BOARD ADVISORY

Payments depth in the boardroom.

Independent perspective for boards and investment committees on commercial reality, regulatory exposure, and where a fintech thesis actually breaks. From operators who've been in the room.

Board One-Pager
Q4 meeting · Series B payments co.
Bank partners live 3 +1 QoQ
Pilot → production 2/5 Target 4
Open regulatory items 4 2 critical
Runway 19 mo Post-raise
Agenda Ask
  1. 01
    Regulatory exposure EU licence path vs. 2028 market plan
    20 min Decide
  2. 02
    Partnership terms Sponsor-bank term sheet, risk read
    25 min Discuss
  3. 03
    M&A timing Inbound acquirer interest
    15 min Discuss
  4. 04
    Org design Chief Risk Officer before Series C
    15 min Decide

THE ROLES

Two ways to add payments
depth to governance.

VOTING SEAT

Board Advisor

A standing seat with fiduciary weight: commercial, regulatory, and partnership judgment folded directly into board decisions.

VISIBILITY

Board Observer

Visibility into strategy and execution for an investor or partner, without the authority or overhead of a full board seat.

WHERE IT MATTERS

The decisions boards get wrong without this seat.

01.

Regulatory exposure

Whether a licensing or compliance decision made now closes off a market the company needs in two years.

02.

Partnership terms

Reading a bank or network term sheet the way the counterparty's risk committee will read it.

03.

M&A timing

Knowing when a company's commercial story is actually acquisition-ready, not just revenue-ready.

04.

Org design

Whether the executive team has the institutional experience the next stage of growth requires.

Add payments depth to your board.

A standing seat or an observer role — scoped to the governance gap you actually have.