Payment Cards Issued Worldwide (Bil.)
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Payment Cards Issued Worldwide (Bil.)
For 42 years, the leading publication covering payment systems worldwide. NOVEMBER 2012 Issue 1,006 U.S. GENERAL PURPOSE CARDs Through 3Q ‘12 Purchase transactions generated by general purpose credit and debit (including prepaid) cards in the U.S. from January 1 through September 30, 2012, increased by 3.5% versus the total for the ... turn to page 8 Top Acquirers Worldwide Payment Cards Issued Worldwide (Bil.) Private Label includes Prepaid The 150 largest merchant acquirers are ranked on page 11 by the number of general purpose credit, debit, and prepaid card purchase transactions at merchants during calendar year 2011. turn to page 11 Vodafone and CorFire are Mobile Wallet Partners CorFire will provide its mobile wallet technology to mobile network operator Vodafone for deployment to smartphone users in Europe and Asia. The CorPay platform supports both NFC-based/ ... turn to page 5 UnionPay Visa MasterCard Maestro Domestic Amex JCB Discover Diners Turn to page 9 for a list of 87 payments-related mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate financing transactions that occurred from July 1 through September 30, 2012. 0.81 5.46 2.95 2011 13.45 0.68 0.89 Morpho, the fourth largest smart card manufacturer and ninth largest payment card manufacturer in the world, will acquire American Banknote subsidiaries CPS Technologies in France and 3.05 1.42 Payment Cards Projected Worldwide Payment cards in circulation worldwide reached 13.45 billion in 2011, up 4.54 billion over the last five years. These included cards with global general purpose brands (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Maestro, JCB, Diners Club, and UnionPay), domestic general purpose brands turn to page 9 Morpho Adds ABnote Europe Assets 2.35 1.06 7.30 18.28 © 2012 The Nilson Report M&A and Corporate Financing — 3rd Quarter 2012 1.71 2016 ... turn to page 10 ... turn to page 7 8.91 4.66 The third largest U.S. acquirer of payment card transaction, Vantiv, will pay $361 million in cash and stock to buy Litle & Co., a pioneer in the processing of card-not-present transactions. Litle In the 12-month period ended March 2012 there were 1.27 billion debit and prepaid card transactions in Iran generated by more than 174 million payment cards issued by the country’s banks. Those 1.30 2006 General Purpose Vantiv to Acquire Litle & Co. CARD PAYMENTS in Iran 4.03 ... turn to page 7 www.nilsonreport.com • Order back issues • View front-page articles for the last 3 years • Find links to upcoming conferences ... turn to page 12 INSIDE: CHARTS: Fast Facts P 2-4 | Combo Card With Display in Belgium P 5 | Hologram Business Sold P 5 | Valid Adds Vmark assets in the U.S. P 6 Chexar Supports Visa Prepaid P 8 | Real-Time payments in Australia P 10 | Elavon/Santander Joint Venture P 12 Merchant acquirers in Iran P 7 | U.S. gp cards through 3q P 8 | acquisitions/investments P 9 | top 150 acquirers worldwide P 11 © HSN Consultants Inc. 2012 THE NILSON REPORT Reproducing or allowing reproduction or dissemination of any portion of this newsletter in any manner for any purpose is a copyright violation subject to substantial fines. Yearly Subscription for 23 print and electronic issues is $1,295. ISSN 1087-8718 THE NILSON REPORT: 1110 Eugenia Place, Suite 100, Carpinteria, CA 93013 USA • PHONE (805) 684-8800 • FAX (805) 684-8825 • [email protected] Fast Facts > > > > > > > > U.S. DiStrict coUrt Judge John Gleeson has given prelimi- FirSt BaNkcarD, the credit card division of First National Bank of Omaha, will offer unsecured loans (no card accounts) to the 3 million members of the National Education Association (NEA). First Bankcard has also purchased $261 million in unsecured loans tied to NEA members from the FIA Card Services affiliate of Bank of America. Stephen Eulie is President at First Bankcard, (402) 602-3905, [email protected], www.firstnational.com. nary approval to the proposed settlement of class-action litigation brought by U.S. retailers against Visa, MasterCard, and a number of large U.S. banks. If a final order is made by Judge Gleeson, there will almost certainly be merchants who file an appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. FirSt Data merchants that use the company for processing support such as host and terminal services and next-day funding can now purchase Datacap's Tran and ePay POS products on a monthly payment basis through resellers and First Data. Gale Peters is VP of Sales and Marketing at Datacap, (757) 496-6478, gale. [email protected], www.datacapsystems.com. Neal Korzekwinski is SVP, Partner Sales & Mgmt. at First Data, (631) 683-7060, [email protected], www.firstdata.com. NetSpeND has signed a contract with Intuit to offer prepaid cards WEX INc. is the new name for Wright Express, provider of plastic, digital, and virtual corporate card payment services to more than 350,000 customers in North America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. Michael Dubyak is CEO at WEX, (207) 761-7103, [email protected], www.wexinc.com. iNtrix techNology, provider of payment processing software as well as PCI compliance support, has signed Omega Financial as a new client. Omega provides financial, fundraising, and communications services to several thousand U.S. college fraternities and sororities. Omega will also use the Intrix payment gateway, which connects to all major processors including Chase Paymentech, TSYS, First Data, WorldPay, and Global Payments. Jeff Connors is CEO at Intrix, (917) 864-0941, [email protected], www.intrix.com. to the 24 million customers who use Intuit's TurboTax software online and the more than 1 million small business owners who use its QuickBooks for payroll services. Dan Henry is CEO at NetSpend, (512) 531-8786, [email protected], www.netspend.com. Eric Dunn is SVP Payments Initiatives at Intuit, (650) 944-6000, [email protected], www.intuit.com. Silver tail SyStemS, a top provider of Web session intelligence alliaNce Data retail ServiceS will provide its nearly 25 million active cardholders the opportunity to manage their private label credit card accounts at Manilla's Web portal. Manilla's platform provides free, secure online access to all household accounts. Dan Finkelman is CMO at Alliance Data Retail Services, (614) 729-4101, [email protected], www.alliancedata.com. Jim Schinella is COO at Manilla, (212) 969-7563, [email protected], www.manilla.com. and behavioral analytics to fight mobile and online fraud and other cybercrimes, has been acquired by EMC, the cloud- based data storage company. Terms were not disclosed. Tim Eades is CEO at Silver Tail Systems, (650) 