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Payment Card Competitor Tracker

Topic: Financial FreedomPublished October 10, 2011

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Report SummaryrnThe Payment Card Competitor Tracker provides expert analysis and opinion on the strategic moves of leading competitors in the payment card market. Produced on a monthly basis, the Tracker is a global product and covers over 100 players, including American Express, Barclaycard, Capital One, Citigroup, Discover, GE Money, First Data, HSBC, JCB, MasterCard, Standard Chartered and Visa. Browse all: Banking and Market Research Reports Features and benefitsrn• *Gain invaluable information on your key competitors in one concise document, and track long-term trends using the interactive news database. • * Sharpen your strategy by implementing the best market, product, competitor and strategic developments of leading global players. • * Learn the Datamonitor Cards & Payments Team's view on the most important competitor developments in the month. Highlightsrn41 competitor developments are analyzed in the August edition of the Payment Card Competitor Tracker. This remains below the 12-month average of 51 and is a significant fall from the 64 developments in June. This reflects a slowdown in the summer months that is likely to pick up again in September. Unlike most months, the key developments in August did not occur in the contactless, mobile, online, and prepaid space. This included Visa's announced push to develop EMV acceptance in the US, Bank of America's announced disposal of it internal credit card portfolio, including MBNA in the UK, and HSBC's exit from the US monoline issuing market.rnAlready holding the highest average number of developments, the mobile space appears to be maintaining its momentum. Once again the mobile channel was the most active in August, with eight stories recorded in total. This is roughly in line with the average over the past 12 months. Table Of ContentsrnOVERVIEWrnCatalystrnSummaryrnMethodologyrnINTRODUCTIONrnThe Payment Card Competitor Tracker provides both one-month and 12-month views of developmentsrnImprovements to the 2011 Payment Card Competitor Tracker seriesrnEach month, Datamonitor tracks the most relevant announcements from over 100 competitorsrnDatamonitor’s Cards and Payments team provides analysis of the key developments at one-month and 12-month intervalsrnA fully searchable database of developments from January 2007 onwards is also delivered alongside the reportrnKEY DEVELOPMENTS IN AUGUST Related Reports: Wealth Management Competitor Tracker: June 2011 Payment Cards in Germany

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