Business of Payments

Business of Payments newsletter is a monthly briefing on the money side of European payments, written by independent analyst Geoffrey Barraclough. It claims more than 5,000 senior readers in over 50 countries and doubles as the research base for his advisory work and conference moderation.

What each issue holds One substantial briefing a month, the latest being July 2026, with company results and M&A, fundraising news, trend analysis and independent commentary on what matters and what it means commercially. Curated links and charts round it out. One reader quoted on the page calls it content that "actually explains how the industry makes money", grounded in numbers.

How it differs It is built for people who read earnings reports: acquirer margins, PSP economics, the pace of consolidation and valuations, rather than product announcements. There is a newsletter archive on the site.

Why payments people read it Merchants negotiating with acquirers, PSP strategy teams, investors and consultants get a single monthly view of what is moving in merchant acquiring and paytech, with the commercial implication spelled out.