649-0120, [email protected], www.silvertailsystems.com. 2 2012 GlobAl PAymentS StrAteGieS ConferenCe Balancing Regulation and Innovation Two-Day Conference December 5-6, 2012 The JW Marriott Hotel Miami, Florida member price Subscribers to The Nilson Report will receive the Member Rate. (Use code NLSRPT12 at checkout to receive the member price.) Topics include: balancing regulatory impacts with growth, creating & implementing an ACH in Bangladesh, payments innovations in Latin America, examining the global regulatory landscape, the state of EMV in the Americas – A Look at the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and navigating the changing world of making payments to China. Speakers represent: PayPal, Bangladesh Bank, ACH Colombia, Banco de Mexico, Earthport, Brookings Institute, NBPCA, Aite Group, Meta Payment Systems, Comerica Bank, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, MasterCard, Western Union, and more. Cost is $1,425 members/$1,575 nonmembers. Contact Member Services at NACHA, (703) 561-1100, [email protected]. Register at www.nacha.org/GlobalPaymentsStrategiesConference. FEATURED CONFERENCE Conference links at www.nilsonreport.com Conference links at www.nilsonreport.com FEATURED CONFERENCE 11th AnnuAl SCA Government ConferenCe 2012 Two-Day Conference November 28-29, 2012 The Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. 20% Subscribers to The Nilson Report will receive a 20% discount. (Use code MSDISC.) Topics include: mobility and secure credentialing, NSTIC governance structures and pilot programs, 2013 - The Year of Identity; ID security technology, applications, implementation & policy, healthcare id security; managing network security using mobile devices in a BYOD environment and applying NSTIC’s identity ecosystem principles for Internet security. Speakers represent: Smart Card Alliance, Booz Allen Hamilton, NIST, Government of Canada, HP Enterprise Services, Gemalto, Deloitte and Touche, Oberthur, XTec, Identive, and more. Cost is $940. Contact Jaci Snyder at Smart Card Alliance, (203) 512-0531, [email protected]. Register at www.govsmartid.com. If you are being forwarded a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report THE NILSON REPORT - 1 Your - obtaining an unauthorized copy may violate the intellectual property rights of NOVEMBER 2012November ISSUE2012 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT NUMBER 1006 immediately. HSN Consultants, Inc. d/b/a The Nilson Report. The right to possess digital versions of this report is granted solely to the individual subscriber. > > > > > > > > > Fast Facts Chirpify, provider of payment processing services for Twitter transactions, now offers in-stream payment acceptance for Instagram. Businesses and consumers can buy, sell, donate, and exchange funds without leaving Instagram. Chirpify says 40% of the world's most popular brands are on Instagram, and between Twitter and Instagram, there are about 250 million people and brands that can utilize Chirpify. Chris Teso is CEO at Chirpify, (503) 208-3068, [email protected], www.chirpify.com. AmeriCAn BAnCArd, an ISO, has acquired smaller competitor Trilogy Payment Solutions (TPS). Terms were not disclosed. TPS was represented by The Strawhecker Group. Sam Zietz is CEO at American Bancard, (561) 961-1616, [email protected], www.americanbancard.com. Kurt Strawhecker is Managing Partner at The Strawhecker Group, (402) 964-2617, kurt@thestrawgroup. com, www.thestrawgroup.com. federAl reserve BAnk of kAnsAs City has released a new publication called "Consumer Payment Innovation in the Connected Age," which summarizes the results of an international conference it hosted in March. The publication includes presentations of executives from Square, Green Dot, PayPal, and Google. Download at http://www.kc.frb.org/publicat/pscp/2012/completeproceedings.pdf. plAnet Group has enhanced its Acquire360 merchant billing settlement and chargeback system with aggregation processing support and additional reserve management and pricing tools. Tom Nichting is CEO at Planet Group, (402) 964-1948, [email protected], www.planetgroupinc.com. text2pAy, provider of mobile payment processing services, now offers Tap2Pay, which lets consumers buy virtual goods and services on their mobile device with a single tap. Tap2Pay can detect if the device is an iPhone, Android, or Windows Mobile. Its identification process recognizes the user's phone number so they don't have to input a password or PIN. Text2Pay offers direct carrier billing and premium SMS billing in 43 countries. Mark Reiken is Director, (646) 884-4841, [email protected], www.text2pay.com. BestBill, a billing and e-billing portal company whose technology includes Virtual Negotiator, SMS payments, and IVR services, has integrated BillingTree's payment processing engine into its platform. Dave Roberts is CEO at BillingTree, (602) 443-5948, droberts@ mybillingtree.com, www.mybillingtree.com. Dan Haugland is CEO at BestBill, (623) 516-4700, [email protected], www.bestbill.com. ACCertify's fraud prevention and risk management technology will be deployed by easyJet in Europe, which operates 200+ aircraft serving 57+ million passengers annually. American Express owns Accertify. Jeff Liesendahl is President at Accertify, (630) 735-4410, [email protected], www.accertify.com. GuArdiAn AnAlytiCs, provider of behavior-based fraud prevention technology used by financial institutions in online and mobile banking channels, now offers FraudMAP ACH, which automatically analyzes ACH batches and transactions and prioritizes the highest risk payments for review. Craig Priess is VP of Products and Business Development, (650) 383-9200, cpriess@ guardiananalytics.com, www.guardiananalytics.com. 3 NOVEMBER 2012 AmeriCAn express now issues an NFC-based contactless prepaid card in Singapore in partnership with the country's EZ-Link public transportation operator. Kula Kulendran is EVP and Head of Global Network Services for Japan, Asia-Pacific and Australia at American Express, (65) 6317-6108, [email protected], www.americanexpress.com. Wai Meng Cheong is AVP Business Development at EZ-Link, (65) 9796-9879, waimengcheong@ezlink. com.sg, www.ezlink.com.sg. ElEctracard SErvicES, provider of software and thirdparty processing services for cards and payments management, will be represented in the UAE by systems integrator Raqmiyat. Ramesh Mengawade is CEO at ElectraCard, 91 (20) 6627-2139, [email protected], www.electracard.com. Tapas Roy is CEO at Raqmiyat, (971) 4295-9606, tapas.roy@ raqmiyat.com, www.raqmiyat.com. CiBC, Canada's 2nd largest credit card issuer, and Rogers, the country's largest mobile network operator, have completed the first point-of-sale mobile credit card transaction