LEADERSHIP
Matt Beale
Partner
Matt Beale heads our Security and Architecture Practice. He has experience working in many facets of IT with a strong focus on global retail organizations. Since Matt joined us, he has built up this practice to cover a number of key verticals.
Outside of the office, Matt enjoys scuba diving and looking for the hidden secrets that cities always offer.
Insights
- How Should You Introduce AI to Your Security Toolset?There is no question that introducing AI capabilities into your company’s environment offers advantages for most business functions, including your company’s Security team, their processes, and the tools they use. However, it’s important to balance the inherent risks with the potential gains before adding AI into your environment.
- Prepping for the End of Year, Holidays, and 2025As each year ends, merchants are forced to deal with the scramble related to holiday season sales and offers which ideally, are executed flawlessly from consumer interaction at point of purchase all the way through backend systems and related cash flows, and an eagerness to hit the start of the next year and begin execution of strategic initiatives.
- Is Walmart’s real-time payments offer going to be a market mover?It was recently announced that Walmart will be working with Fiserv to implement real-time payments for their customers using Fiserv’s real-time payment transaction rails. Real-time payments aren’t a new concept but have had slow bank adoption and even slower merchant and consumer assumption. Will Walmart’s move prompt banks and merchants alike to move more quickly?
