Merchant's Payment Club
Your group's main channel is mostly one thing: a reliable stream of payments jobs, plus events and community news. Here is what matters, topic by topic. Your group digest.
The snapshot
| Source | Main announcement group export |
| Messages | 399 |
| Span | Oct 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| Community | 700+ members, 265 merchants |
| Rhythm | Jobs roundup nearly every week |
| Most active | Admin Luis R Vargas (307 of 399) |
What the 399 messages are
The pattern
| Weekly roundups | 97 (Oct 2024 - Nov 2026) |
| Single-role posts | 131 |
| Latest roundup | Week of 7 Nov 2026 |
| Typical posting day | Friday or Saturday |
Almost every week the admin posts a curated "Jobs in payments" list, plus single roles members share in between. Members often offer direct introductions to hiring managers, and several posts name a group member you can contact.
Where the roles are
- US: SF Bay Area, NYC, Seattle, plus many remote-US roles
- UK and EU: London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Tallinn, Barcelona
- LatAm: Brazil and Mexico fraud and payments roles
- India: a dedicated India Merchant Payments Club group
What the roles are
- Product management - the largest share by far
- Fraud and risk, from analyst to director
- Payments operations and acceptance
- Engineering and technical program roles
- Partnerships and business development
- Data science and analytics
Recurring hirers
Microsoft, GoDaddy, PlayStation and Sony, Netflix, Walmart, Uber, Amazon, Google, Meta, FanDuel, Yuno, McAfee, Intuit, Tesla, StubHub, Roblox, Discord, Spotify, Airbnb and Chase all posted more than once over the two years.
Recurring and one-off events
Conferences get their own temporary subgroups so attendees can coordinate - worth joining before each event rather than catching up after.
Milestone
In Oct 2025 the club marked 7 years, 700+ members and 265 merchants. It was started by Luis, Ruby and five others, and members credit the admins with keeping it organized and welcoming.
Active subgroups
- Brazil payments - added May 2025
- Card present payments - added Sep 2025
- Agentic Commerce - added Mar 2026
- India Merchant Payments Club - regional group
- Conference groups for MRC, MPE and MAG - open around each event
Housekeeping
- Mar 2026: inactive groups removed (VISA CE3.0 benchmarking, ATO, Egypt, Argentina, Dispute Alerts, Carrier Billing, old event groups)
- Jul 2025: admin restated the no-marketing rule after a member posted business promotion
- Feb 2026: roster review to keep membership payments-focused
Member exercises
- VAT polls (Feb 2026): how merchants handle VAT registration and exposure by country
- Authorization-rate benchmarking (Oct 2025): digital-goods merchants, MCC 5816 and 5818