The payments industry has certainly changed since Stuart Harvey joined Elavon in Dublin in 2003. Formerly NOVA Information Systems in the United States and euroConex in Europe, and owned by U.S. Bancorp, Elavon has been riding a major growth wave over the past five years. Harvey directed European expansion and M&A activities for the payment processor before assuming leadership for global operations this year.

From his unique vantage point, Harvey both watched and participated in a tidal wave of electronic payment adoption abroad and in North America. With only a few bruises to show for it, Harvey recently talked with Transaction Trends about some lessons learned from his company’s ggressive overseas expansion and his perspective on what’s ahead for the industry.

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