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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section

CHAPTER I:  Executive Summary

CHAPTER II:  Overview of the Payments Market

  2.0    Five Forms of Currency in 4,000 Years

  2.1    The Way People Pay

  2.2    Disruptive Innovation

  2.3    Credit vs. Debit Cards

  2.4    Stored Value and the Payment Process

    2.4.1    Retailers/Business

    2.4.2    Financial Companies

    2.4.3    Disintermediation

    2.4.4    New Business Model

  2.5    The Telephony Connection

  2.6    Unintentional Infrastructure

  2.7    Retail Distribution of a Financial Service

  2.8    The Future -- Multi-Function Cards -- Competitive Advantage  

Chapter III:  Stored Value Applications

  3.0    Introduction

  3.1    Open Systems

  3.2    Closed Systems

  3.3    Stored Value Applications

    3.4    Networked Goods

    3.5    Business Applications

      3.5.1    Payroll Cards

      3.5.2    An Opportunity for Banks

      3.5.3    Controlled Spending Accounts

        3.5.3.1    Government Disbursements

        3.5.3.2    Insurance Payments

        3.5.3.3    Prepaid Medical Benefit Programs

        3.5.3.4    Business Expense Accounts

        3.5.3.5    Loyalty Programs

  3.6    Consumer Applications

    3.6.1    Gift Card/Spending Card/Travel Card

  3.7    Stored Value vs. Credit Cards -- A Cost Comparison

    3.7.1    Money Transfers

  3.8    Evolution of Prepaid from Telephony to Stored Value

    3.8.1    Another System is Required

    3.8.2    Groups Served

  3.9    A Major Win for Consumers  

CHAPTER IV:  Technology and Infrastructure

  4.0    Introduction

  4.1    Magnetic Stripe Cards

  4.2    Smart Cards

  4.3    Prepaid Point of Sale Activation

  4.4    Point of Sale Activation Systems

    4.4.1    Types of POSA Systems

      4.4.1.1    Customized Systems

      4.4.1.2    Generic Systems

    4.4.2    POSA Vendors

  4.5    ATMs and PIN-based Debit Terminals

  4.6    Credit Card, Debit Card, and Check Transaction Trends

  4.7    Emerging Infrastructure

  4.8    Closed System Cards  

CHAPTER V: Regulations, Standards and Security

5.0    Introduction

5.1    USA Patriot Act

5.2    Escheat Laws

5.3    Payroll Laws

5.4    Fraud Prevention  

CHAPTER VI:  Major Players

  6.0    Overview

  6.1    Alliance Data Systems

  6.2    American Express

    6.2.1    Corporate Defined Expense Program

  6.3    ATRANA Solutions

  6.4    Blackstone

  6.5    Card Express, Inc.

  6.6    Clarity Payment Solutions

  6.7    Chockstone

  6.8    Coinstar

  6.9    Datamark Technologies

    6.9.1    CRM Database Management Services

    6.9.2    E-Gift Stored Value Program

    6.9.3    Patron Plus Loyalty Program

  6.10  DataStream

  6.11  DuoCash

  6.12  e-CommLink

  6.13  First Data

    6.13.1    Value Link

      6.13.1.1    Clients

      6.13.1.2    ValueLink Applications

    6.13.2    Western Union

      6.13.3    Concord EFS (now merged into First Data)

  6.14  FSV Payment Systems

  6.15  GTS Prepaid

  6.16  Givex

  6.17  Galileo Processing

  6.18  ITC Financial Services (ITCFS)

  6.19  InterMarte

  6.20  MasterCard International

  6.21  Metavante Corporation

  6.22  Morgan Beaumont

  6.23  Next Estate

  6.24  NetSpend

  6.25  Paymentech

  6.26  PRE Solutions

  6.27  The Rush Card (issued by UniRush Financial Services)

  6.28  Q Comm International, Inc.

  6.29  Radiant Telecom

  6.30  Size Technologies

  6.31  Stored Value Marketing

  6.32  Stored Value Systems SVS -- Comdata

    6.32.1    Stored Value Systems (SVS)

  6.33  TSYS Inc.

  6.34  Wild Card Systems

  6.35  Vesta Corporation

  6.36  Visa International

  6.37  Xenaga  

CHAPTER VII:  Current Market Demographics and Five-Year Forecasts

  7.0    Assumptions and Methodology

  7.1    Credit Card Projections

  7.2    Debit Card Projections

  7.3    Stored Value Cards

    7.3.1    Prepaid Debit Cards

    7.3.2    Gift Cards

    7.3.3    Convenience/Loyalty Cards

  7.4    Major Geographic Markets for Prepaid Debit Cards

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

Tables

1.1     ATM Fact Sheet

4.1     ATM Fact Sheet

7.1     Population of Asian and Hispanic Groups in California -- 2002

7.2     Population of Asian and Hispanic Groups in Florida -- 2002

7.3     Population of Asian and Hispanic Groups in Illinois -- 2002

7.4     Population of Asian and Hispanic Groups in Massachusetts -- 2002

7.5     Population of Asian and Hispanic Groups in New Jersey -- 2002

7.6     Population of Asian and Hispanic Groups in New York -- 2002

7.7     Population of Asian and Hispanic Groups in Ohio -- 2002

7.8     Population of Asian and Hispanic Groups in Texas -- 2002

7.9     Population of Asian and Hispanic Groups in Virginia -- 2002   

Figures

7.1       Credit Card -- Dollar Volume --- 2003 to 2008

7.2       Number of Credit Card Transactions

7.3       Amount of Average Credit Card Transaction

7.4       Number of Credit Cards in Circulation

7.5       Debit Cards -- Dollar Volume -- 2003 to 2008

7.6       Number of Debit Card Transactions -- 2003 to 2008

7.7       Average Value of Debit Card Transactions -- 2003 to 2008

7.8       Debit Card Transactions -- PIN vs. Signature -- 2003 to 2008

7.9       Debit Card Transactions -- By Percent -- 2003 to 2008

7.10     Number of Debit Cards in Circulation -- 2003 to 2008

7.11     Number of Prepaid Debit Cards Issues -- 2003 to 2008

7.12     Prepaid Debit Card -- Dollar Volume -- 2003 to 2008

7.13     Number of Prepaid Debit Card Transactions -- 2003 to 2008

7.14     Payroll Cards -- Number of Cards in Circulation

7.15     Prepaid Debit Card Fee Revenues -- 2003 to 2008

7.16     Gift Cards Dollar Volume -- 2003 to 2008

7.17     Number of Gift Card Transactions -- 2003 to 2008

7.18     Number of Gift Cards Issued -- 2003 to 2008

7.19     Mix of Merchant and Bank Gift Cards -- 2003 to 2008

7.20     Average Value of Gift Card Transactions -- 2003 to 2008

7.21     Convenience Card/Loyalty Dollar Value -- 2003 to 2008

7.22     Convenience Card/Loyalty Card Redemption Transactions -- 2003 to 2008

7.23     Convenience Card/Loyalty Card Issued -- 2003 to 2008

7.24     Average Value of Convenience/Loyalty Card Transactions -- 2003 to 2008

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