in the country using the secure SIM card inside an NFC-enabled smartphone. The CIBC Mobile Payment App is initially available for two BlackBerry devices. David Williamson is Sr. EVP and Group Head Retail and Business Banking at CIBC, (416) 980-2211, [email protected], www.cibc.com. David Robinson is VP, Emerging Business at Rogers Communications, (416) 935-5112, [email protected], www.rogers.com. inG BAnk in the Netherlands will reissue its Maestro debit cards with MasterCard PayPass contactless chip technology by mid-2013. Arjan Bol is Director of Payments at ING, 31 (20) 576-4401, [email protected], www.ing.com. David Dechamps is MasterCard Benelux General Manager, 32 (2) 352-5811, david_dechamps@ mastercard.com, www.mastercard.com. management > CHANGES Irni Palar has been appointed Country Manager, Indonesia at MasterCard Worldwide, 62 (21) 5790-0325, irni_palar@ mastercard.com. Sam Sassen has been appointed Director of Client Relations at The Members Group, (515) 457-5246, [email protected]. John Sturino has been appointed Vice President of Product at Braintree, (312) 257-2300, john.sturino@ braintreepayments.com. Jason Jones has been appointed COO at Invoiceware International, (678) 381-8612, [email protected]. Brian Voigt has been appointed SVP of Strategy and Business Development at Spindle, Inc., (480) 646-3291, [email protected]. Kevin Goldmintz has been appointed Head of Hong Kong & Macau at MasterCard Worldwide, (852) 25888301, [email protected]. Francine Dubois has been appointed VP, Global Sales and Partnerships at NagraID Security, (310) 841-2939, [email protected]. If you are being forwarded a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report ISSUE 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT immediately. Your obtaining an unauthorized copy may violate the intellectual property rights of HSN Consultants, Inc. d/b/a The Nilson Report. The right to possess digital versions of this report is granted solely to the individual subscriber. > > > > > > > > Fast Facts ServicioS electronicoS GlobaleS (e-Global), a switch and card processing joint venture of BBVA Bancomer and Citi Banamex, has deployed Alaric's Authentic Open Development Payment platform supported by Stratus Technologies. Mike Alford is CEO at Alaric, 44 (207) 593-2200, [email protected], www.alaric.com. Arturo Lopez Esquivel is CIO at eGlobal, 52 (55) 1253-2761, [email protected]. Juan Gonzalez Gasque is Gen. Dir. at Stratus, 52 (55) 8000-4105, juan.pablo.gonzalez@ stratus.com.mx, www.stratus.com.mx. WorldPay, the 4th largest merchant acquirer worldwide mea- sured and Europe's largest by transactions processed, now offers airline and travel merchants access to UATP through its gateway. UATP is the payment network owned by airlines. It focuses on corporate travel payments. Phillip McGriskin is Chief Product Officer at WorldPay, 44 (203) 246-5627, [email protected], www.worldpay.com. Ralph Kaiser is CEO at UATP, (202) 626-4087, [email protected], www.uatp.com. Payza, an e-commerce processing company and e-wallet provider to 9 million businesses and consumers, will incorporate the TRUSTe Privacy Seal Program into its websites. Over 5,000 Web properties deploy TRUSTe to align privacy practices with regulatory requirements including Apple, AT&T, Disney, eBay, HP, and Microsoft. Mohammad Hashemi is VP of Product and Business Strategy at Payza, (514) 825-3500, [email protected], www.payza.com. credIt mutuel/cIc, Europe's 3rd largest merchant acquirer, will be first to deploy a card payment service using SEPA standards based on a single EMV payment application. Claude Brun is Managing Director at BECM/Credit Mutuel-CIC Group, 33 (3) 8814-7001, [email protected], www.creditmutuel.fr. Pierre-Antoine Vacheron is Managing Director Europe-SEPA at Ingenico, 33 (1) 5801-8705, [email protected], www.ingenico.com. InsIde secure's new VaultSEcure IC product for mobile phones allows multiple third parties to independently install and control their own applets in the same secure element. VaultSEcure includes encryption, memory, and microprocessor. It stores and protects applications and data for payment card, transit, ticketing, building access, and identity transactions. Pierre Garnier is EVP of the NFC and Secure Payment Division, 33 (4) 4239-6300, [email protected], www.insidesecure.com. rev WorldWIde, a prepaid card program manager based in the U.S., has launched its first product in Brazil. The MEO card, which is being issued by Bonsucesso Bank, is a reloadable MasterCard card that lets users send money from one account to another via SMS or a smartphone app. It can be reloaded at the Boleto Bancario bill payments network of 150,000 merchants. Aléxia Duffles is Head of Cards at Bonsucesso Bank, 55 (31) 2103-7821, alexia.duffles@ grupobonsucesso.com.br, www.meocartao.com.br. Roy Sosa is CEO at Rev Worldwide, (512) 366-3640, [email protected], www.revworldwide.com. Alexandre Magnani is VP of Business Development at MasterCard, 55 (11) 5508-3900, alexandre_magnani@ mastercard.com, www.mastercard.com.br. oPera Payment exchange (OPX) will integrate to Naranya Monetization Network, which has access to 500 million mobile phones in Latin America by way of direct carrier billing agreements in seven countries in the region. OPX is a service of Opera Software, whose Opera Mini product is the world's most widely used mobile browser. Sameer Merchant is VP Mobile Commerce, Opera Software, (650) 625-1262, [email protected], www.opera.com. Carlos Galvan Contreras is COO at Naranya, 52 (81) 8044-4500, [email protected], www.naranya.com. 4 4Th MEgA EvENT (LOyALTy/ANCiLLARy/ CO-BRAND) 2012: November 27-28, 2012. The Hyatt La Jolla Hotel, San Diego, California. Estimated attendance: 450+. Cost for the two-day conference is from $499 for airlines and $1,149 for suppliers. Subscribers to The Nilson Report will receive a 20% discount (for new bookings). Contact Michael Smith at Airline Information for discount code, 44 (141) 416-0800, msmith@ aiglobal.org. Register at www.airlineinformation.org. MOBiLE MONEy & Apps LATAM 2012: November 29-30, 2012. The Mayfair Hotel & Spa, Coconut Grove, Florida. Estimated attendance: 100-150. Cost for the two-day conference is $1,200. Subscribers to The Nilson Report will receive a 20% discount. Contact Ana Maria Yumiseva at Frecuencia Latinoamérica, (305) 567-2492, anamaria@frecuenciaonline. com. Register at www.mobilemoneylatam.com. MERChANT pAyMENTs ECOsysTEM 2013: February 12-14, 2013. The InterContinental, Berlin, Germany. Estimated attendance: 450. Cost for the three-day conference is $3,526. Subscribers to The Nilson Report will receive a 20% discount. Contact David Vesely at Empiria Group, 421 (245) 248-931, [email protected]. Request brochure and registration