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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1:  Executive Summary
  
CHAPTER 2:  Overview of the Stored Value Ecosystem
  2.0   Introduction and Scope of Report
  2.1   Definitions and a Brief History
  2.2   The Continuing Evolution of Uses for Stored Value Cards
  2.3   Four Party Payment System
    2.3.1  Authorization
    2.3.2  Clearing and Settlement
  2.4   Interchange Fees
    2.4.1  Recent (June 2006) Court Decision on Visa Fee
  2.5   The Paradigm Shift Enabled By Mobile Payments

    2.5.1  Symbiosis Between Stored Value and Mobile Payments

  2.6   Stored Value -- Background on Fees
  2.7   A Maturing Market -- The Situation Today
  2.8   Gift Cards
  2.9   Emerging Competitor Offerings
    2.9.1  Automated Clearing House -- Based Debit Payments
    2.9.2  Online Payments Pilot Using ACH
    2.9.3  Major Corporation Entry -- ADP, Wal-Mart
  2.10  Stored Value Distribution Business Model
  2.11  Loading Networks
  2.12  The Consumer Value Proposition

  2.13  The Corporate Value Proposition

  
CHAPTER 3:  Stored Value Applications
  3.0  Introduction
  3.1  Open Systems
  3.2  Closed Systems
  3.3  Unique Dimension of Stored Value
  3.4  Network Product

  3.5  Smart Cards

  3.6  Consumer Applications for Open System Cards
    3.6.1  General Spending (Prepaid Debit Cards)
    3.6.2  Travel Cards
    3.6.3  Money Transfers
    3.6.4  Incentive and Promotion
  3.7  Evolution of Prepaid from Telephony to Stored Value
  3.8  m-Wallets
  3.9  Business Applications for Open System Cards
    3.9.1  Payroll Cards
    3.9.2  Payroll Cards: A Growth Opportunity for Banks
    3.9.3  Controlled Spending Accounts
      3.9.3.1  Insurance Payments
      3.9.3.2  Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
      3.9.3.3  Business Expense Accounts
    3.9.4  Loyalty Programs
    3.9.5  Vending
  3.10  Government Applications for Open System Cards
    3.10.1  Food Stamps
    3.10.2  Court Mandated Payments
    3.10.3  Other Disbursements
    3.10.4  Transit Systems and Parking
  3.11  Not-For-Profit Applications

  3.12  Multi-Function Cards -- Competitive Advantage and Possibilities

  
CHAPTER 4:  Technology and Infrastructure
  4.0  Introduction
  4.1  Magnetic Stripe Cards
  4.2  Origin of Prepaid Point of Sale Activation
  4.3  Point of Sale Activation Systems (POSA)
    4.3.1  Types of POSA
  4.4  Loading Networks
  4.5  Credit Card, Debit Card, and Check Transaction Trends
  4.6  In-House Processing vs Processing Services
Table:

      4.1 PIN-Based Debit Card Usage

  
CHAPTER 5:  Regulatory and Security
  5.0  Introduction
  5.1  USA Patriot Act
  5.2  Escheat Laws
  5.3  Payroll Laws
  5.4  Fraud Prevention
  5.5  Potential for Money Laundering
  5.6  Consumer Protections
  
CHAPTER 6:  Major Players
  6.0   Introduction
  6.1   American Express
    6.1.1  American Express Incentive Services (AEIS)
  6.2   Blackstone
  6.3   Chase Paymentech Solutions
  6.4   Checkfree
  6.5   Chockstone
  6.6   Coinstar
  6.7   Discover Financial Services
  6.8   eCommLink
  6.9   EFD eFunds
  6.10 Emida (Debisys, Q Comm)
  6.11 First Data

  6.12 Fiserv

  6.13 FSV Payment Systems
  6.14 Galileo Processing
  6.15 Global Pay Solutions Incorporated (GPSI)
  6.16 Green Dot Network (formerly Next Estate Communications)
  6.17 i2c Inc.
  6.18 ikobo
  6.19 InComm
  6.20 MasterCard Worldwide
  6.21 Metavante
  6.22 MoneyGram International
  6.22 NetSpend
  6.24 nFinanSe (formerly Morgan Beaumont)
  6.25 Ta'Facil Corporation
  6.26 Tempo Payments
  6.27 Visa International
  6.28 Western Union
  
CHAPTER 7:  Market Forecasts
  7.0  Introduction
  7.1  Cards -- Current Credit and Debit Markets

  7.2  Credit Card Projections

  7.3  Debit Card Projections
    7.3.1  Online/Offline
  7.4  Stored Value Cards
    7.4.1  Prepaid Debit Cards
      7.4.1.1  Government Programs
      7.4.1.2  Payroll Cards
      7.4.1.3  Medical Health and Flexible Spending Accounts
      7.4.1.4  General Spending Cards -- Open Loop
      7.5.1.5  Gift Cards -- Open Loop
      7.5.1.6  Gift Cards -- Closed Loop
Figure:
      7.1  Credit Cards -- Dollar Volume -- 2006 to 2011

      7.2  Debit Cards -- Dollar Volume -- 2006 to 2011
      7.3  Number of Debit Card Transactions -- 2006 to 2011
      7.4  Average Value of Debit Card Transactions -- 2006 to 2011
      7.5  Debit Card Transactions -- PIN vs. Signature -- 2006 to 2011

      7.6  Prepaid Debit Cards -- Dollar Volume --2006 to 2011

      7.7  Open Loop Prepaid Debit Cards -- Dollar Volume -- 2006 to 2011
      7.8  Number of Open Loop Debit Cards Issued -- 2006 to 2011
      7.9  Government Prepaid Debit Cards -- Dollar Volume -- 2006 to 2011
      7.10 Number of Government Prepaid Debit Cards Issued -- 2006 to 2011
      7.11 Payroll and Benefit Cards -- Dollar Volume -- 2006 to 2011
      7.12 Number of Payroll and Benefit Cards Issued -- 2006 to 2011
      7.13 Medical and FSA Cards -- Dollar Volume -- 2006 to 2011

      7.14 Number of Medical and FSA Cards Issued -- 2006 to 2011

      7.15 General Spending Cards -- Dollar Volume -- 2006 to 2011
      7.16 Number of General Spending Cards -- 2006 to 2011
      7.17 Open Loop Gift Cards -- Dollar Volume -- 2006 to 2011
      7.18 Number of Open Loop Gift Cards Issued -- 2006 to 2011
      7.19 Closed Loop Gift Cards -- Dollar Volume -- 2006 to 2011

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