Proof · Selected case studies

Consulting that paid back. In dollars and scaling value.

From fintech to revenue operations, see how we've helped digital commerce leaders unlock hidden revenue. Dive into what the client was working through, how we helped, and the value that landed.

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What you'd expect on any sideb.io engagement

Different industries. Same outcome vectors. All measured.

The cases on this page are representative of a wider body of work across payments, fintech, and revenue operations. Every engagement gets measured against the vectors below.

Hard-dollar savings

Eliminated tool spend, renegotiated vendor cost, removed redundant fees.

Recovered revenue

Acceptance lift, opened markets, customers that come back and transact again.

Risk neutralized

Scheme programs exited, compliance aligned, capital unfrozen and back in the business.

Faster decisions

Real-time visibility replacing monthly lag, with the data model and rituals that stay.

Procurement / RFP Project · PSP consolidation · Vendor selection
$300K+
Annual savings
4 → 1
PSP consolidation
5 yrs+
Partnership running

Vendor consolidation that's still paying back five years on.

End-to-end RFI/RFP workstream that collapsed a fractured 4-PSP payments stack into a single converted partner — unlocking $300K+ in annual transaction-fee savings and opening two hard-to-place geographic markets the legacy partners couldn't serve.

Engagement: Procurement / RFP ProjectRead the case study
AI Operating Partner · AI rollout · BI rationalization
$100K
Tool spend eliminated
30+ hrs
Reclaimed monthly
Real-time
Margin visibility

Real-time margin visibility per sub-account — and a leaner BI bill.

sideb.io embedded as the AI operating partner, collapsed a fragmented BI stack into one source of truth, and gave the leadership team real-time visibility into platform economics per sub-account.

Engagement: AI Operating PartnerRead the case study
Studio Retainer · Fraud remediation · Reserve recovery
2% → <0.5%
Fraud rate
Exited
Scheme program
Released
Reserve capital

From fraud crisis to good standing with capital back in bank.

A high-volume merchant placed into a Visa/Mastercard fraud monitoring program. sideb.io ran the playbook end-to-end — fraud rate down 4x, program exited, reserve released back to the balance sheet.

Engagement: Studio RetainerRead the case study
Payments Optimization Sprint · MSB · Auth lift · AFT/OCT
30%
Vendor cost cut
+$18M
Recovered volume
1.5x
LTV flywheel

Acceptance economics rebuilt — and revenue recovered.

A regulated global Money Services Business running high-volume cross-border remittance. sideb.io re-engineered API orchestration, locked AFT/OCT compliance, and unified acceptance economics — 30% off vendor spend, +3% acceptance, and a multi-year LTV flywheel underneath.

Engagement: Payments Optimization SprintRead the case study
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