GSQ's for the Year 2006:
GSQ v9n1
The Interchange Road Map
Interchange is a much debated and discussed issue in the bankcard industry today. It evokes a strong emotional response, no matter which side of the debate you're on. And the subject is often difficult for folks to understand. As the first and leading publication covering the acquiring side of the bankcard business, The Green Sheet has devoted significant resources to helping ISOs and merchant level salespeople (MLSs) – the feet on the street – better understand issues like interchange. (pdf file is 5.79 Mb in size)
GSQ v9n2
2006 Security Report - The Industry's Best Guard Dogs
Who is guarding your assets? Are you aware of any vulnerability? More important, do you know what's at risk should you let down your guard? Anyone using or providing payment solutions must consider those crucial questions. In this volume of GSQ, we offer insights on what payment companies need to know about data security as well as information they can use to fight fraud and ensure the payments system's integrity. (pdf file is 3.32 Mb in size)
GSQ v9n3
2006 Feet on the Street: Weathering the Winds of Change
This latest GSQ brings us back to our roots: the feet on the street. We began the editorial process with the premise that merchant level salespeople (MLSs) have developed into something more than just bankcard sales professionals. Now they serve as payment services consultants and advisors to merchants. From credit and debit card processing, check services, and gift and loyalty programs, to ATMs, merchant cash advances and the latest in POS equipment, MLSs now have unlimited opportunities to bring their customers solutions tailored to their own unique requirements. (pdf file is 3.64 Mb in size)
GSQ v9n4
Payments Under the Microscope
Payments is a maturing business, and this is no surprise to anyone with tenure working in this space. However, many veterans and newbies alike are amazed at the various permutations currently underway in different parts of the industry. New technologies—such as contactless cards—as well as generational changes are influencing factors, too. In this volume of GSQ, we put the payment card space under the microscope and examine its components in the dawning of this new age of merchant acquiring. (pdf file is 4.85 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.