IMPACT Payments Recruiting

What IMPACT Payments Recruiting does

Talvero, formerly IMPACT Payments Recruiting, is a specialized executive search firm operating exclusively within the payments and fintech sectors. Founded in 2000 by Curt Hensley as CSH Consulting, the company began by assuming the full recruiting function for TSYS Acquiring, then the second-largest merchant credit card processor in the U.S., and has since completed 4,000+ placements across 1,000+ payments companies. The firm delivers talent through three engagement models — Retained Search for executive and specialized roles, Contingent Search for flexible hiring, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) for scalable hiring programs — supplemented by executive recruiting and professional resume writing services.

The firm's core asset is a proprietary candidate database of 100,000+ payments and fintech professionals, complemented by a broader network of 155,000+ active industry professionals cultivated over 25+ years. Recruiters have prior operational experience inside payments organizations, enabling interview-based qualification and typically 3-5 day candidate delivery for searches. The company's technology stack is centered on this proprietary database and CRM-style candidate relationship management rather than a SaaS platform; there are no APIs, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities disclosed.

Talvero is privately held, founder-controlled, and has not raised external capital. It operates with 11-50 employees across offices in Phoenix, Dallas, San Diego, Minneapolis, and Washington D.C., serving North America (U.S. and Canada). Revenue is generated entirely through professional services fees — retained, contingent, and RPO — with pricing customized per engagement and not publicly disclosed. The 2026 rebrand to Talvero reflects a strategic pivot to broaden the addressable market into vertical SaaS companies integrating payments, while maintaining the core payments and fintech focus.

Name

IMPACT Payments Recruiting

Legal name

IMPACT Payments Recruiting

Website

https://impactpaymentsrecruiting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Talvero (formerly IMPACT Payments Recruiting) is a specialized executive search firm serving the payments, fintech, and digital banking sectors across North America, leveraging a 100,000+ candidate database built over 25+ years.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Allen

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Recruiting Services: B2B professional recruiting services for payments and fintech companies. Revenue generated through retained search engagements (personalized search for executive and specialized roles), contingent search (flexible, success-fee based), and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) programs built for partners at scale.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

IMPACT Payments Recruiting (now Talvero) is a specialized executive search firm providing talent acquisition services exclusively to the Payments, Cards, and Fintech industries. Services are delivered through retained search for executive and specialized roles, contingent search for flexible hiring, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) programs that scale from five to 500 positions. The firm leverages a proprietary database of 100,000+ candidates and 25+ years of industry relationships to source specialized payments professionals.

Product overview

Talvero (formerly IMPACT Payments Recruiting) is a specialized recruiting firm offering a unified suite of talent acquisition services for the payments and fintech ecosystem. The core offering centers on Talvero, the company's recruitment platform and brand, supplemented by three distinct engagement models: Retained Search for high-priority executive and specialized roles, Contingent Search for flexible hiring needs, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) for comprehensive recruiting program management. Additional services include Executive Recruiting, Professional Resume Writing, and industry-specific newsletters (Paycruiter and Hotlist). The company maintains a database of 100,000+ candidates and has completed 4,000+ placements with 1,000+ payments companies across North America since 2000.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Retained Search Personalized retained search service for executive and specialized roles in the payments and fintech industry, covering functions including product, risk, fraud, compliance, partnerships, revenue, GTM, finance, technology, and operations. Includes market mapping and defined search criteria. Target buyers are enterprise payments and fintech companies.
• Contingent Search Flexible contingency-based search option leveraging the firm's network in payments and fintech for fast, flexible candidate reach without upfront cost or long-term commitment. Designed for hiring managers who need specialized candidates without a retained commitment.
• Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Outsourced recruitment program building service for partners to handle all recruiting functions. Customizable programs supporting from five jobs to 500 positions. Designed for organizations that need to scale payments and fintech hiring without building large internal teams.
• Executive Recruiting Executive-level recruitment services for C-suite and senior leadership positions in payments and fintech organizations. Focuses on C-level, VP, and senior director placements across the firm's sector coverage.
• Professional Resume Writing Professional resume writing services for candidates seeking positions in the payments and fintech industry. Offered as a candidate-facing service to support job seekers in the firm's network.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saved TSYS Acquiring more than $1M in recruitment costs in the first year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered foundational and minor.

• TSYS AcquiringfoundationalOthersFounded in 2000 as CSH Consulting when the company assumed the full recruiting function for TSYS Acquiring (then the second largest merchant credit card processor in the U.S.). After saving them more than $1M in recruitment costs in the first year, word spread and the company grew by hiring payments industry insiders.
• CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women)minorOthersProfessional association membership providing networking and industry connections for payments professionals.
• PayTech WomenminorOthersProfessional association membership providing networking and industry connections for women in payments technology.
• Association of Payment Professionals (APP)minorOthersProfessional association membership providing industry knowledge, connections, and expertise on what culture, roles, and compensation benchmarks are needed to land the right talent in the payments and fintech market.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with deep financial services practice. Comparable through its executive search services for senior payments and fintech leaders, though broader in scope and not exclusively payments-specialized.
• DHR Global: Global executive search firm with dedicated financial services and technology practices serving payments and fintech clients. Comparable through its executive search offerings for senior leaders in financial technology, though broader than Talvero's niche focus.
• Robert Half: Specialist staffing and consulting firm (NYSE: RHI) including finance/accounting and technology placement. Comparable through its professional staffing business serving payments and fintech hiring needs, though operating at much larger scale with broader focus.
• Spencer Stuart: Privately held global executive search firm serving clients across financial services, technology, and consumer sectors. Comparable as a senior-level search competitor for payments and fintech C-suite engagements, though operating as a broad incumbent rather than a niche specialist.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm (NYSE: KFY) with executive search, talent management, and RPO offerings. Comparable through its executive search and RPO services for financial services clients, though at vastly greater scale and broader scope.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm (NASDAQ: HSII) with practices covering financial services, including fintech and payments. Comparable as a provider of senior-level executive recruiting to enterprise financial services clients, though not vertically specialized.

Direct peers

• Crist Kolder Associates: Executive search firm exclusively focused on the financial services industry, placing C-level and senior executives across banks, asset managers, and fintechs. A directly comparable niche-specialist search firm with similar domain focus on financial services leadership hiring.

Emerging players

• True Search: Executive search firm specializing in placing C-suite, product, engineering, and revenue leaders at technology and fintech companies. Comparable through its focus on senior talent placement at venture-backed and high-growth payments and fintech firms.
• Riviera Partners: Tech-focused executive search firm placing product, engineering, and GTM leaders at venture-backed and growth-stage companies. Comparable through overlapping demand from fintech clients seeking product and engineering leadership talent.

Others

• LinkedIn (Talent Solutions): LinkedIn's Talent Solutions business offers recruiter tools, job postings, and pipeline products used by payments and fintech in-house talent teams. Comparable as an ecosystem participant enabling in-house sourcing that competes with traditional search firms for certain engagement types.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/paymentscareers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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