GSQ's for the Year 2003:
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2002 Billion Dollar Bankcard Acquiring Report
The more things change, the more they stay the same. You'll find no exception to this old adage in the U.S. credit card acquiring market. Just 31 organizations make up the 2002 Billion Dollar Bankcard Acquirers list, down from 42 in 2001. (pdf file is 3.14 Mb in size)
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EBT- Navigating the Maze
Trying to get your arms around the EBT arena is a bit like trying to wrestle an octopus. Just when you think you've got a sense of the market and what the opportunities might be for ISOs and their partners, along comes another application, a new technology, another federal mandate, a new state program or a corporate acquisition that throws you for a loop and makes you rethink your understanding of the market. (pdf file is 2.98 Mb in size)
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ATMs Through History
ATMs are so ubiquitous that it's tough to envision them as relative newcomers to the payment space. But, in truth, they are. It was not quite 30 years ago that a small community bank in Canandaigua, N.Y., shocked its competitors and threw regulators into a tizzy when it proposed installing what was then known as a CBCT (Customer Bank Communications Terminal) at an off-site location. (pdf file is 3.79 Mb in size)
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The 2003 Payments Symphony
This fall, the National Retail Federation (NRF) commissioned a survey of consumers' payment preferences. (NRF is the world's largest retail trade association, with a membership that spans the entire retailing sector.) The survey found that the average American consumer has at least two credit cards in his/her wallet. (pdf file is 4.05 Mb in size)
GSQ LEADS ISOs IN RIGHT DIRECTION
ISOs/MLSs have a guide to steer them through these confusing times of ever changing technology, policies and procedures. Since February 1998, when the first issue of GSQ: The Payment Systems Authority was published, GSQ has served as a sales tool offering in-depth analyses of the financial services community.
A four-color, glossy trade publication for the payment systems industry, GSQ issues have covered POS equipment, Internet commerce, electronic check presentment, acquiring banks, rankings of bankcard merchant acquiring organizations, benchmarks throughout the industry and profiles on independent sales organizations.
Discussions are targeted to the ISO/MLS, focusing on the burgeoning sales opportunities open to sales professionals, while translating the techno-speak into the kind of sales-speak that you can use to advantage. Display advertising is available.