why the consortium model?

Payment processing for the CBD and cannabis industries does not properly address or service the marketplace and therefore gatheringand.com brings a new payment paradigm. We just created a whole new way to process payments.
A consortium model will drive down costs - “always returning the savings back to the membership.”
Transparent pricing and contracts better suited to todays marketplaces.
A payments consortium model because only such a collective group has the operational experience and strategic direction that gives unprecedented insight into market factors and strategic decision making. Decades of market intelligence rarely comes for free - but at gatheringand.com, it's all part of the package.
Emerging industries deserve the same advantages in processing their payments as other entrenched markets.
The advantages of this model have widespread benefits to other commercial costs that the group could take advantage of in the future.
The group is always more powerful than the independent.

noun

An association or a combination, as of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
A cooperative arrangement among groups or institutions.
An association or society.