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PaymentExpert.com (PE) is a dedicated news portal, covering the fast-changing global payments sector, with a focus on the wide range of disruptions and new disciplines that are impacting all business stakeholders, value chains and commercial cycles.

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1 Putney Bridge Approach,

London SW6 3JD

Tel: +44 (0) 161 367 1250

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Ted Orme-Claye

Position: Editor

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Ted joined SBC Media back in 2020 shortly after graduating from the University of Leeds with a Master’s degree in International Journalism, having previously achieved a BA (Hons) from the University of Hull. He has been Editor of Payment Expert since November 2023, reporting and writing features on a range of topics across the fintech and payments landscape.

Callum Williams

Position: Senior Journalist

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Callum is Payment Expert’s Senior Journalist, having joined SBC as a Business Journalist in February 2022. Callum graduated from Salford University in 2021 with a degree in BA Multimedia: Journalism, working on news stories and features on payments, fintech and cryptocurrency.

Kieran O’Connor

Position: Business Journalist

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Kieran joined SBC in January 2024 after graduating from Emerson College, Boston in 2023 with a Masters degree in Journalism. Previously, Kieran has written for several UK publications such as The Sunday World, Female First and The Warrington Guardian. Since joining Payment Expert, he has wrote news stories and features covering all aspects of the payments landscape.

Ted Menmuir

Position: Content Director

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Content Director for SBC operations, Ted has built the leading high coverage news, opinion and features network for the sports betting sector.  A UCL Masters’ Tech & Management graduate, Ted has a passion for writing about technology/innovation entering the global betting sector, new start-up ventures, politics and culture impacting betting’s value chain.

Andrew McCarron

Position: Managing Director

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Andrew McCarron started in journalism in 1998. He hasn’t stopped since. After roles at Coinslot International, Coinslot Review & Euroslot Worldwide, he was the first editor of Betting Business when it launched in 2004. Ten years later he joined SBC as MD where he helped launch the Sport Global range of media sites and events

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