David Parker

David is the founder and CEO of Polymath Consulting who work on projects and advise organisations across the Cards & Payments industry since 2005

Having launched Polymath Consulting three months before the first open loop prepaid card in the UK Polymath has been involved with Fintech and Digital Banks since their conception

He is an active mentor, NED and advisor to boards including Chairing: Payoma (Irish Acquirer) and KYP (enterprise risk management), NED on: Hands In and advisor to Swiipr, WAC, along with others. Previously he was involved with companies including Curve and 3S Money.

In consultancy he has worked across the complete value chain helping banks with their overall E-Money/Prepaid and Emerging Payments strategy right through to market entry analysis; as well as working with telcos, processors and programme managers on segment analysis, certification and membership applications.

He is an active contributor to forums on linkedin and a regular media commentator on the future of e-money/emerging payments