Paul Brisk - Writing with almost 30 years’ experience in the banking, finance, and payments industry.

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About Me

I am over 29 years into my career in banking, finance, and payments, and still going. My focus has been consumer and retail payments, having started out in the payment card industry. Over the years, I have developed expertise on almost every aspect and component, both business and technical, of the end-to-end payment eco-system and its participants. From point of acceptance and the retailer, to acquirer, through to the issuer and consumer, and the role of the payment scheme. My passion has been the impact and implementation of emerging products and technologies to the commerce ecosystem to create stakeholder benefit.

Recently it occurred to me that I have spent a considerable part of my professional life writing. I have written articles, white papers, analysis documents, technical documents, standards, specifications, and business recommendations. Almost all these documents have been for customers. Additionally, I have been asked to present my ideas, thoughts, and observations at numerous conferences over the years.

I enjoy writing and telling a story about what, why and how of the emerging trends and impacts of the industry in which I have almost three decades experience. This has led me to pursue opportunities through freelance writing.

I am seeking engagements that will allow me to write content related to banking, finance, payments, and digital commerce. Of particular interest is to describe how emerging technologies and methods are changing the commerce ecosystem. I am comfortable writing a range of content – from general articles designed to explain a concept clearly and simply to the general public, to detailed business or technical documents for industry experts.

Industries I Write About

Technology

Finance

My Writing Samples

A Seismic Reduction in the Cost of Digital Payments

Article describing the threat to traditional payment methods such as payment cards posed by the potential for new digital payment methods to offer much lower pricing models.

If You’re Just Taking the Payment – You Could Be Out of a Job

South East Asia Could Leapfrog More Advanced Markets for Consumer Payment

Article describing how Asian markets are adopting consumer payment technologies that are not the card payment methods prevalent in more developed payment markets.

Experience

Co-Founder, Shareholder, Director

A start-up business established in Jakarta, Indonesia to offer services and products to enable organizations to undergo digital transformation through the application of Open API technology.

Managing Director

Based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Delivered products and services to local banks to assist in transformation activities required to accommodate and drive the emergence of digital commerce ecosystems within Indonesia.

Founding Director, Shareholder

onsultancy, training and services company, focusing on assisting payment industry stakeholders to understand and implement emerging consumer payment technologies. Customers were based in Asia, Australia and New Zealand. A significant repeat customer was Visa International.

Vice President, Virtual Visa Initiatives

Managed the Virtual Visa Initiatives team (7 staff) responsible for the implementation of new products, platforms, and channels to enable Visa payments in e-commerce.

Chip Card Consultant

Consulted on electronic purse implementation to banks and trained local staff for the Smart Commerce Japan project.

Project Manager, Chip Cards

Highlight: Project managed the implementation of Visa Cash electronic purse for the Australian Gold Coast pilot – a world first implementation.

Systems Engineer

Designed, marketed, and implemented communication networks and provided technical support to NSW Public Sector and Banking customers.