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Mercator offers analysis of debit transactions in an EMV world

Friday, July 31, 2015 — 16:35:27 (EDT)

Boston, July 31, 2015 – Understanding the course that a debit transaction travels through the payments value chain has never been more important. Recent processing changes, new technologies, and incentives have had a material impact on the way transactions are routed and have created winners and losers in the process.

Mercator Advisory Group’s latest research report, Debit Transactions in an EMV World: A Practical Guide, follows each of nine debit transaction types at a business level from the point a consumer makes a payment selection to the authorization response. For each debit transaction type, the report identifies the network type, form factor, CVM, message type, and environment influencing the path of the transaction, and presents a process flow diagram that outlines the major milestones in the process, noting the key participants and briefly describing the process occurring as the transaction winds its way from the customer’s payment choice to the authorization response. Analysis of recent events that have materially impacted the transaction type is presented in the text following each flowchart and includes commentary on potential changes that may influence the transaction type’s future.

“We have witnessed an incredible amount of change in debit transactions over the prior two years that has materially impacted banks, processors, merchants and networks financially and operationally. With the advent of the EMV migration, tokenization, and commercialization of mobile payments, managing change becomes critical. Understanding the existing payments infrastructure and how it works at a fundamental level will be critical to those with payment-related businesses to protect and grow,” comments Sarah Grotta, Director, Debit Advisory Service at Mercator Advisory Group, and author of this report.

Highlights of the report include:

• A detailed review of 9 debit transaction types and the way they are processed through the payments systems

• Analysis of the impact of Dodd-Frank Regulation II on PIN debit transactions

• Review of Visa’s PIN Authentication Visa Debit (PAVD) product and associated merchant incentives

• Commentary regarding how MasterCard and Visa’s dominant role in tokenization vault services may affect mobile payments

This report has 22 pages and 10 exhibits.

Companies mentioned in the report include: Accel, AFFN, American Express, Apple, Capital One, Credit Union 24, Discover, EMVCo, JCB, Jeanie, Kroger, MasterCard, MCX, NYCE, Presto!, PULSE, Shazam, Target, UnionPay, Visa, Walmart, and ZipLine

Members of Mercator Advisory Group’s Debit Advisory Servicehave access to these reports as well as the upcoming research for the year ahead, presentations, analyst access, and other membership benefits.

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About Mercator Advisory Group

Mercator Advisory Group is the leading independent research and advisory services firm exclusively focused on the payments and banking industries. We deliver pragmatic and timely research and advice designed to help our clients uncover the most lucrative opportunities to maximize revenue growth and contain costs. Our clients range from the world's largest payment issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants and associations to leading technology providers and investors. Mercator Advisory Group is also the publisher of the online payments and banking news and information portal PaymentsJournal.com .

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Source: Company press release.