Payment Card Competitor Tracker: November 2010 | Market Research Report On Aarkstore Enterprise

Payment Card Competitor Tracker: November 2010 | Market Research Report On Aarkstore Enterprise

Introduction

The Payment Card Competitor Tracker provides expert analysis and opinion on the strategic moves of leading competitors in the payment card market. Produced on a monthly basis, the Tracker is a global product and covers 60 players, including American Express, Barclaycard, Capital One, Citigroup, Discover, GE Money, First Data, HSBC, JCB, MasterCard, Standard Chartered and Visa.

Features and benefits

* Gain invaluable information on your key competitors in one concise document, and track long-term trends using the interactive news database.

* Sharpen your strategy by implementing the best market, product, competitor and strategic developments of leading global players.

* Learn the Datamonitor Cards & Payments Teams view on the most important competitor developments in the month.

Highlights

There are 49 competitor developments analyzed in the November edition of the Payment Card Competitor Tracker. This is slightly higher than the level in October (47) and September (46), and is ahead of the annual average of 47.One key theme in November is in online commerce, where American Express and Visa have either launched or enhanced their consumer-facing reward and discount offerings. Amex has launched inSite, a browser plug-in to direct cardholders to discounts. Visa has enhanced its Rightcliq platform and partnered with two companies who enable overseas trading.PayPals developer conference saw the announcement of several new PayPal-related products across business to business payments, digital micropayments and in mobile. Without doubt, these developments highlight the gap that is emerging between PayPal and the card schemes in terms of leadership in new areas of electronic payments.

Your key questions answered

* What have been the key new product developments in the industry this month, particularly in contactless, mobile, online and prepaid?* Which players are leading the way with these new developments, and where are they occurring?* How have trends in competitor activity changed over time, and which regions are becoming more active?

Table of Contents :

OVERVIEW

Catalyst

Summary

Methodology

INTRODUCTION

The Payment Card Competitor Tracker provides both one-month and 12-month views of developments

Each month, Datamonitor tracks the most relevant announcements from 64 competitors

Datamonitor's Cards and Payments Team provides analysis of the key developments at one-month and 12-month intervals

A fully searchable database of developments from January 2007 onwards is also delivered alongside the report

KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN NOVEMBER

Developments in contactless, mobile, online and prepaid in November

Online: American Express and Visa have both developed their consumer-facing online commerce services

Mobile/Online: PayPal continues to grow the reach of its functions and merchant acceptance

Contactless: The progress of the contactless rollout continues, albeit slowly

There were 49 developments in November, slightly ahead of the 12-month average

The level of competitor activity in November is the highest since July and ahead of the annual average

Products, services and innovation-related developments were in line with the annual average in October

Developments in loyalty and rewards and co-brand cards were at the forefront of activity in November

Partnerships accounted for the majority of developments in the M&A, organic growth and partnership category

PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND INNOVATION

For some-more information, Great fully visit:

http://www.aarkstore.com/reports/Payment-Card-Competitor-Tracker-November-2010-92997.html

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