Abstract
- Published: November 2007
- Pages: 550
- Countries covered: Bulgaria . Croatia . Czech Republic . Estonia . Hungary . Latvia . Lithuania . Poland . Romania . Russia . Slovakia . Slovenia . Ukraine
This recent addition to RBR' s Payment Cards in Europe series gives the most comprehensive and up to date picture of the cards issuing, acquiring and processing business in central and eastern Europe.
Two countries, Bulgaria and Latvia, have been included for the first time, increasing the number of separate country reports in the new study to thirteen.
The report series is recognised throughout the industry as the most authoritative source of strategic information on the region' s cards markets.
Payment Cards Central and Eastern Europe 2008 provides reliable, detailed, country by country quantitative and qualitative information on card issuing and acquiring.
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
3. Card Issuing
- Bank cards
- T&E cards
- Private label cards
- Co-branded and affinity cards
- 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
