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Payments & financial infrastructure
Design and optimise how money flows through the business, from acceptance and providers to controls, reconciliation and scale.
Strategic Solutions, Clear Results
Payments, operations and financial strategy for businesses scaling through complexity.
Alcyon Strategies helps founders and operators improve how money moves through the business, how decisions are made, and how teams execute — with a practical, commercially grounded approach.
Built across Allan Gray, KPMG, Luno, Stitch and MoonPay
Experience spanning investment management, audit, crypto, fintech and financial infrastructure — focused on building stronger systems, scaling operations, automating workflows and improving execution in complex environments.
Services
What Alcyon helps with
Advisory and execution support where businesses most often feel friction: payments, operational scale, financial clarity and strategic growth.
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Operations & execution
Simplify workflows, reduce friction and improve how teams deliver, with a bias toward practical execution over theory.
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Financial strategy
Support sharper decision-making through stronger financial visibility, commercial thinking and a more useful operating rhythm.
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Growth & conversion
Identify the operational and commercial levers that improve customer journeys, conversion and revenue outcomes.
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Partnerships & market expansion
Bring structure to partner strategy, ecosystem thinking and expansion decisions, particularly in fintech and adjacent sectors.
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Crypto & digital assets
Practical guidance for businesses operating in digital assets or exploring crypto-enabled products, flows and infrastructure.
About
A calm, commercially grounded approach
The name Alcyon is inspired by Alcyone, the brightest star in the Pleiades cluster, often associated with peace, stability and unity. That idea carries into the work: bring clarity to complexity, stay practical, and help businesses move forward with confidence.
Founder
Louis van Staden
Louis is a Chartered Accountant with 15+ years across finance, operations, payments and fintech. His work has spanned institutional finance, audit, crypto exchange operations, strategic partnerships and global financial infrastructure — with a consistent focus on building stronger systems and helping teams scale well.
- Built and improved operating environments across Allan Gray, KPMG, Luno, Stitch and MoonPay
- Brings together finance, operations, commercial thinking and execution in one practical lens
- Works directly with founders and operators — no layers, no handoffs
Focus on what actually moves the business forward.
Who I work with
Best fit engagements
Most valuable where the business already has momentum, but needs sharper thinking and stronger execution in the operating core.
Founders navigating scale
When growth adds operational friction, decisions become messier, or payments start limiting progress.
Operators solving complexity
When the business needs someone who can connect finance, operations, commercial thinking and execution.
Fintech and digital asset businesses
When specialist context matters and generic consulting advice is not enough.
How I work
Flexible by design
Support can be structured around a focused project, a retainer or a lighter advisory arrangement depending on the stage and need of the business.
Project-based
For targeted initiatives with a defined outcome, scope and timeline.
Retainer support
For ongoing strategic input, operational problem solving and trusted support.
Practical cadence
Simple engagement models that keep things useful, focused and low-friction.
Contact
Start with a simple conversation
If you are working through payments friction, operating complexity or strategic growth questions, Alcyon can help bring structure and clarity.
Email: info@alcyonstrategies.com