Abstract
- Published: November 2007
- Pages: 950
- Countries covered: Austria . Belgium . Denmark . Finland . France . Germany . Greece . Ireland . Italy . Netherlands . Norway . Portugal . Spain . Sweden . Switzerland . Turkey . UK
The latest edition of RBR' s study of Payment Cards Western Europe gives the most comprehensive and up to date picture of the card issuing, acquiring and processing business in region.
The report is recognised throughout the industry as the most authoritative source of strategic information on the European cards market.
Payment Cards Western Europe 2008 provides reliable, detailed, country by country quantitative and qualitative information on card issuing. The complementary sections on merchant acquiring, processing, EMV, fraud and SEPA complete this comprehensive analysis of the cards market.
Table of Contents
1. Context
- Payments overview
- Banking structure
2. Role and Development of Different Types of Cards
- Debit and prepaid cards
- Charge cards
- Credit cards
- Electronic purses
3. Card Issuing
- Bank cards
- T&E cards
- Private label cards
- Co-branded and affinity card issuers
- Account opening and handling
- Major issuers
- Card pricing and product features
4. Card Statistics
- Card numbers
- Transaction volumes
- Transaction values
5. Merchant Acquiring
- Structure of the acquiring market
- Contractual arrangements
- Provision of terminals and services
- Merchant processing
- Authorisation
- Clearing and settlement
- MSCs and interchange fees
- Card scheme outlets
- EFTPOS terminals
