Payment Cards Western Europe

Published: October 2009
Pages: 950
Countries covered: Austria • Belgium • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Ireland • Italy • Netherlands • Norway • Portugal • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • UK
Full report: £6,700 (printed – see order form for other formats)
Overview: £1,400 (printed – see order form for other formats)
Country reports: £1,100 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.
Payment Cards Western Europe 2010 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.
Each country report comprises the following sections...
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 cards
• Issuer processing
• Major issuers
• Card pricing
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
• MSCs and interchange fees
• Card scheme outlets
• EFTPOS terminals
6. EMV and Fraud
7. SEPA
The information in Payment Cards Western Europe is based on extensive primary research and is not available from any other source.