form at www.merchantpaymentsecosystem.com. NOVEMBER 2012 Conference links at www.nilsonreport.com Conference links at www.nilsonreport.com CONFERENCEs & sEMiNARs FEATURED CONFERENCE Payments, settlements and Remittances asia 2012 Two-Day Conference November 21-22, 2012 Sheraton Four Points Bangkok, Thailand 20% Subscribers to The Nilson Report will receive a 20% discount. Topics include: overview of payments market and systems in Asia, practical approaches and rethinking best practices and monetization, creating meaningful partnerships and technology highlights, best practices from retailers, and consumers and governments. Workshops on: liquidity management, security and risk management of payments, seamless implementation of e-payments technology. Speakers represent: Bank of Thailand, Visa, ReD Worldwide, Rakuten Tarad.com, and Asia Pay. Cost is $3,647 including workshops. Contact Rex Ian Sayson at Arc Media Global, (65) 6818-6344, [email protected]. Register at www.arcmediaglobal.com/payments. If you are being forwarded - 3 - a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report ISSUE 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT immediately. Your obtaining an unauthorized copy may violate the intellectual property rights of HSN Consultants, Inc. d/b/a The Nilson Report. The right to possess digital versions of this report is granted solely to the individual subscriber. Combo Card with Display in Belgium The PaschiCombo card issued by Banca Monte Paschi Belgio in Belgium is a Maestro card on one side and a MasterCard card on the other. Both access the cardholder’s deposit account. and MasterCard cards with the PaschiCombo card. Dino Albanese is Head of Cards at Banca Monte Paschi Belgio in Brussels, Belgium, 32 (2) 220-7239, battery dino.albanese@ montepaschi.be, assembly and www.montepaschi.be. display were Cardholders can decide at the point of sale whether to withdraw funds immediately (Maestro) or once a month (MasterCard). The PaschiCombo card includes a contactless chip that can initiate provided by The PaschiCombo card MasterCard Nagra id. was manufactured by PayPass Oberthur. The battery transactions. A assembly and display merchant’s POS were provided by Nagra. terminal determines whether MasterCard consulted with the those transactions are handled issuer for more than two years as Maestro or MasterCard. The and relaxed card design rules to card also has a display screen enable PaschiCombo to reach that generates a one-time code the market. David Dechamps that cardholders can use at is General Manager, Benelux online merchants who deploy at MasterCard in Waterloo, 3D Secure services. Belgium, 32 (2) 352-5811, david_ Banca Monte Paschi will [email protected], replace all of its Maestro www.mastercard.com. Hologram Business Sold The holographic security business of JDSU, formerly American Bank Note Holographics (ABNH), has been sold to OpSec for $11.5 million in cash with the possibility of another $4 million to be paid depending upon performance over the next year. JDSU paid $138 million for ABNH in 2008 in an all-stock (except for $1 in cash) transaction. The business produces holograms for Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and other payment cards worldwide that are hot stamped onto cards issued by more than 20,000 financial institutions. OpSec provides several kinds of optical-variable devices including holograms, diffraction grating imaging, and liquid crystal technology, which its customers use to protect against counterfeiting of highsecurity documents including bank notes and share certificates. Mike Angus is CFO at OpSec in Englewood, Colorado, (720) 394-2803, mangus@ opsecsecurity.com, www.opsecsecurity.com. Vodafone and CorFire are Mobile Wallet Partners (from page 1)... EMV-compliant (general purpose) and 2D barcode-based (private label) transactions for applications including payment at the point of sale, transit, 5 NOVEMBER 2012 access, loyalty, vouchers, and more. CorPay-supported NFC-based contactless payments can be executed with card account details located either in a mobile phone’s SIM card or in an embedded, dedicated secure element. When Vodafone brings ... turn to page 6 If you are being forwarded a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report ISSUE 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT immediately. Your obtaining an unauthorized copy may violate the intellectual property rights of HSN Consultants, Inc. d/b/a The Nilson Report. The right to possess digital versions of this report is granted solely to the individual subscriber. Vodafone and CorFire are Mobile Wallet Partners (from page 5)... its wallet to market sometime next year in Europe, it CorFire customers include Google, First Data, SK Telecom, T-Money, China Telecom, Dunkin’ Brands, and Citibank. Dunkin’ uses CorPay’s mobile 2D barcode application and will back-office management system, launch features that NFC-based payments first Vodafone using SIM cards, not embedded will offer to secure elements, to initiate retailers and contactless EMV transactions. other service This will enable Vodafone, providers. Pascal Caillon and the service providers who is VP, Business Development will market the wallet to their at CorFire in San Francisco, customers, to reach California, (917) 740a larger number of 1686, pcaillon@corfire. ... they will consumers. com, www.corfire.com. first launch CorPay can also Vodafone operates in NFC payhandle the trusted more than 30 countries ments tied service manager through controlled to SIM cards. function needed to or jointly controlled provide over-thecompanies serving 407 air provisioning of million customers. card account data to handsets. Vodafone will act as an However, Vodafone plans to use aggregator, offering commercial Gemalto in that capacity. enterprises the opportunity to reach their customers with widgets that hold their mobile services. Offers can be received and redeemed in the wallet. Vodafone is majority owner of M-Pesa, a mobile banking and bill payment service that operates in seven countries. M-Pesa is not a smartphonebased system. However, over time, the wallet will be in M-Pesa markets where contactless NFC payments are introduced at the point of sale and smartphone penetration is significant. Christian Wirtz is Group Director, mCommerce at Vodafone Group Services in Dusseldorf, Germany, 49 (211) 820-1880, christian. [email protected], www.vodafone.com. Valid Adds VMark Assets IN THE U.S. Valid USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brazilbased Valid, has been designated by a courtappointed bankruptcy trustee as the successful bidder for substantially all of the operating assets of the Vmark companies. The bid was $51.2 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of this month. Vmark assets include Versatile Card Technology, Qualteq, Creative Automation, Unique Mailing Services, Global Card Services, Unique Embossing Services, Automated Presort, Fulfillment Xcellence, Unique Data Services, and Veluchamy. NOVEMBER 2012 Valid manufactures 200 million payment cards annually in Brazil. It also produces driver’s licenses, SIM cards for mobile handsets, and PKI tokens used to generate digital certificates to secure online messages between corporations and the government. Competitors in Brazil include Gemalto, G&D, Morpho, and Oberthur. Valid operates a SIM card manufacturing facility in Spain and a bank card manufacturing plant in Argentina. Earlier this year it paid $1.5 million to buy disaster recovery company PPI Secure Solutions in the U.S. Jose Roberto Mauro is CEO at Valid S.A. