Tremont Capital Group offers unparalleled expertise in the payments and self service industries.

Sam M. Ditzion is the Founder and CEO of Boston-based Tremont Capital Group, the only advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the ATM, ITM, cash servicing and related payments infrastructure industries, providing strategic planning, research, consulting, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services.

With more than 25 years of industry experience (including over two decades leading Tremont Capital Group), Mr. Ditzion has advised more than 100 clients, including bank and non-bank ATM deployers accounting for more than 275,000 ATMs worldwide, as well as investors and strategic acquirers across multiple industry cycles. His experience spans strategic planning, market positioning, and M&A advisory within the broader financial services, retail banking, payments, and self-service sectors. He has advised financial institutions, non-bank ATM operators, manufacturers, maintenance and service providers, payment processors, armored cash-in-transit carriers, private equity funds, and law firms on a range of industry issues including market entry strategy, competitive positioning, transaction evaluation, and industry research, as well as extensive analysis of advanced-functionality ATM and kiosk trends and consumer preferences.

Mr. Ditzion also serves as an active member and consultant to the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), a global trade association with more than 10,000 members in 70 countries. ATMIA recently honored Mr. Ditzion with its Exceptional Achievement Award and previously with its Outstanding Service Award for his intellectual leadership. Mr. Ditzion currently serves on the ATMIA’s Independent ATM Deployer committee and previously spent more than a combined eight years serving on the U.S. Board’s Steering Committee and U.S. ATM Forum.

Mr. Ditzion frequently speaks at industry conferences and has briefed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and United States Secret Service (USSS) on financial crimes. He has also lectured to faculty and students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab and Center for Future Banking.

He has written papers published by the American Bankers Association, American Banker, and Payment Systems Worldwide. Mr. Ditzion also co-authored an in-depth report on the non-bank financial institution and check-cashing industries published by the United States Department of the Treasury.

Mr. Ditzion has been interviewed as an expert in the financial services, payments, and ATM industries by the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, New Yorker Magazine, Boston Globe, Washington Post, MarketWatch, Forbes, Fortune Magazine, NPR, Fox Business Network, and Bloomberg TV.

“Tremont Capital Group’s Sam Ditzion has a proven track record of being one of the finest and most accomplished analysts and consultants working in the ATM space, not just in the United States but worldwide.”

  –  Michael Lee, Former Chief Executive Officer, ATM Industry Association (global trade association representing 10,000+ members in 70 countries)