Your payment stack is costing you more than you think.
We help online merchants build payment strategies that remove friction, reduce costs, and unlock growth. Across markets, verticals, and payment methods.
A clear, honest read
On where you stand today, before we recommend anything.
- No cost, no obligation
- Straight to senior advisors
Advisors, not reports
Someone works alongside you. Not a document handed off.
- Same team from day one
- Not account managers
The right PSP match
Matched to your business, not a generic shortlist.
- Matched to your business model
- Access to our partner network
Acquirer rejection
Analyse
Prepare
Match
Ready for the right acquiring conversation
Sound familiar?
Most merchants we speak to are not failing. They are growing, but hitting walls they cannot see clearly from the inside. These are the situations that bring them to us.
Rejected by an acquirer or PSP, with no real explanation
Chargebacks are rising and nothing is working
Expanding into a new market and not sure where to start
Your current market is not converting the way it should
Making payment decisions without knowing if they are the right ones
How PPS actually works
Make better payment decisions
Senior advice to understand the issue, decide what needs to change and support execution.
Make onboarding easier to manage
TrustBench structures merchant information, documents and onboarding data so the engagement moves faster with less repeated work.
Reach the right payment partners
PPS identifies relevant providers based on your business model, geography, risk profile and objectives.
PPS packages
Different payment situations need different levels of support. Choose the starting point that best matches where your business is today.
Build the right payment foundation.
Who it’s for: Merchants building a new payment setup, changing provider, or preparing for a new payment environment.
You need to make the right provider, compliance and setup decisions before they become difficult or expensive to change.
Find what your current setup is leaving on the table.
Who it’s for: Merchants with an existing payment setup who want to understand where performance, cost, resilience or complexity can improve.
You want a clear view of approval rates, chargebacks, fees, routing, checkout, provider dependency and the areas worth changing.
Your ongoing senior payment team.
Who it’s for: Merchants that need experienced payment specialists involved as the business grows, without building a full in-house payment team.
You want continuous senior support across performance, providers, compliance, expansion and significant payment issues.
Build the right payment foundation from day one.
Getting payments right at the start is harder than it looks. Providers can appear similar, underwriting requirements are not always clear, and an unsuitable setup can create unnecessary cost, delay and restrictions as the business grows. PPS Launch helps the merchant define the payment strategy, prepare for onboarding and connect with providers that fit the business.
Intake and business assessment
Payment strategy
Compliance readiness review
Application dossier in TrustBench
Provider matching and introductions
Commercial negotiation support
Onboarding guidance
Setup advisory and handover
A payment setup that fits the business and a structured route from strategy to go-live.
Find what your payment setup is leaving on the table.
A payment setup can work and still leave performance, cost and resilience behind. PPS Deep Dive analyses the merchant’s actual payment environment and separates quick improvements from changes that need more work.
Intake and access setup
Payment data analysis
Cost and contract review
Stack and checkout review
Contingency and dependency review
Compliance check in TrustBench
Findings and classification
Prioritised action plan
A clear view of where performance, cost and resilience can improve, with a practical sequence of what to do next.
Your ongoing senior payment team, without building one in-house.
Payments continue to change after the first project is complete. Providers change pricing, rules change, fraud patterns shift and the setup must develop as the business grows. PPS Partner keeps experienced payment specialists involved so the merchant does not need to restart the conversation every time something changes.
Continuous performance monitoring
Periodic stack and contract reviews
Compliance monitoring in TrustBench
Contingency management
Market expansion support
Partner and provider scouting
Priority incident support
Quarterly strategy review
Your payment strategy stays current while performance, cost, providers, compliance and growth requirements remain under active review.
Your compliance dossier. Ready before they ask.
TrustBench is our compliance and onboarding tool, built into every engagement. It produces structured, complete, audit-ready documentation, and reduces the back-and-forth that slows merchants down when acquirers ask for more.
Dossier status: Audit-ready
Documentation: Structured and complete
Outcome: Fewer back-and-forth review cycles
The biggest provider is not automatically the right provider
We start with your business, not with a provider. PPS maintains direct relationships across acquirers, PSPs, fraud specialists, chargeback partners and Merchant of Record providers.
Not the biggest consultancy. The most trusted one.
Merchant-first advice.
Every recommendation starts with what is best for your business, not a referral incentive.
Direct senior involvement.
You work with the senior team, not account managers.
Independent thinking.
PPS is not an ISO. You pay us, so our advice stays aligned with you.
Boutique by design.
We work with a limited number of clients at any given time. That is a deliberate choice.
Insights
Straight answers to the payment questions merchants actually ask, written by the senior PPS team.