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 55 (21) 2195-7207, [email protected], www.valid.com.br. Valid also owns plants in brazil, spain, and argentina. Vmark customers include Bank of America, Chase Card Services, and Citibank. Its 6 revenues, which were in the $140 million range annually before filing for bankruptcy, are now at about $120 million. If you are being forwarded a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report ISSUE 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT immediately. Your obtaining an unauthorized copy may violate the intellectual property rights of HSN Consultants, Inc. d/b/a The Nilson Report. The right to possess digital versions of this report is granted solely to the individual subscriber. PAYMENT Cards Projected Worldwide (from page 1)... (such as Discover, Interac, BC, Star, Bancontact, BankAxept, etc.), and private label credit, debit, and prepaid cards (such as store cards and gasoline cards). Private label cards accounted for 40.56% of the world total in 2011, down from 45.23% in 2006. Many of these cards are prepaid “gift” cards for use at retailers. UnionPay cards accounted for 21.92% in 2011, up from 14.58% in 2006. Visa cards accounted for 17.46% in 2011, down from 19.23%. MasterCard cards accounted for 7.87% in 2011, down from 9.12%. The rest (Maestro, domestic general purpose, American Express, JCB, Discover, and Diners Club cards) accounted for 12.18% in 2011, up from 11.84% in 2006. By 2016, the payment card industry is expected to see a cumulative increase of 4.83 billion cards, led by private label cards (mostly prepaid), up 1.85 billion. UnionPay will follow with an increase of 1.71 billion, then Visa, up 0.70 billion, MasterCard, up 0.36 billion, and the rest up 0.22 billion. UnionPay will be the only general purpose brand that will increase its share. UnionPay cards in circulation are projected to gain 3.55 percentage points to 25.47%. MasterCard cards are projected to decline 0.13 percentage points to 7.75%, private label cards are projected to decline 0.60 percentage points to 39.96%, Visa cards down 0.79 percentage points to 16.67%, and the rest down 2.03 percentage points to 10.15%. CARD PAYMENTS in Iran (from page 1)... transactions were handled by the 10 acquirers listed here. Credit cards are available in Iran. However, there are relatively few as the country is still creating a credit bureau infrastructure. Currently cardholders must have a cosigner, sometimes more than Merchant Acquirers in Iran Fiscal Year Ended March 2012 POS Vol. POS Trans. ($U.S. bil.) (mil.) POS Terminals Bank Mellat $90.73 271.3 339,100 Bank Melli $46.30 239.1 384,075 Bank Saderat $33.43 192.7 384,529 Parsian Bank $9.37 273.0 285,616 Bank Pasargad $7.56 67.2 128,911 Keshavarzi Bank $6.73 53.0 136,246 Tejarat Bank $6.53 80.2 165,000 Saman Bank $4.35 43.2 106,798 Eghtesad Novin Bank $2.39 31.6 65,363 Bank Maskan $0.96 17.1 55,921 Brand Totals $208.34 1,268.4 2,051,559 © 2012 The Nilson Report 7 NOVEMBER 2012 one cosigner, to even apply for a card. There were nearly 2.1 million POS terminals operating in Iran at the end of March 2012. Card payments at the point Merchants can deploy multiple of sale are booming in Iran. terminals to Debit and prepaid card access special transactions grew by services transactions more than 130% in available from grew by more 2011 over 2010 after a particular than 130% the Central Bank of bank. On-us Iran instituted a 0% in 2011 over transactions are discount rate policy to 2010. authorized and encourage merchants to settled directly deploy POS terminals. by the bank This followed the September issuer/acquirer. Transactions 2010 action of the Iranian that need to be routed to government to cut subsidies another issuer are handled by that consumers received for Informatics Services Corp., commodities and energy. To majority owned by the central compensate, the government bank, which operates a national deposited $40 a month (44,000 switch called Shetab. rials) into every citizen’s bank account. Anticipating long lines Top providers of merchant in bank branches to withdraw acquiring services in Iran that cash, the Central Bank of include Fanap, Eniac Tech, and Iran told banks to issue debit Iran Kish. Fanap, a unit of Bank cards to give people access to Pasargad, has written custom their money via ATMs and the software for more than 300,000 point of sale. Cardholders do POS terminals manufactured by not pay any fees for the cards Castles Technology. or transactions. If you are being forwarded a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report ISSUE 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT immediately. Your obtaining an unauthorized copy may violate the intellectual property rights of HSN Consultants, Inc. d/b/a The Nilson Report. The right to possess digital versions of this report is granted solely to the individual subscriber. Chexar Supports Visa Prepaid Consumers will soon be able to deposit paper checks to their Visa prepaid accounts by taking a picture with their mobile device. For a fee that will range from 1% to 4% depending on the type of check as well as the amount, they can have immediate access to those funds. The service will leverage Chexar’s soon to be renamed Spyke – The Good Funds Network. Chexar was formed in 2008 after the company sold its El Banco nonbank financial services chain in Atlanta. It retained El Banco’s check still growing in the U.S. Drew cashing platform including Edwards is CEO at Chexar an enrollment process, early Networks, Inc. in Roswell, warning system, proprietary Georgia, (678) 736-7012, chez@ algorithms, and other risk chexar.com, www.chexar.com. management tools because it saw an opportunity to offer Visa will handle all marketing immediate funds availability to for the Chexar Immediate third-party checks for loading Good Funds offering, which