Jordan McKee is research director of the 451 Research Fintech research and consulting practice within S&P Global Market Intelligence. He leads a team of analysts based in North America, Europe and Asia that provide guidance on trends at the intersection of finance and technology. As an analyst, Jordan’s research focuses on digital payments and enterprise payments strategies. Jordan has been an industry analyst for more than a decade, having launched the payments coverage at 451 Research (acquired by S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2019) in 2013. Prior to this he has held research and advisory roles at Yankee Group, OnProcess Technology and FM Global. Jordan is listed on the Electronic Transactions Association's Forty Under 40 list and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, TIME, Businessweek and the Financial Times of London. He has also appeared on radio and television interviews with the Associated Press, NPR and CBS. McKee is a regular speaker at client and industry events around the world, delivering keynotes and moderating panels at SXSW, Money20/20, Interop and ETA TRANSACT. Additionally, Jordan is a Forbes fintech contributor and sits on the board of advisors for the Mobile Payments Conference. He holds a bachelor's degree with a concentration in marketing from Bryant University.
The vendor helps complex multichannel merchants manage and unify their payments estates. It emerged at the end of the dot-com boom and has continued to forge a reputation among some of the biggest merchants in the US as a unique specialist in the "last mile" of payments.
More favorable macroeconomic conditions set the scene for a brighter fintech outlook in 2025, but vendors will need to be more tactical and intentional to find the growth that was once seen as a given. Constrained venture funding, intensifying regulatory scrutiny and spreading market saturation are signals that fintechs must work harder than ever in coming years to scale their businesses.
This year has been the product of multiple years of societal unrest due to high inflation, natural disasters, an AI boom and geopolitical conflicts, topped off with a US presidential election. We aim to determine whether these events will ultimately affect this year's holiday spending or the broader adoption of more advanced financial practices.
Money20/20 continues to live up to its reputation as the must-attend global fintech event. Our fintech team was on-site conducting more than two dozen meetings over the course of several days, largely orienting around business-to-consumer and -business payments technology.
Beginning as something of a cottage industry, payment orchestration began to see a dramatic rise in interest and activity at the turn of the decade. Since that point, the momentum has only increased. In this report, we provide an update on the payment orchestration market and highlight key trends we are seeing in our research and client inquiries.
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