Marc Abbey

Marc Abbey focuses on the merchant acquiring, transaction processing, and card issuing businesses. His areas of specialization include strategy development, financial management and analysis, customer relationship management, marketing research, and business valuation.

Marc has been at First Annapolis since its inception and has held a variety of roles including Director of Research. Previously, he served as a Strategic Planning Project Manager at C&S/Sovran Corporation where he focused on retail delivery and CRA compliance issues. Prior to that, he worked in the Electronic Payment Services division at CoreStates Financial Corporation where he participated in the “Icon Services” research and development effort at the MAC regional ATM network. Marc began his career as a Senior Research Analyst at Furash & Company, a financial services consulting firm, where he consulted for retail banking and transaction processing clients.

Marc has lectured at various conferences, seminars, client executive forums, and user groups nationally and has trained senior managers in the United States and abroad in MasterCard sponsored training sessions. He has spoken on topics including mergers & acquisitions, outsourcing pros and cons, and the technical challenges associated with purchasing cards. He has published articles in the industry press on issues ranging from attrition analysis to payment system development cycles.

Marc received his M.S. in management with concentrations in marketing, finance, and organizational behavior from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.