Biography
Gareth's research focuses on Payments. As part of the payments team, his prime focus is on corporate payments, working closely with his colleagues in the Corporate Banking team.
He is a leading expert on:
- bank payment processing, and is the analyst who has been covering payment services hubs the longest in the industry;
- payment networks and infrastructures, including Swift, ACH and Wires;
- and real-time payments, a topic he has been active in since 2006, and has worked in on almost every continent.
Gareth has been widely quoted in the media, including American Banker, New York Times and BBC News, and is a frequent speaker at such events as Sibos, EBADay, NACHA Payments, as well as private events around the world.
Prior to Celent, Gareth worked for Secura Monde International, a leading cash consultancy; as Regional Research Director of European Payments at TowerGroup; and in corporate strategy at VocaLink Ltd, the UK ACH and ATM network.
Gareth has a Bachelor of Science in Quantity Surveying from the University of Portsmouth, and a Post-Graduate Degree in Information Science from the University of North London.
Latest insights
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29 August 2020
Celent’s reports on trends in retail banking, corporate banking, payments, and IT spending are regular fixtures on our research agendas and are… -
22 August 2020
Why should banks care about authorised fraud? While many banks will feel some sympathy if their client was impacted by fraud, unless the bank w… -
14 June 2020
The initial shock and aftershocks of the pandemic will force financial institutions to rethink their long-term strategic IT spending priorities.… -
28 May 2020
Senior Analysts Gareth Lodge, Craig Focardi, and Alenka Grealish join host Stephen Greer to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on payments, lending,…
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23 - 26 September 2019
ExCeL London, United KingdomJoin Patricia Hines, Gareth Lodge, and Alenka Grealish at Sibos, the annual conference, exhibition, and networking event organised by SWIFT for… -
18 - 19 June 2019
Stockholm, SweedenGareth Lodge will be moderating a panel at this year's EBAday. Curated by the Euro Banking Association’s subject matter experts, the conference… -
4 December 2018 08:30 - 12:00 GMT (03:30 EST, 09:30 CET)
55 Baker St, London, W1U 8EW, United KingdomOVERVIEW While many emerging technologies are transforming the banking industry, several stand out with their potential to improve customer sati… -
22 - 25 October 2018
Sydney, AustraliaSibos brings financial leaders together to network, collaborate and find solutions to industry challenges. The theme for 2018 is “Enabling the d…
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3 June 2019
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