Why This Scorecard Exists  

Most finance leaders can't easily tell whether their event payment setup is costing them money, because the losses are scattered across deposit timing, fee structure, reconciliation hours, and reporting gaps rather than showing up as a single line item. This one-pager distills that evaluation into a direct comparison: a fragmented legacy stack versus an integrated, transparent platform, scored across the eight criteria that actually move a finance team's numbers.

It also puts real figures behind the stakes, from the average cost of a single chargeback to how many hours a manual reconciliation actually takes, so the comparison isn't abstract. It closes with the inputs needed to build a real ROI case internally.

What You'll Learn

• How a fragmented legacy stack compares to an integrated platform across deposit speed, fee clarity, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Why refund handling, data ownership, and multi-venue scale belong on the same scorecard as fees and deposits.
• The real cost of a chargeback and how long a typical reconciliation actually takes.
• What the FTC's total-price rule requires, and which platform model supports it by design.
• The five inputs needed to build your own ROI case for switching platforms.