NMI Head of U.K. Product Marketing Pete Alcock

Pete Alcock

Head of U.K. Product Marketing

Pete has over 25 years experience in technology marketing, joining Creditcall (an NMI company), in 2000 from a Swiss telecoms company. A versatile marketer, he has held several management positions within the company and is responsible for U.K. product marketing and content creation. He has particularly broad knowledge of unattended payment solutions in parking, vending and kiosks. Pete is passionate about music, is a part-time live sound engineer and has a home studio. 

Articles by Pete Alcock:

Merchant underwriting 101 for payment providers Merchant Underwriting 101: From the Basics to Automation By Pete Alcock How do you stop bad merchants from racking up chargebacks, selling unauthorized high-risk products or services or taking advantage of outdated fee schedules? What about protecting buyers from bad business, predatory practices or outright fraud? Merchant underwriting is one of the most crucial ta... Read More
Making the case for better self-checkout systems Making the Case for Better Self-Checkout Systems By Pete Alcock “Should cashiers be humans or machines?” This is the headline of a 2017 BBC article examining the then-emerging self-checkout shopping experience. In 2024 BBC wrote another article with the headline, “‘It hasn't delivered’: The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology.” That headline mirro... Read More
New EV charging payments requirements EVs Provide a New Opportunity for Unattended Payments By Pete Alcock Electric vehicles (EVs) are the future of transportation. Once a novelty, most prominent car companies are now manufacturing EVs, including BMW, Audi, Cadillac and others. Nearly 40% of consumers are considering purchasing one, especially 18- to 49-year-olds, the most important demographic for fu... Read More