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Payment Cards Western Europe

Published: January 2012
Pages: 1,050
Countries covered: Austria • Belgium • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Ireland • Italy • Netherlands • Norway • Portugal • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • UK
Full report: £7,200 (printed – see order form for other formats)
Overview: £1,500 (printed – see order form for other formats)
Country reports: £1,200 each (printed – see order form for other formats)

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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. It is based on in-depth primary research, conducted throughout 2011, with card issuers, acquirers and network organisations across the region.

Payment Cards Western Europe provides accurate, country-by-country and bank level quantitative and qualitative information that is not available from any other source.

Each country report comprises the following sections...

1. Context
• Payments overview
• Banking structure

2. Role and Development of Different Types of Cards
• Prepaid cards
• Debit cards
• Charge cards
• Credit cards

3. Card Issuing
• Bank cards
• T&E cards
• Private label cards
• Co-branded and affinity cards
• Issuer processing
• Major issuers
• Card pricing

4. Card Statistics
• Card numbers
• Transaction volumes
• Transaction values

5. Merchant Acquiring
• Contractual arrangements
• Provision of terminals and services
• Merchant processing
• MSCs and interchange fees
• Card scheme outlets
• EFTPOS terminals

6. EMV and Fraud

7. SEPA

8. Detailed Issuer Tables