Christophe Uzureau

Christophe Uzureau is a research director in Gartner Banking and Investment Advisory Services, where he advises heads of business units and payments, strategists and IT managers inside banks and payment services providers on how new payment concepts and technology represent an opportunity to generate competitive advantage by shaping traditional payment processes.

He is responsible for covering payment system trends and innovations. He provides input to banks' payment strategies and supports their business case for new payment services.

He is working with banking clients to assist in the modernization of their payment systems, by advising on how their payment architecture must evolve to respond to shifting market demand due to new client requirements, new competitive threats, emerging payment instruments and regional initiatives such as the creation of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).

He also provides recommendations to payment processors to establish what new services they should introduce to their client base to remain competitive.