Acquiring Industry Metrics (AIM)

AIM’s dynamic platform empowers payments companies to financially benchmark, make data-driven decisions, gain a competitive edge, and navigate the market landscape effectively.

“At Bank of America, I saw how AIM data and analytics added real value to how I ran my businesses. I used AIM for input to determine some of the pricing and sales strategies we used with our customers.”

Guy Harris / Former Head of Merchant Services at Bank of America

Net Revenue Flywheel

U.S. market performance snapshot and strategic levers for a high-growth portfolio.

Crafted for Payments

AIM provides a unique third-party perspective through standardized datasets for easy benchmarking, trending, and performance insights – the perfect companion for portfolio managers looking to understand and compare card-accepting market conditions.

Dynamic insights, accessible via AIMvision (login), are coupled with TSG’s unmatched industry expertise to provide value for entities across the payments acceptance value-chain. See which subscription fits your needs.

Merchant Acquirers
PSPs
Financial Institutions
Payment Facilitators
Software Companies
Private Equity
Card Networks
Fintech

Highlights

In a world where data is expected to be accessible and actionable in seconds, AIM has revolutionized how payments companies manage their business by benchmarking revenue, cost, growth, and attrition anonymously against peers and the overall industry.

Comparability

AIM provides portfolio-specific and payments market benchmarks at a granular level. Users can cut the data thousands of ways and drill down by: industry/MCC, account size, transaction size, geography, pricing method, sales mode, and eCommerce type.

Representation

AIM represents the makeup of the U.S. card acceptance market. It aligns with other data sets such as the U.S. Census, is a representative sample of the market by merchant size, and includes all models within the payments ecosystem.

On Demand

AIM’s user interface, AIMvision, provides access to performance metrics, customized dashboards, and robust query building. From analysts to executives, AIMvision is easy to use and quickly helps uncover new revenue opportunities.

Case Studies

Businesses prefer the power of AIM to tackle their big data problem and maximize profitability.

A top 3 merchant acquirer uses AIM to communicate pricing comparisons to management and justify rate increases
A top 3 U.S. bank leverages reporting for forecasting across sectors and geographies to adjust business models appropriately
A fintech provider uses AIM to understand market size and attractiveness to prioritize target markets and verticals
A large ISO uses AIM to support its sales team with go-to-market price comparisons by merchant size

Leverage Benchmark Data in Strategy

The AIM platform is regularly used for:

Strategy Development

“How do analytics support my strategy?”

When identifying a new vertical, evaluating an opportunity or quantifying a market, clients leverage AIM to support strategy development.

Merchant Pricing

“How do I competitively price merchants?”

From benchmarking against recently boarded merchants, to reviewing under-market merchants, clients can drive portfolio revenue and reduce attrition.

Comparing KPIs

“How do I accurately track and compare performance?”

With awareness for strengths and weaknesses of their portfolio in comparison to market benchmarks, clients make informed decisions about their business.

See How We Make Benchmarking Easy

Benchmarking with AIM

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Testimonials

At Bank of America, I saw how AIM data and analytics added real value to how I ran my businesses. I used AIM for input to determine some of the pricing and sales strategies we used with our customers.

Guy Harris Former Head of Merchant Services at Bank of America

I have worked with the TSG Team for the past decade and recommend them due to their sophisticated insights of the Payments industry, deep experience in all facets of merchant acceptance, as well as for their unique data analytics capabilities.

Jeffrey Sloan Retired CEO of Global Payments Inc.

I often cited the AIM averages to get investors to understand how we stand in the industry. I feel that AIM is a no-brainer tool for any decent sized payment company.

Jeff Shanahan former CEO, Cardconnect (A First Data Company)

The AIM product unequivocally provided us the insight that allowed us to better manage our merchant portfolio. As a direct result of utilizing AIM data to benchmark and adjust strategies, the value of our company increased over 5%.

CFO at Top U.S. Merchant Acquirer

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