Partner strategy & Vendor Selection.

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In today’s fast-moving payments landscape, even small oversights can bring big consequences. Reliable funding, strong partnerships, and robust strategies are vital for scaling, transforming, or adopting new technologies and regulations.

Align payment strategies goals with your company’s vision, connecting business, IT, and operations seamlessly.

Uncover new revenue, elevate customer experiences, and reduce costs with actionable insights.

Turn bold ideas into practical solutions with our industry experience and deep market knowledge.

Navigate complex regulations like PSD3 and Instant Payments while managing risks and controlling compliance costs.

Structured, efficient engagements with clear goals, timelines, and outcomes.

Collaborate closely to achieve lasting success and long-term value. Let’s turn your vision into a strategy that works.

Why, how & what

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With our deep payments expertise and collaborative approach, we’ll help you navigate change, seize opportunities, and thrive in a dynamic payments landscape

Why it matters

Fintech has shifted payments from closed models to open ecosystems, making partnerships and shared infrastructure key to innovation. While vertical integration once offered control, maintaining cutting-edge tech like AI fraud detection and digital wallets is costly. Successful collaboration requires aligned goals, seamless integration, and trust to avoid financial and reputational risks.

Why

What is needed

A strong partner strategy starts with clear objectives, thorough due diligence, and defined expectations. Transparency, security, and trust are key to building lasting, valuable partnerships.

What

How we help

Connective Payments crafts strategic partner and vendor strategies to align with your goals and drive effective collaborations. We:

Define priorities
Manage due diligence
Assess vendor value
Establish clear agreements
Ensure seamless integration
Address compliance needs.

How

Why, how & what

Let us guide you

With our deep payments expertise and collaborative approach, we’ll help you navigate change, seize opportunities, and thrive in a dynamic payments landscape

Why it matters

Fintech has shifted payments from closed models to open ecosystems, making partnerships and shared infrastructure key to innovation. While vertical integration once offered control, maintaining cutting-edge tech like AI fraud detection and digital wallets is costly. Successful collaboration requires aligned goals, seamless integration, and trust to avoid financial and reputational risks.

Why

What is needed

A strong partner strategy starts with clear objectives, thorough due diligence, and defined expectations. Transparency, security, and trust are key to building lasting, valuable partnerships.

What

How we help

Connective Payments crafts strategic partner and vendor strategies to align with your goals and drive effective collaborations. We:

Define priorities
Manage due diligence
Assess vendor value
Establish clear agreements
Ensure seamless integration
Address compliance needs.

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Strategy Validation

We’re here to sharpen your strategy, strengthen your position, and set you up for success.

Impact Assessments

Connective Payments takes a tailored approach, recognizing that each business has unique characteristics and regulatory challenges. Through careful navigation of regulatory requirements and close collaboration with legal experts, we develop pragmatic solutions for our clients.

Regulatory Compliance & Licensing

Connective Payments takes a tailored approach, recognizing that each business has unique characteristics and regulatory challenges. Through careful navigation of regulatory requirements and close collaboration with legal experts, we develop pragmatic solutions for our clients.

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260

Clients

75

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200+

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Testimonials

What our clients say

“Connective Payments helped iDEAL in 2019/2020 with iDEAL innovations (including iDEAL scheduling) and with the start up of a new iDEAL system. It was great to work together with Eppo Heemstra and his team. “

Piet Mallekoote

CEO - Currence

“The collaboration with Connective Payments has gone very well. Expert advice, with an eye for stakeholder management and a great sense of administrative understanding. The final report was clear, well-arranged and to the point”

Freya van der Kroef

Head of Strategy - BNG

“We hired two senior consultants to support us in realizing the new Currence 2.0 and iDEAL 2.0 ambitions. The consultants worked in a very professional and self starting way on their specific assignements and were able to conclude their assignments in a timely manner. Quality of the delivered outcomes were according to expectation and involved stakeholders were well managed. The way of working can be best described as pro-active, self starting, bringing a wide experience in payments, and a structured approach.”

Daniel van Delft

CEO

“The collaboration with Connective Payments has gone very well. Expert advice, with an eye for stakeholder management and a great sense of administrative understanding. The final report was clear, well-arranged and to the point”

Freya van der Kroef

Head of Strategy - BNG

“Connective Payments helped iDEAL in 2019/2020 with iDEAL innovations (including iDEAL scheduling) and with the start up of a new iDEAL system. It was great to work together with Eppo Heemstra and his team. “

Piet Mallekoote

CEO - Currence

“The collaboration with Connective Payments has gone very well. Expert advice, with an eye for stakeholder management and a great sense of administrative understanding. The final report was clear, well-arranged and to the point”

Freya van der Kroef

Head of Strategy - BNG

“We hired two senior consultants to support us in realizing the new Currence 2.0 and iDEAL 2.0 ambitions. The consultants worked in a very professional and self starting way on their specific assignements and were able to conclude their assignments in a timely manner. Quality of the delivered outcomes were according to expectation and involved stakeholders were well managed. The way of working can be best described as pro-active, self starting, bringing a wide experience in payments, and a structured approach.”

Daniel van Delft

CEO

“The collaboration with Connective Payments has gone very well. Expert advice, with an eye for stakeholder management and a great sense of administrative understanding. The final report was clear, well-arranged and to the point”

Freya van der Kroef

Head of Strategy - BNG

Ronald te Velde

Growth Enabler | Managing partner

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The Connective Payments team closely collaborates with you to tailor the approach to your specific needs.

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Ronald te Velde

Growth Enabler | Managing partner

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Please contact Ronald te Velde or fill in our online application form.

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ronald.tevelde@connectivepayments.com

+316 573 434 06

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