Our associates analyze payment acceptance and processing strategies to help merchants and acquirers maximize net revenue.
Areas of Focus
Payment Facilitator business case development and gap analysis
Evaluation and selection of bank and processing partners.
Analysis and optimization of authorization, interchange fee qualification and processing
Development and management of acquirer/processor RFPs
Case Studies
CLIENT
Largest kiosk retailer
CLIENT CHALLENGE
Reduce interchange and processing expense and obtain enhanced processor support and reporting
GVGROUP SOLUTIONS
Undertook comprehensive RFP to select new acquirer/processor relationship
Modeled cost and interchange expense for enhanced ongoing monitoring
Recommended near-term action and long-term strategy for new processor relationship
RESULTS
Helped client select processor and negotiated business terms for contract
Saved client over $60 million in I/C and processing expense over 3 year pro forma contract term
CLIENT
Top wholesale grocery
CLIENT CHALLENGE
Enhance loyalty and reduce rising payment acceptance costs
GVGROUP SOLUTIONS
Developed payment processing strategies and migration for a payment processing company from a “merchant-of-record” to a “payment facilitator” business model with integrated payment gateway functionalities
RESULTS
Wholesale operator is in process of implementing new strategy, including multiple channel delivery to drive increased loyalty
Project cost savings of $10-15 million
CLIENT
Technology start-up company and payment service provider
CLIENT CHALLENGE
Understand and potentially migrate the business and payment model to a SAAS and ISV payment provider
GVGROUP SOLUTIONS
Developed options and requirements for connecting to major acquiring banks and payment networks under different third-party models (i.e. merchant, payment facilitator, payment processor, independent sales organizations, merchant servicer, etc.)
RESULTS
Implemented GVGroup recommendations and have increased payment and processing volume by 10X while implementing more efficient cost and delivery structure