Payment Card Competitor Tracker: August 2010

Introduction
The 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 60 players, including American Express, Barclaycard, Capital One, Citigroup, Discover, GE Money, First Data, HSBC, JCB, MasterCard, Standard Chartered and Visa.

Features and benefits
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.
Highlights
August was a quiet month, with just 30 competitor developments analyzed in the Payment Card Competitor Tracker. This is less than the 53 developments recorded in the previous month and is the lowest number of developments recorded in the last 12-months.

Asia Pacific witnessed the most activity, with 11 developments in total. This is slightly below the 12-month trend of 15. There were eight developments in North America, which is also less than half the 12-month average.

In August, the number of developments in new emerging technologies such as mobile payments was ahead of the 12-month trend. The most interesting stories related to Visa and Akbank testing DeviceFidelity's micro SD-based mobile payment solution in Turkey and PayPal launching a mobile payment service for merchants.

Your key questions answered
What have been the key new product developments in the industry this month, particularly in contactless, mobile, online and prepaid?
Which players are leading the way with these new developments, and where are they occurring?
How have trends in competitor activity changed over time, and which regions are becoming more active?
What are the top developments in the past month and what do they mean for my business?

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Methodology 1
Introduction 6
The Payment Card Competitor Tracker provides both one-month and 12-month views of developments 6
Key Developments in August 8
Developments in the contactless, mobile, online and prepaid categories in August 8
There were 30 developments in August, which is below the 12-month average 11
Products, Services and Innovation 18
American Express 18
Bank of Montreal 19
Barclaycard 19
China UnionPay 20
Citigroup 21
Discover Financial Services 22
Mashreqbank 22
MasterCard 23
PayPal 24
Standard Chartered First Bank 24
Visa 25
M&A, Partnerships and Organic Growth 27
Atos Origin 27
Barclaycard 27
China UnionPay 27
Citigroup 27
Fidelity Information Services 28
MasterCard 28
Visa 29
Appendix 31
Methodology 31
Further reading 31
Ask the analyst 32
Datamonitor consulting 32
Disclaimer 32


TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: In August, 30 competitor developments are analyzed in the Payment Card Competitor Tracker 12
Figure 2: August was the quietest month for product, services and innovation in the last 12 months 13
Figure 3: Asia Pacific accounted for the majority of activity in August, ahead of North America 14
Figure 4: Schemes accounted for the majority of competitor activity featured in the tracker 15
Figure 5: Developments in mobile technology were at the forefront of activity in August, ahead of the 12-month trend 16
Figure 6: Partnerships accounted for the majority of developments in the M&A, organic growth and strategy category 17


TABLE OF TABLES
Table 1: The 64 companies and subsidiaries covered by Datamonitor’s Payment Card Competitor Tracker 6
Table 2: Current relevant publications 31


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