U.S. Commercial Card Issuers Formulating Strategy for EMV Compliance
Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 03, 2014 -- Discussions of strategy are just starting to heat up at financial institutions regarding strategy for commercial card issuance of EMV chip cards as mandates by MasterCard and Visa for compliance with EMV standards are almost upon card-issuing financial institutions.
Mercator Advisory Group's newest report, EMV Rollout for Commercial Card Stalled by Cost and Lack of Justification, examines the industry’s readiness to meet the 2015 network mandate for EMV implementation.
"Commercial cards as an industry represents trillions worth of spend annually and an equally significant number of physical plastics,” comments Amy Hoke, Director of Mercator Advisory Group’s Commercial and Enterprise Payments Advisory Service and author of the report. “A lot is at stake financially in the decisions that commercial card issuers make with regard to rolling out to their respective portfolios smart cards.”
Highlights of the report include:
- How EMV chip works for payment transactions
- Overview of the upcoming mandated conversion to EMV card issuance
- Chip implementation considerations for commercial card issuers
- Issuers’ state of readiness to meet the 2015 deadline
The report is 20 pages long and contains 10 exhibits.
Companies mentioned in this report: American Express, Discover/Diners Club, FIS, JCB, MasterCard, TSYS, U.S. Bank, Visa, and Wells Fargo.
Members of Mercator Advisory Group's Commercial and Enterprise Payments Advisory Service have access to this report as well as the upcoming research for the year ahead, presentations, analyst access and other membership benefits.
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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.
Brent Watters, Mercator Advisory Group, (781) 419-1700, [email protected]
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