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HistoryFirst Annapolis was founded in 1991 with a strategy focused on advising clients in payment-based sectors of the financial services industry. Since its inception, First Annapolis has advised credit and debit card issuers, transaction processors, payment networks, retailers, and other industry stakeholders. As we built deeper relationships with our clients, the breadth of our advisory services expanded. Most notably, we built a suite of merger and acquisition advisory services to complement our core management consulting services. We are organized by practice areas, which are aligned with specific payment products and services. The services offered across each practice area are aligned with functional capabilities and expertise of the Leadership Team.SpecialtiesFirst Annapolis is a specialized advisory fi rm focused on electronic payments. We offer consulting and a suite of M&A advisory services to a diverse client base that includes credit/debit card issuers, payment networks, retailers, transaction processors, prepaid specialists, mobile operators, T&E companies, affinity groups, trade associations, and other industry stakeholders. Our market coverage is international in scope with a primary focus on North America, Latin America, and Europe. First Annapolis is headquartered in the Baltimore / Washington, D.C. corridor and Europe is served through our office in Amsterdam. In total, we have over 70 professionals across our practice areas giving us one of the largest and strongest advisory teams focused exclusively on electronics payments. Our practice areas are organized by product/service and aligned with specific industry segments. In addition to core strategy consulting, we offer specialized services across all of our practice areas.