onto prepaid cards will give Visa issuers and for cashing over a feature not yet the counter at bank CARDHOLDERS available from any branches, markets GET IMMEDIother prepaid card that top verification ATE ACCESS TO brand. Consumers and guarantee firms CHECK who wait five days had made little before withdrawing DEPOSITS. effort to penetrate. funds from deposited checks will be able to Third-party checks use the service for free. Hyung such as payments received by Choi is Head of U.S. Prepaid at a gardener or a contractor or Visa in San Mateo, California, some other service provider are (650) 432-2822, hchoi@visa. part of the person-to-person com, www.visa.com. check sector, which is the only type of check payment U.S. GENERAL PURPOSE CARDs Through 3Q ‘12 (from page 1)... U.S. General Purpose Cards 3Q 2012 vs. 3Q 2011 Brand/Type of Card Total Chg. Dollar Volume (bil.) Purchases Chg. Cash Chg. Purch. Trans. (bil.) Chg. Visa Credit $751.28 9.6% $718.44 10.2% $32.84 –2.5% 8.45 12.4% American Express Credit $435.20 9.5% $432.74 9.6% $2.46 –4.6% 1.99 13.3% MasterCard Credit $414.80 3.7% $394.00 5.4% $20.80 –20.8% 4.61 3.6% $97.05 5.6% $90.58 5.7% CREDIT CARD TOTALS $1,698.33 7.9% $1,635.76 8.6% Visa Debit & Prepaid $1,111.82 –2.5% Discover Credit MasterCard Debit & Prepaid $449.20 16.2% $6.46 5.4% 1.38 7.2% $62.57 –8.9% 16.42 9.4% $821.63 –4.4% $290.19 3.6% 22.00 –4.2% $331.60 15.1% $117.60 19.3% 8.36 15.7% DEBIT CARD TOTALS $1,561.02 2.3% $1,153.23 0.5% $407.79 7.7% 30.36 0.5% Visa Total $1,863.10 2.1% $1,540.07 1.9% $323.03 2.9% 30.44 –0.1% MasterCard Total VISA & MC TOTALS $864.00 9.8% $725.60 9.6% $138.40 10.9% 12.97 11.1% $2,727.10 4.4% $2,265.67 4.3% $461.43 5.2% 43.41 3.0% CREDIT & DEBIT TOTALS $3,259.35 5.1% $2,788.99 5.1% $470.36 5.1% 46.78 3.5% Includes activity on all consumer and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid cards for January 1–September 30, 2012 vs. January 1–September 30, 2011. American Express and Discover include figures for third-party issuers. © 2012 The Nilson Report 8 NOVEMBER 2012 first nine months of 2011. Credit card purchase transactions increased by 9.4%. Debit card purchase transactions increased by 0.5%, but Interlink debit card figures (counted with Visa) declined due to the impact of the Durbin Amendment, which requires issuers to put at least two unaffiliated networks on debit cards. Much of the activity went to other EFT systems, which are not included here. Debit cards generated 64.90% of all purchase transactions, down from 66.81%. Combined credit and debit card purchase volume was up 5.1% over the first nine months of 2011. Credit card purchase volume increased by $129.85 billion. Debit card purchase volume increased by $5.54 billion. If you are being forwarded a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report ISSUE 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT immediately. Your obtaining an unauthorized copy may violate the intellectual property rights of HSN Consultants, Inc. d/b/a The Nilson Report. The right to possess digital versions of this report is granted solely to the individual subscriber. Payment Industry Acquisitions & Investments July–September 2012 Company Buyer/Investor Zenith Acquisitions TGate Payments QuickPay Stripe Mobile Integrated Sys. Jefferson Capital Currency Cloud Accumulate Commerce Sciences OpenBucks Needle Paysafecard(2) Ticketfly Merchant e-Sol.(2) SecureNet Pay. Sys. CardSmith/Vision Boom Financial Tunz.com(2) Fab.com Card.io(2) Kiip Capital Pay./Bluefin Tapingo Copius TransCard(4) Pocket Change Cash Star Paydiant Alpha Bay(2) ThriveHive Global Pay. A/P(5) three companies(6) Merchant Warehouse Avatas Pay. Sol.(2) Marathon Solutions(2) SumUp Blue Sky Card(8) ViVOtech(9) Adeptra(2) TSYS/Central Pay.(10) Punchey Venmo(2) Transact Network(11) Amount (Mil.) July Mercantile Adjustment * BridgePay Network * seed funding $3.5 Series B $20.0 private placement $1.0 Flexpoint Ford * Series B $3.0 * Telia Sonera(1) seed funding $1.8 Series A $4.8 Series B $10.5 Skrill * Series C $22.0 Cielo $670.0 growth equity(3) $18.0 merger * Series B $17.0 Ogone * Series C $105.0 PayPal * Series B $11.0 merger * Series A $3.5 Series A $5.0 U.S. Bank * Series A $5.0 Series D $5.0 Series B $12.0 Blockbuster * seed funding $1.5 Global Payments $242.0 UBPS $179.0 (7) growth equity * Merchant Warehouse * Fin. Trans. Svcs. * August Series A $20.0 Advanced Pay. Sol. * ID Tech * Fico * joint venture * Series A $1.7 Braintree $26.2 The Bancorp Bank * Region U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. Canada U.S. U.K. Sweden Israel U.S. U.S. Austria U.S. U.S./Brazil U.S. U.S. U.S. Belgium U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. Asia/Pac. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. Germany U.K. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.K. Company Accelerated Payment(2) Luottokunta(2) Square Merch. Customer Ex. FreeMonee Elan Financial(13) LevelUP Wallaby Revel Touch InComm(14) CardSpring Unik(15) QuickPay ATM Network(2) TekTango(16) Five Stars Plink Clear Payments(2) Fuze Network ALI Solutions(2) Kabbage Norse Corp. ShopCliq.it(2) Bigcommerce Linkable Networks edo interactive Distra(2) BestBill(2) Social Finance Cassis Int’l(2) BofA (Canada)(17) Square Gyft Scoupy(14) Gas Tecnologia(2) Transoft(2) IQR Consulting(14) Sinsys(18) PayLeap(2) Talbots(19) Truaxis(2) FleetOne(2) LML Payment Sys.(2) JDSU Buyer/Investor Global Payments Nets Series D joint venture(12) Series B KeyBank Series D seed funding Series A Warburg Pincus strategic investments(3) Wright Express seed funding Cardtronics Freeport Capital Series A Series A Chexar September Series A Noble Systems Series C Series A Buscape Series B Series A Series C ACI Worldwide RevSpring Series B Morpho Royal Bank of Canada Series D Series A Network VSP Diebold NCR The Members Group SIA Acculynk Alliance Data MasterCard Wright Express Digital River OpSec Amount (Mil.) $413.0 $219.3 $25.0 * $34.0 * $9.0 $1.1 $10.0 * * $21.9 $3.5 * $0.6 $13.9 $3.0 * Region U.S. Finland U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. Brazil U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. $2.5 U.S. * U.S. $30.0 U.S. $3.5 U.S. * Brazil $2.0 U.S. $3.2 U.S. $15.0 U.S. $48.8 Australia * U.S. $77.2 U.S. * Singapore * Canada $200.0 U.S. $1.3 U.S. * Netherlands * Brazil * U.S. * U.S. * Belgium * U.S. * U.S. * U.S. $369.0 U.S. * Canada $11.5(20) U.S. *Terms not disclosed. (1) Purchased undisclosed equity position. (2) Sold all assets. (3) Undisclosed investors. (4) Sold heavy duty truck card network only. (5) Global acquired the 44% of the company it didn’t already own. (6) Elec. Merchant Sys., JetPay and AD Computer will be acquired by United Business Payment Solutions. (7) Parthenon Capital. (8) Purchase