Most payments players are slowly learning that fixating on one form factor or payment method won’t be enough in the very near future. Meanwhile, TSYS is another step further: as Paul Bridgewater puts it, even ubiquity isn’t enough. What do consumers really want? A rich, deeply satisfying consumer experience.

Bridgewater explains TSYS’ new approach to commerce in an interview with MPD founder David Evans.

Most payments players are slowly learning that fixating on one form factor or payment method won’t be enough in the very near future. Meanwhile, TSYS is another step further: as Paul Bridgewater puts it, even ubiquity isn’t enough. What do consumers really want? A rich, deeply satisfying consumer experience.

Bridgewater explains TSYS’ new approach to commerce in an interview with MPD founder David Evans. The audio is provided below.

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Paul Bridgewater
Group Executive – Global Product, TSYS

Paul Bridgewater is group executive of global product for TSYS. He is a 23-year veteran of the payments and financial services industry, having previously served as senior vice president, payments, of Digital River, Inc., in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, where he managed all aspects of its multi-million dollar internal payment services business unit. Bridgewater’s additional responsibilities at Digital River included product management and roadmap execution, third-party payment vendor relationships, payment services strategy, and real-time fraud and risk mitigation for its external payment services business. He also has extensive international payments experience, having worked with Citibank International, NatWest Bank, PLC and Anker Data Systems.