In Europe

With the competitive landscape rapidly changing, the European market is today one of our most active. First Annapolis provides a full suite of services in Europe including Management Consulting and M&A Advisory Services.
In particular, First Annapolis has a breadth of experience advising merchant acquirers, credit and commercial card issuers, retailers, and networks and processors on subjects highly relevant to today’s market such as:

• Formation of acquiring joint ventures and partnerships
• Co-branded credit card programs
• Outsourcing and processor selection
• Cross-border expansion
• Commercial card marketing
• Debit network strategy

Strategy is a deciding factor in the Europe payments market today. We encourage you to contact us to talk about your strategy. You can review some of our recent work in Europe below.

Recent Engagements

• Advised several leading European banks in Western and Central Europe on partnerships in card acquiring.
• Provided an overview of the prepaid card market and identified opportunities for a Spanish Bank.
• Advised a global, European-based retailer on risk management and portfolio management for its card programs.
• Performed a program assessment on the commercial card issuing business of a leading Nordic Bank and recommended tactics for improvement.
• Advised a French bank on strategy for the co-brand market.