of 12,000 MasterCard accounts. (9) Contactless chip card reader business only. (10) TSYS bought 60% of Central. (11) Acquisition of the MyCardData platform. (12) Partners include Target, Walmart, 7-Eleven, Sears, Shell. (13) Credit card outstandings totaling $725 million. (14) Sold minority equity stake. (15) Sold majority interest. (16) Sold 51% equity stake. (17) Sold Shoppers Optimum credit card portfolio. (18) SIA acquired the 49% of the company it didn’t already own. (19) Sold its private label credit card portfolio. (20) Another $4.0 million possible depending on performance. © 2012 The Nilson Report 9 NOVEMBER 2012 If you are being forwarded a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report ISSUE 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT immediately. Your obtaining an unauthorized copy may violate the intellectual property rights of HSN Consultants, Inc. d/b/a The Nilson Report. The right to possess digital versions of this report is granted solely to the individual subscriber. Vantiv to Acquire Litle & Co. (from page 1)... has been using Vantiv and Wells Fargo to send its Visa and MasterCard transactions into the bank card networks. It generates approximately $17 billion in card payments annually. Litle & Co.’s top competitors for cardnot-present business are Chase Paymentech and First Data. Both built their CNP processing platforms on software that Litle & Co. created in the mid-1980s and later sold to First USA. Litle & Co. will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Vantiv, continuing to sell directly to merchants as well as benefiting from sales generated by Vantiv’s distribution channels. Vantiv plans on investing capital in Litle and will make its Massachusetts facility an innovation center for new products and services. Tim Litle is Chairman at Litle & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts, (978) 551-0078, [email protected], www.litle.com. The acquisition of Litle & Co. significantly improves Vantiv’s capabilities in e-commerce. It has been supporting its portfolio of cardpresent merchants as they move online but not with the level of sophistication they’ll get from Litle’s platform. Litle & Co. software was built for CNP merchants and includes all chargeback, risk management, interchange management, and other support, as well as special data mining services that merchants use to boost their marketing efforts. The platform encrypts all transactions and supplies a tokenization service. Charles Drucker is CEO at Vantiv in Symmes Township, Ohio, (513) 900-4811, charles.drucker@ vantiv.com, www.vantiv.com. Real-time Payments in Australia First Data, Accenture, and begin with banks that commit to VocaLink have signed a the network. partnership to create an First Data maintains links immediate funds transfer (IFT) to all of Australia’s financial network in Australia aimed institutions. It handles at clearing and 1.5 billion transactions settling consumer annually, about 30% The partners and business of the credit card and have no plans payments between debit card account to create a deposit accounts processing in the CONSUMER in real or near country. It will provide real-time. service mark. real-time payment The platform has processing for the IFT been designed network, leveraging to meet goals outlined by the its existing payment processing Reserve Bank of Australia, infrastructure and VocaLink’s which wants an IFT network in Immediate Payments software. place by 2016. The First Data– VocaLink designed and operates Accenture-VocaLink partnership the Faster Payments Service in is the only proposal in the the U.K. where it has processed market at this time. two billion payments since 2008. The partners believe they can It has just signed a contract to complete technical requirements bring its Immediate Payments by the end of 2013. After that, technology to Singapore. systems integration work would Accenture will provide system 10 NOVEMBER 2012 integration for linking financial institutions to the new network. First Data is talking with financial institutions to determine a governance structure for the new network. The technology partners have no plans to create a service mark identifiable to consumers. CONTACTS t Accenture David Mansuell is Financial Services Senior Exec. in Sydney, Australia, 61 (417) 669-853, [email protected], www.accenture.com. t First Data John Tait is Managing Director in North Sydney, Australia, 61 (2) 9959-72054, [email protected], www.firstdata.com.au. t VocaLink Kris Kubiena is Int’l Sales Director in Rickmansworth, U.K., 44 (870) 920-8224, [email protected], www.vocalink.com. If you are being forwarded a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report ISSUE 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT immediately. Your obtaining an unauthorized copy may violate the intellectual property rights of HSN Consultants, Inc. d/b/a The Nilson Report. The right to possess digital versions of this report is granted solely to the individual subscriber. Top 150 Acquirers Worldwide 2011 Rank Acquirer, Country Transactions (mil.) Rank Acquirer, Country Transactions (mil.) 1 Bank of America (BAMS) U.S. 12,943.7 51 First Data Polska Poland 425.2 2 Vantiv U.S. 9,610.1 52 Merrick Bank U.S. 422.6 3 First Data U.S. 9,301.4 53 T. Isbank Turkey 421.6 4 Chase Paymentech Sol. U.S. 8,200.0 54 Nordea Sweden 400.2 399.9 5 Citi Merchant Services U.S. 5,828.3 55 CartaSi Italy 395.8 6 WorldPay U.K.* 5,141.0 56 Unicre Portugal 7 Cielo Brazil 3,789.8 57 EVO Merchant Services U.S. 392.1 387.1 8 Moneris Solutions Canada 2,947.3 58 iPayment U.S. 378.4 9 Barclays U.K. 2,880.0 59 CIC Banques France 365.1 10 WorldPay U.S. 2,875.8 60 Transbank Chile 61 Teller A/S Norway* 361.0 11 Redecard Brazil 2,834.9 62 Absa South Africa 351.0 12 Heartland Payment Sys. U.S. 2,800.0 63 TransFirst U.S. 348.5 13 Global Payments U.S. 2,441.5 347.8 14 Credit Mutuel France 2,431.6 64 Akbank Turkey 341.0 15 Elavon U.S. 2,352.2 65 Citibank Singapore* 16 BC Card South Korea 2,133.8 66 SIX Payment Serv. Switzerland 332.8 329.9 17 Credit Agricole France 1,921.5 67 Lloyds Banking Group U.K. 325.4 18 Wells Fargo Merch. Serv. U.S. 1,779.7 68 Evertec Puerto Rico* 19 Swedbank Group Sweden* 1,459.0 69 La Banque Postale France 319.0 20 Global Payments Canada 1,409.7 70 PayLife Bank Austria 317.5 21 Atos Worldline Belgium 1,186.0 71 AIBMS Ireland 302.4 22 TSYS Merchant Solutions U.S. 1,161.7 72 Sovereign/Santander U.S. 292.8 23 BPCE France 1,071.5 73 Banesco Banco Univ. Venezuela 275.8 24 HSBC/Global Payments U.K. 1,058.9 74 Parsaian Bank Iran 273.0 25 Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos Japan 1,047.4 75 Mellat Bank Iran 271.3 26 Luottokunta Finland 949.9 76 Bankia Spain 261.1 27 