Payment Card Competitor Tracker: April 2008

Publication Date	October 2008
Publisher	Datamonitor
Product Type	Report
Pages	32
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	DAT09805

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Introduction

The Payment Card Competitor Tracker provides expert analysis and opinion on the strategic moves of leading competitors in the payment cards market. Produced on a monthly basis, the Tracker is a global product and covers 64 players, including American Express, Barclaycard, Capital One, Citigroup, Discover, GE Money, First Data, HSBC, JCB, MasterCard, Standard Chartered and Visa.

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Gain invaluable information on your key competitors in one concise document, and track long-term trends using the interactive news database
Keep fully informed of the market, product, competitor and strategic developments of leading players in your market and region
Learn the Datamonitor Cards & Payments Team's view on the most important competitor developments in the month.

Content

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 Both The One Month And 12 Month Level
- A Fully Searchable Database Of Developments From January 2007 Onwards Is Also Delivered With The Report
- Key Trends And Developments In April
- Discover's Acquisition Of Diners Club International Is The Biggest Story Of The Month
- Discover's Acquisition Of Diners Club International Offers An International Dimension To Its Network
- Citigroup's Difficulties Have Seen It Linked With Several Asset Sales That Will Impact On Its Cards Business
- April Also Saw Several Players Launch Products Into The Commercial Card Space
- April Saw A Lot Of Competitor Activity, Dominated By Developments In Product And Services
- There Were 55 Competitor Developments In April, The Highest Volume So Far In 2008
- Unlike March, Product And Service Developments Account For The Bulk Of Competitor Activity
- Geographic Split
- While Issuers Dominated The Tracker, Schemes And Processors Were Far More Active Than In Past Months
- In Terms Of Product Development, Commercial And Premium Offerings Accounted For The Bulk Of Activity
- The High Number Of Premium And Commercial Offerings Shows A Shift In Focus Away From The Mass Market
- M&a And Organic Growth Announcements Featured Strongly In April
- A Strong Focus Of M&a Continues To Be Investment In High Growth Sectors And Markets
- Hsbc In Particular Has Been Active In Penetrating High Growth Markets
- First Data's Investment In Incomm Highlights Its Commitment To Growing Scale In Prepaid
- Product, Services And Innovation
American Express
- Us: American Express And Delta Airlines Launch New Premium Credit Cards
- Us: American Express Launches Members Know, A New Online Travel Community
Bank Of America
- Us: Bank Of America Patents Technology For Corporate Cards
- Us: Bank Of America Introduces School Supply Purchasing Product
Bank Of Montreal
- Canada: Bank Of Montreal Relaunches Air Miles Reward Card
Citigroup
- Poland: Citi Handlowy Launches Prepaid Card For Micro And Small Companies
- Us: Citibank And Obopay To Pilot Mobile Person-To-Person Payment Service
Dnb Nor
- Norway: Dnb Nor To Remove Charges For Card Loyalty Programs
First Data
- Us: First Data Introduces Fd50 Pos Terminal
Ge Money
- Indonesia: Ge Money Launch Ge Money Shopping Card
Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China
- China: Icbc Introduces Co-Branded Card With China Netcom
Icici Bank
- India: Icici Bank Launches American Express Credit Cards
- India: Icici Bank Introduces The Global Indian Account
- India: Icici Bank Launches Online Commercial Procurement Facility
Jcb
- Taiwan: Jcb Announce Launch Of Contactless Payment Program In Taiwan
Mastercard
- Us: Mastercard Introduces New Debit Processing Platform
- Us: Mastercard Announces New Travel Platform On Priceless.Com
Maybank
- Malaysia: Maybank Launches Online Payment Facility For Pizza Delivery
Rbs
- Uk: Rbs To Offer Mastercard Virtual Card System To Corporate Clients
Us Bancorp
- Us: Us Bancorp Introduces Reward Card With Anheuser-Busch
- Us: Us Bancorp Selected To Provide Purchasing Cards To Us Air Force
Visa
- Us: Visa Launches New Fraud Products
Other
- Japan: Shinsei Bank Atms To Accept Visa And Mastercard Branded Products Issued Outside Japan
- Malaysia: Rhb Bank Launches Mastercard Platinum Business Card
- Us: Fis Launches Electronic Billing Facility For Direct Billers
- M&a, Partnerships And Organic Growth
Abn Amro
- Netherlands: Abn Amro To Sell Parts Of Business Unit Netherlands To Fortis
Atos-Origin
- Germany: Atos-Origin To Process Hamburger Sparkasse's New Co-Brand Card Program
- Canada: Bmo Epurchasing Solutions Expands Reach In British Columbia
- Global: Bmo Harris Partners With Banks In Italy And India
China Unionpay
- Singapore: China Unionpay And Singapore's United Overseas Bank In Card Acceptance Agreement
Dnb Nor
- Norway: Dnb Nor Partners With Telenor To Establish Wireless Payment Company
Discover
- Us: Discover Financial Services To Acquire Diners Club International Network
- Us: Discover Debit Card Issuance Grows Through Multiple New Agreements
Hsbc
- Korea: Hsbc Extends Timetable For Korea Acquisition
First Data
- Us: First Data To Acquire Incomm
Royal Bank Of Canada
- Canada: Rbc Announces Changes To Banking Business
- Us: Rbc Centura Bank Changes Its Name To Rbc Bank
Tsys
- Us: Tsys Partners With Controlscan
- Us: Tsys Acquiring Solutions Signs Agreement With Royal Group Services
- Us: Tsys Signs Long-Term Processing Agreement With Target
Us Bancorp
- Us: Nova Information Systems Becomes Elavon
Westpac
- Australia: Westpac And Virgin Money Agree On Credit Card Deal
Other
- Norway: Bbs To Acquire Netaxept
- Brazil: Fidelity To Process Transactions For Banco Real
- Canada: Moneris To Acquire Keycorp Subsidiary In Canada
- Japan: Credit Saison Takes On Lawson's Stake In Card Business
- Russia: Sberbank To Offer Credit Cards In Russia
- South America: Aconite To Establish Emv And Prepaid Card Services In South America
Appendix
- Methodology
- Further Reading
- Ask The Analyst
- Datamonitor Consulting
- Disclaimer
List Of Tables
- Table 1: The 64 Companies And Subsidiaries Covered By Datamonitor's Payment Card Competitor Tracker
List Of Figures
- Figure 1: April Saw A Total Of 55 Competitor Developments Among Datamonitor's List Of Tracked Companies, Significantly Ahead Of The Average Over The Previous 12 Months, 2008
- Figure 2: Product And Service Developments Accounted For The Bulk Of Competitor Activity In April
- Figure 3: The Majority Of The Competitor Developments In April Were In North America And Asia-Pacific
- Figure 4: While Issuers Dominated Developments In April, Schemes And Processors Were Far More Active Than In Past Months
- Figure 5: Commercial, Premium, And Co-Brand Products Accounted For A Large Portion Of The Competitor Developments In April
- Figure 6: Partnership Announcements And M&a Announcements Were Both Important Features Of Competitive Activity In The Industry In April