Adil Moussa is an analyst at Aite Group, LLC covering the payment industry, including card issuing, merchant acquiring and alternative payments. His recent research has focused heavily on the merchant acquiring space, its economics and opportunities for the various players in the space. He brings over a decade of experience in the issuing and acquiring world.

Mr. Moussa has been quoted as an expert source in news outlets, including the Associated Press, Dow Jones, and various regional newspapers, and frequently appears in American Banker, Digital Transactions and Cardline, among others.

Before joining Aite Group, LLC, Mr. Moussa was a product manager at First National Merchant Solutions where he successfully managed and grew his products to record earnings. His creative approach to defining innovative solutions and strategies enabled him to achieve deeper market penetration and revenue generation. Prior to that, Mr. Moussa was both a business and project analyst at First Data Resources where he helped various issuing banks in Canada, Latin America and the United States successfully implement their business strategies.

Mr. Moussa holds a BA in English Literature with a thesis in Translation from Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco. He also successfully completed his core MBA classes at Bellevue University. He is fluent in English, French, Arabic and Spanish, and conversational in Italian and Portuguese.