shares his perspective and views on this complicated yet fascinating area of payments. We cover the complexity of payment processing along the travel value chain, important trends in travel payments, the impact of the economic downturn on travel providers such as airlines and hotels, shifting risk appetite of acquiring banks, M&A activity and lots besides. It’s a really interesting conversation actually recorded late last year.
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Episode Links
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascalburg/
Email: Pascal.Burg@edgardunn.com
Guest Bio
Pascal is a Director in the Paris office and heads up the Travel Payments Practice for EDC. Pascal has worked across four EDC offices (London, Sydney, San Francisco, Paris), has over 25 years of consulting experience, and four years of line management experience in financial services in the UK. Pascal leads consulting projects across the main segments of EDC’s clients including payment networks, banks, large merchants, payment technology providers and other clients such as central banks and investors. Pascal holds an MBA from Lancaster University and a business degree from EM Lyon. Outside of work, Pascal is a keen cyclist and Arsenal supporter.
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Martin Koderisch is a Principal in the London office. He assists payment and fintech companies of all sizes to excel at commercial execution including GTM, growth strategy & partnerships development. Martin also works with private equity clients on due diligence and post deal value creation. He offers a unique perspective based on 15+ years of experience across consulting and industry roles. Prior to joining EDC in 2015, Martin held senior operational positions developing, launching and growing payment and fintech products and services via direct sales, and strategic partnerships at start-ups and corporations including MasterCard and Citibank, and at pricing consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners. Outside of work, Martin likes to tinker about on guitar.
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