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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
CHAPTER II: STORED VALUE: MARKET DRIVERS AND INHIBITORS
  Introduction
  A Brief History Of Stored Value
  The Evolution Of Payments
    The Four Party Payment System - Interchange
    Wireless Payments - New Payment Opportunities
  A Maturing Market - Payment Trends
  Market Drivers
  Converting Cash To Electronic Transactions
  The Consumer Value Proposition
  The Corporate Value Proposition
  Distribution
  Loading Networks  
CHAPTER III:  APPLICATIONS ON THE RISE: THE MARKET SEGMENTS
  Open vs Closed Systems
    Prepaid vs Stored Value
    Cash Flow Impact
  Consumer
    Spending
    Person-To-Person Money Transfer
    Incentive And Promotion
    Gift And Convenience
    m-Wallet
  Business
    Payroll And Benefit
    Flexible Spending Accounts
    Incentive
    Insurance Payments
    Vending
  Government
    Food Stamps
    Unemployment
    Court Ordered Payments
    Other Benefits
    Transit Systems And Parking
  Not For Profit
    Fund Raising
     Disbursement
  Single Function vs Multi-Function
  Loading Options  
CHAPTER IV:  THE BUILDING BLOCKS: TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
  Introduction
  Magnetic Stripe Cards
  Smart Cards
  Fraud And Security
  Point Of Sale Systems - Closed System Cards
  Point of Sale Activation
  Proximity Payment Systems
  Global Positioning Systems
  Wireless Information & Wireless Payments
  ATM and PIN-based Debit Terminals
  In House Processing vs Processing Services
  Wireless Payment Systems
    Evolving Technology - Direct Debit vs Batch Processing
    Payment Platform vs Payment Card  
CHAPTER V:  REGULATION IN FLUX
  Federal Regulations
  USA Patriot Act
  State Regulations
  Escheat Laws
  Payroll Regulations  
CHAPTER VI:  MAJOR PLAYERS: MARKETS PURSUED, STRATEGIES EMBRACED, INITIATIVES LAUNCHED
  Market Landscape – An Overview
  ADP Total Pay Card
  Alliance Data Systems

  American Express

  American Express Incentive Services
  Blackstone
  Card Express Inc.
  CheckFree
  Chockstone
  Coinstar
  Datamark Technologies
  DataStream
  Directo
  Dolex
  Discover Financial Services
  eCommLink
  EMIDA/Debisys
  Euronet (Payspot)
  EWI Prepaid
  First Data
    Value Link
    Western Union
  FSV Payment Systems
  Givex
  Galileo Processing
  Green Dot Corporation (Next Estate)
  I2c Inc.
  IDT
  InComm
  ITC Financial Services
  MasterCard International
  Metavante Corporation
  Moneygram
  Morgan Beaumont
  More Magic
  NetSpend
  Paymentech
  PreCash
  PRESolutions
  QComm International
  SmartClixx
  Stored Value Systems SVS Comdata
  Stored Value Technologies
  SVC Financial Services
  Safeway
  Ta’facil Corporation
  Trycera Financial
  TSYS Prepaid Inc.
  Wildcard Systems
  Visa International
  WageWorks  
CHAPTER VII: CURRENT MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS AND FIVE YEAR FORECASTS
  Overview
  Methodology
  Assumptions
  Five-Year Market Forecasts by Segment:
    Credit Card Projections 2005 - 2010
       Dollars, Transactions, Cards
    Debit Card Projections 2005 - 2010
      Dollars, Transactions, Cards
    Prepaid Debit Cards Sold at Retail 2005 - 2010
      Dollars, Transactions, Cards
    Payroll Cards 2005 - 2010
      Dollars, Transactions, Cards
    Flexible Spending Cards 2005 -2010
      Dollars And Cards
    Controlled Spending Cards 2005 – 2010
      Dollars, Transactions, Cards
    Government Cards 2005 - 2010
      Dollars And Cards
    Retail Gift Cards 2005 - 2010
      Dollars, Transactions, Cards
    Bank Gift Cards 2005 - 2010
      Dollars, Transactions, Cards
    Convenience/Gift Cards 2005 - 2010
      Dollars, Transactions, Cards
    Incentive And Promotions 2005 - 2010
      Dollars And Cards
    Not For Profit
      Dollars and Cards

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