Visa Argentina 946.5 77 Banamex (Banco Nac’l) Mexico 253.9 28 Commonwealth Bank Australia 940.1 78 Merchant E-Solutions U.S. 242.9 29 TD Merchant Services Canada 910.7 79 Cynergy Data U.S. 242.2 30 BNP Paribas France 856.5 80 Melli Bank Iran 239.1 31 Mercury Payment Sys. U.S. 846.3 81 Banco Santander Spain 228.8 32 Samsung Card South Korea 833.6 82 First Data Argentina 224.3 33 ANZ Merchant Serv. Australia 819.8 83 Moneris Solutions U.S. 223.4 34 Elavon Europe Ireland* 808.5 84 BBVA Spain 222.3 35 KB Kookmin Card South Korea 807.2 85 North American Bancard U.S. 219.6 36 Societe Generale France 792.7 86 Intuit Payment Solutions U.S. 215.8 37 B+S Card Service Germany 715.3 87 Handelsbanken Sweden 211.3 38 Nat’l Australia Bank Australia 685.7 88 Concardis Germany 210.7 39 Westpac Australia 678.5 89 First American Pymt. Sys. U.S. 201.6 40 Sberbank Russia 669.2 90 Mercantil Banco Univ. Venezuela 196.7 41 The Bancorp Bank U.S. 622.4 91 First Nat’l Bank South Africa 196.4 42 PNC Merchant Services U.S. 618.8 92 Erste Bank Group Austria* 194.7 43 Comercia Spain 596.2 93 Saderat Bank Iran 192.7 44 BBVA Bancomer Mexico 592.6 94 ChinaTrust Comm. Taiwan 189.1 45 Garanti Bank Turkey 589.3 95 Westamerica Bank U.S. 186.7 46 Desjardins Canada 536.5 96 Bank Pekao Poland 184.5 47 SunTrust Merchant Serv. U.S. 530.1 97 eService Poland 183.5 48 Hyundai Card South Korea 524.9 98 Total Merchant Services U.S. 175.0 49 Credit Saison Japan 523.9 99 NCCC Taiwan 172.3 50 Yapi Kredi Bankasi Turkey 490.0 100 BB&T U.S. 170.6 Rank Acquirer, Country Transactions (mil.) 101 BBVA Banco Prov. Venezuela 160.9 102 United Bank Card U.S. 154.6 103 MSI Merchant Services U.S. 148.5 104 PostFinance Switzerland 145.8 105 Banco Popular Spain 145.0 106 Standard Bank South Africa 141.9 107 Raiffeisen Bank Austria 140.2 108 Banesto Spain 139.1 109 Banco Santander Brazil 138.3 110 Nedbank South Africa 136.9 111 Sage Payment Solutions U.S. 135.8 112 Global Payments Hong Kong* 132.7 113 Orient Corporation Japan 130.8 114 PayPros U.S. 127.8 115 Fidelity Nat’l Info. Serv. U.S. 126.4 116 Finansbank Turkey 114.5 117 Banco de Venezuela Venezuela 105.2 118 Financial Trans. Services U.S. 104.8 119 Commerce Bank U.S. 102.0 120 Aduno Switzerland 101.7 121 Banc Sabadell Spain 100.5 122 Banco Santander/Elavon Mexico* 98.7 123 United Merchant Services U.S. 98.7 124 Banco Merc. del Norte Mexico 98.4 125 T. Vakiflar Bankasi Turkey 94.0 126 Privredna Banka Croatia 93.4 127 BankCard Services U.S. 93.2 128 Elavon Canada 92.6 129 Kasikornbank Thailand 89.9 130 Bancolombia Colombia 89.2 131 Key Merchant Serv./Elavon U.S. 87.4 132 Element Payment Serv. U.S. 83.9 133 Network International U.A.E. 82.4 134 Tejarat Bank Iran 80.2 135 PrivatBank Ukraine 71.7 136 Hang Seng Bank Hong Kong 71.7 137 Deutsche Credit Card Italy 71.3 138 HSBC Mexico 70.4 139 Priority Payment Systems U.S. 70.3 140 CSOB Czech Republic 69.8 141 CardNET Dominican Republic 69.7 142 Payment Alliance Int’l U.S. 68.4 143 Shared Elec. Bank Serv. Kuwait 68.4 144 Pasargad Bank Iran 67.2 145 Merchants’ Choice U.S. 66.8 146 Paysquare Netherlands 66.0 147 Central Payment U.S. 65.8 148 MLS Direct Network U.S. 64.1 149 SEB Lithuania 61.3 150 UCS Russia 57.0 Ranked by all purchase transactions by country (Visa, MasterCard, UnionPay, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, JCB, domestic © 2012 The Nilson Report debit and credit). *Includes other countries. 11 NOVEMBER 2012 If you are being forwarded a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report ISSUE 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT immediately. Your obtaining an unauthorized copy may violate the intellectual property rights of HSN Consultants, Inc. d/b/a The Nilson Report. The right to possess digital versions of this report is granted solely to the individual subscriber. Morpho Adds ABnote europe Assets (from page 1)... ABnote in the Czech Republic. The transaction is expected to close by year-end. Terms were not disclosed. www.morpho.com. Prior issues: 1,004, 1,002, 995, 985, 976 American Banknote sold card manufacturing assets in Brazil to Valid in 2010. It will use the CPS Technologies gives Morpho another bank proceeds from the sale of its assets in Europe card personalization bureau in France. Also to invest in the U.S., Canada, and Asia/Pacific included with CPS is the company’s Trusted markets. Service Manager (TSM) business for over-the-air provisioning of ... following American Banknote assets include a card payment card credentials to mobile manufacturing facility (high-security and its purchase handsets. The acquisition follows nonsecure) in Massachusetts, a secure of cassis Morpho’s purchase of TSM pioneer printer and passport manufacturing int’l earlier Cassis International earlier this facility in Tennessee, a high-security card this year. year. manufacturing facility in Toronto, and a card personalization bureau in Montreal. ABnote Czech is a high-security Steven Singer is CEO at American Banknote card manufacturing plant. Morpho Corporation in Fort Lee, New Jersey, also owns card manufacturing plants in Germany, (201) 592-3414, [email protected], the Netherlands, Russia, India, Brazil, Mexico, www.americanbanknote.com. Prior issues: 960, and Colombia. Philippe d’Andrea is Executive, VP 955, 921, 915, 913, 900, 899, 684 eDocuments at Morpho in Flintbek, Germany, 49 (4347) 715-1000, [email protected], Elavon/Santander Joint Venture Banco Santander and the Elavon subsidiary of U.S. Bank have formed a merchant acquiring joint venture (JV) in Spain. Santander has been using Elavon’s proprietary dynamic currency conversion platform in Spain since 2003. Elavon will provide full acquiring processing services to the JV. It will own 51% of the joint venture, with Santander owning the remaining 49%. Enrique Garcia Candelas is Senior Executive VP, Commercial Banking at Banco Santander in Madrid, Spain, 34 (91) 289-0569, egcandelas@ gruposantander.com, www.bancosantander.es. Brazil and an alliance with Bank of Ireland in Ireland. Simon Haslam is President, International Markets at Elavon in Watford, U.K., 44 (192) 3651515, simon.haslam@elavon. com, www.elavon.com. Prior issues: 962, 950, 943, 934, 916 Elavon provides full merchant elavon will acquiring own 51% of processing the jv and to Santander santander the merchants in the other 49%. United Kingdom, Poland, Mexico, and Puerto Rico through a business model the companies call an alliance. Outside the U.S. it also has a joint venture with Citi in David Robertson, Publisher NOVEMBER 16, 2012 12 NOVEMBER 2012 If you are being forwarded a copy of this report, you are not an authorized user and must delete the report ISSUE 1,006 THE NILSON REPORT immediately. 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