GSQ's for the Year 2008:
GSQ v11n1
2008 Legislation Update
From the earliest days of the payments industry, merchant acquirers and their sales partners operated, for the most part, outside the realm of public scrutiny.
Well, times have changed. A series of events over the course of the past decade have placed the industry on the defensive. And today, acquirers and their partners find themselves confronting legal challenges on multiple fronts—challenges that could have far reaching implications for everyone involved: acquirers, ISOs, merchant level salespeople (MLSs) and clients, too.
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GSQ v11n2
2008 Technology Report
Technology is the fuel that drives the merchant acquiring business, and that makes it big business. Knowing how and when to leverage new technologies will be factors in determining who makes the most of the evolving payments business. But even these companies face disruptive forces, including risks and new competitive threats. (pdf file is 3.74 Mb in size)
GSQ v11n3
In Search of Knowledge
Change has been an industry standard since the earliest days of bankcard acquiring. As tough as it is for seasoned pros to keep up with market trends and participants, imagine what it must be like for newbies to the business. Here's a brief look at how the industry has evolved. (pdf file is 2.90 Mb in size)
GSQ v11n4
Bankcard Today: 2008 Acquirers Report
The bankcard business of today is a far cry from earlier days when dozens of companies competed for basis points on $660 billion in card transactions. No one can say precisely how large the merchant acquiring sector is today. There's no standardized reporting methodology, and because of the crossover activities of different companies (processors, acquirers, processing-acquirers and so forth) it's virtually impossible to avoid at least some double-counting. (pdf file is 2.38 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.