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Bruce Cundiff Posted April 22, 2007
Finding the balance with giftcard fee disclosure
Analysis of: FTC Cites Restaurant Operators for Devaluing Gift Cards Without Notice | directmag.com
Author: Bruce Cundiff, Research Director Javelin Strategy & Research Inc.
Merchants should be able to recognize revenue from gift cards sold, but unredeemed. If a merchant is going to apply certain fees on their giftcards, then they should be easily understood and prominently displayed.Merchants should be selling giftcards to get customers in their restaurant/store, and to...
Posted April 20, 2007
Walmart Is Integrating Point-Of-Purchase (POP) Processing With Success
Analysis of: Wal-Mart Goes Chainwide with POP in Bid to Cut Payment Costs | www.digitaltransactions.net
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager Bank of America Corporation
Key Implications:In an effort to cut its processing costs, Walmart's 5-year POP pilot program gains fanfare with Walmart and the giant mega-chain prepares to integrate POP processing at all of its U.S. retail locations.  POP (Point-of-Purchase) is a standard entry class (SEC) code that launched...
Posted April 20, 2007
NCR Banks On Consumers' Preferences to Grow ATM Operations
Analysis of: NCR Seeks To Expand Business Into Tickets, License Renewals | news.morningstar.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager Bank of America Corporation
Key Implications:As U.S. Financial Institutions (FIs) demand for new machines diminished from 72,136 ATMs shipped in 2005 to 70,401 machines shipped in 2006, coupled with the off-premise market saturation of ATMs by ISOs (Independent Sales Organizations), NCR looks to expand its self-service offerings...
Posted April 19, 2007
Electronic assault on branch-based global money transfer business model drawing nearer
Analysis of: Skype to offer money-transfer system via PayPal | news.yahoo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The launch of PayPal/Skype’s money transfer system heralds the coming of electronic money and hybrid money transfer services that will compete with and, ultimately, undermine traditional cash-to-cash, branch based systems.
Posted April 16, 2007
Coca-Cola & Mastercard Expands Contactless Vending With Tap N Go Technology
Analysis of: Coca-Cola United, Nation's Third Biggest Bottler, To Convert Vending Machines To Cashless Credit Card Payments | www.amonline.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager Bank of America Corporation
Key Implications:Based on early results from contactless vending trials, indications are that consumers spend more money when they use credit cards to buy soft drinks at vending machines.  As a result of the successful pilot in the Philadelphia area in 2006, when 1,000 Coca-Cola contactless vending...
Posted April 13, 2007
Class Action Suit May Derail CheckFree's Contract With BOFA
Analysis of: CheckFree hit with lawsuit; may lose Bank of America contract | www.finextra.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager Bank of America Corporation
Key Implications:CheckFree processes Bank of America's online bill payment transactions and the BOFA contract accounts for approximately 20% of CheckFree's annual revenue, however, the disclosure of a "class action lawsuit" may cost CheckFree its largest client, Bank of America.  Bank of America...
Posted April 9, 2007
Gift/Prepaid Cards Offer Convenience, Breakage and Risk
Analysis of: High-Stakes Gift Card Scheme Exposes Vulnerability | www.cardforum.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager Bank of America Corporation
Key Implications:Gift cards offer consumers and recipients flexibility, convenience, are easy to purchase and ensure the recipient will have a gift they like, however, gift cards can also offer risks for issuers, merchants and consumers and can be an attractive tool for criminals who commit gift card...
Art Gillis Posted April 9, 2007
It’s a great time for Metavante to go public
Analysis of: M&I to spin off Metavante - WSJ | www.finextra.com
Author: Art Gillis, President Computer Based Solutions, Inc.
Marshall & Ilsley Corp [MI] spin-off of Metevante- Metavante has all the right pieces of the technology- Metavante knows how to make smart acquisitions- In an industry of leveling off revenue, Metavante grew theirs by 20%
Posted April 9, 2007
What does First Data’s LBO portend?
Analysis of: KKR to Acquire First Data | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Private, First Data will: (1) at long last undertake serious platform consolidation, (2) may hive off assets such as Star and pieces of its US merchant processing portfolio, (3) must address the lack of realized synergies among its related payment processing businesses, and, (4) if it takes a...
Posted April 4, 2007
That Nasty Fee Called "Interchange" Has Bubbled Up Again!
Analysis of: Credit card fees come under fire | www.montereyherald.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager Bank of America Corporation
Key Implications:The Senate Judiciary Committee will reexamine the interchange fees Visa and MasterCard charges merchants and topics of discussion will include  the impact of interchange fees on retailers and consumers and whether the price-fixing practices involved in setting interchange fees...
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