Hitachi Consulting: Manage your payments business in today’s complex and changing environment

Payments

There is fundamental change occurring in the payments industry and more is in the offing. As this environment evolves, the effects of the lack of leverage and the knowledge vs. authority gap are becoming more pronounced. Managing a payments business in this complex and changing environment will require more knowledge and attention than it has received in the past. More importantly, it will require an entirely different perspective.

With deep industry knowledge and a balanced view of strategy, people, process and technology, Hitachi Consulting can provide insights, counsel and assistance on any related issue or project unique to an organization. Our offerings include:

• ATM Channel Strategy - Defines a three to five year plan that focuses the organization on the strategic intent of the channel as well as provides strategies for Network Optimization, Financial Analysis and Functionality Assessment.



• Back Office Optimization - Identifies opportunities to improve settlement reconciliation, chargeback and retrieval, disputes processing and other back-office operations.



• Consumer and Business Payments Strategy - Defines a future payments ‘road map' that delivers significant financial benefits (higher revenue/lower cost) to you by examining your current payments portfolio in light of industry trends and developments.



• Debit / EFT Network & Processor Optimization - Determines the best configuration of EFT networks and processors for your business, leading you through all aspects of the process, including RFP development and management, response evaluation and modeling, negotiations, and final vendor selection.



• Portfolio Optimization - Identifies key considerations for evaluating new products offered by existing and new card associations, ensuring deployment an optimal product mix.



• Release Opportunity Maximization - Identifies key business and product opportunities resulting from the combined release mandates to improve service offerings and re-evaluate business choices in light of emerging requirements.