Payments Consulting Network
Garrett Cassidy is the Founder and Managing Director of Abarta Consulting, established in February 2014, which focuses on bridging product development with regulatory compliance and market innovation for payment businesses. Currently serving as the Director at Payments Consulting Network since January 2024, Garrett brings extensive experience from leadership roles including VP Financial Products at Monese, where innovative financial products were developed, and Co-founder & CEO of Trezeo, a fintech that aimed to deliver inclusive financial services for independent workers. Previous roles include Programme Director at Bank of Ireland, where strategic impacts of Basel 3 were evaluated, and a Managing Director position at Circle, focusing on transforming the world economy with new financial technologies. Garrett holds a BA in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin and an Executive MBA from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
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Payments Consulting Network
Payments Consulting Network is a team of experienced payments industry consultants based in Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, Africa and Latin America. Each of our team has 10-40 years of payments industry experience, which combined with our geographic presence in local markets and independence, puts us in a unique position to quickly add value to our clients. Areas of industry focus include: merchant acquiring and online payments; ATMs; cards; real-time payments; mobile payments and the infrastructure that supports payments processing. We also operate the Merchant Advisory (merchantadvisory.com) business which supports businesses with optimising payments acceptance, instore and online. Our core client segments for this include: retail, not-for-profits, marketplaces, SaaS, hospitality and tourism. Our full range of services includes: strategy development; market research; business cases; market assessments; benchmarking; payments optimisation reviews; RFP/RFI support; card scheme negotiations; industry round tables; partnership facilitation; technical advisory; compliance, marketing services and training. Our client base includes: tier 1 and tier 2 financial institutions, major retailers, ecommerce marketplaces, global and domestic card schemes, service providers to the payments industry, independent ATM deployers, not-for-profits, industry associations, and international consulting firms.