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Paul Campbell
28 February 2006
Bucharest
Unit pricing
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Hardware
Upgrades
Upgrades
IT Processing
Licences New services
Compliance PCI
Credit & Risk
Cost of Sale Government
Fraud
Competition
Investigations authorities
Sales people
Bad Debt International laws
Incentives
Collections
Travel costs
Set up costs
Revenue Opportunities
Traditional drivers of acquirer’s revenues are:
-New sales
-MSC/discount/disagio
-Terminal fees Is this what
-Interest income drives your
-Commission income revenue?
-Attrition management
-Interchange management
-Value added products
-Top Ups
-Bill payment
-Gift Card
-Loyalty
Back to Basics
What makes a merchant acquiring business a success?
Develop a clear business strategy and find leaders to execute. Create an
acquiring business P + L and manage the business through dedication to
your financial plan
Be clear about what drives your business and make people accountable
for delivery, especially in the biggest revenue driving activities (normally
new sales and terminals)
Aim to be operationally excellent – a lost customer is expensive to replace
Make your proposition simple to understand
Developa management dashboard to measure financial and non-financial
business indicators AND ACT ON IT
Focus on the bottom line : take a microscope to every cost and revenue
line and target year on year efficiency gains
Back to Basics cont’d
Bank
Strong brand
Payment Scheme licenses
Sales Engine
Premier products and services
How Can First Data Help
Revenue CAGR Since Inception
33%
35%
27%
30%
25%
20%
15% 13%
11%
10%
5%
0%
Alliance A Alliance B Alliance C Alliance D Alliance E Alliance F Average
Any Questions?