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Payment Card Competitor Tracker: Quarter 3, 2006
Company Profile, November 2006, 1356  €


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IntroductionThe Payment Card Competitor Tracker provides expert analysis and opinion on the strategic moves of leading competitors in the payment cards market.
Produced on a quarterly basis, the Tracker is a global product and consistently covers players such as American Express, Barclaycard, Capital One, Citigroup, GE Consumer Finance, HSBC, JCB, MasterCard, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered and Visa.Reasons to Purchase*Provides invaluable information on your key competitors in one place*Keeps you fully informed through quarterly updates straight to your desktop*Gives you the Datamonitor Cards & Payments Team's view on your competitors' strategies

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INTRODUCTION 9
Who is the target reader? 9
How to use the Payment Card Competitor Tracker 9
PAYMENT CARD COMPETITOR TRACKING 11
AEON Credit Service 11
Asia-Pacific: AEON is spreading its wings across the region 11
Cards & Payments Team view 11
American Express 12
American Express reports results for the first half of 2006 12
Australia: American Express imposes rate hikes on late-paying cardholders 12
Cards & Payments Team view 13
UK: Lloyds TSB announces launch of a premium American Express revolving card 13
Cards & Payments Team view 13
US: American Express announces changes to charge card offering 14
Cards & Payments Team view 14
ANZ Bank 15
Philippines: ANZ Bank attracted to the Philippines credit card market 15
Cards & Payments Team view 15
Bank of America 16
China: Bank of America to issue credit cards with China Construction Bank 16
Cards & Payments Team view 16
Ireland: MBNA to share data with Experian's Consumer Bureau Ireland (ECBI) 17
Cards & Payments Team view 17
UK: MBNA launches loyalty scheme for co-branded football cards 17
Cards & Payments Team view 17
US: Bank of America renews three affinity partnerships 18
Cards & Payments Team view 18
US: Bank of America launches new reward scheme for baseball credit cards 18
Barclaycard 19
Barclaycard appoints new Chief Operating Officer 19
Denmark: EnterCard to issue cards cards in Denmark 19
Cards & Payments Team view 19
Sweden: EnterCard to issue a credit card under its own brand 20
Cards & Payments Team view 20
UK: Barclaycard and Argos to form joint venture 21
Cards & Payments Team view 21
UK: Barclaycard and Thomas Cook to form joint venture 21
Cards & Payments Team view 22
UK: Barclaycard launches co-branded card with handbag.com 22
UK: Barclaycard signs processing deal with First Data 22
US: Barclays Bank Delaware launches co-branded card with Travelocity 22
BBVA 23
Asia: BBVA announces plan to expand in the Asia region 23
Cards & Payments Team view 23
Citibank 24
Australia: Citibank and BP launch co-branded card 24
Cards & Payments Team view 24
Bahrain: Citibank and Emirates Airline launch APPLY&FLY card 24
Czech Republic: Citibank offers credit card fraud insurance 24
Hong Kong: Citibank to issue credit cards within the hour 25
Cards & Payments Team view 25
Hungary: Citibank and Malév launch co-branded MasterCard product 26
Sweden: Citibank and Shell launch co-branded credit card 26
Cards & Payments Team view 26
Turkey: Citibank launches Ramadan card promotion 26
UAE: Citibank and Emirates launch loyalty point promotion 27
US: Citibank completes acquisition of Federated Department Stores credit card book 27
Cards & Payments Team view 27
US: Citibank launches new co-brand card with Home Depot 28
Cards & Payments Team view 28
euroConex 28
Ireland and the UK: merchants offered the ability to print out VAT receipts at POS 28
Cards & Payments Team view 29
Ireland and the UK: gift card platform to be offered to acquirers 29
First Data 29
First Data completes acquisition of Peace Software 29
Argentina: First Data announces acquisition of Argencard 30
Cards & Payments Team view 30
Austria: First Data and Europay Austria offer VAT refund forms at POS 30
Germany: First Data to process Maestro transactions for Pago 31
Cards & Payments Team view 31
Italy: First Data's processing base exceeds one million cards 31
UK: First Data signs processing deal with Barclaycard 31
Cards & Payments Team view 32
US: First Data signs processing agreement with Chase Paymentech Solutions 32
US: First Data completes Western Union spin-off 32
Cards & Payments Team view 32
US: First Data and Visa to settle four year dispute 33
Cards & Payments Team view 33
US: Banco Popular North America and First Data announce alliance 33
Cards & Payments Team view 34
US: First Data and Discover sign merchant processing agreement 34
GE Consumer Finance 34
Australia: GE Money forced to refund fees due to ``misleading advertising`` 34
Cards & Payments Team view 34
US: GE Money and Wachovia announce commercial and purchasing card partnership 35
Cards & Payments Team view 35
Grupo Santander 35
UK: Abbey customers offered rebates on Spanish ATM withdrawals 35
Cards & Payments Team view 36
HSBC 36
Asia: HSBC and Global Payments form merchant aquiring joint venture 36
Cards & Payments Team view 37
Central America: HSBC to acquire Group Banistmo 37
Cards & Payments Team view 37
Malaysia: HSBC reaches the one million credit card mark 37
Cards & Payments Team view 38
JCB 38
JCB and Discover sign card acceptance alliance 38
Cards & Payments Team view 39
JP Morgan Chase 39
US: Chase to acquire Pier 1 Imports private label portfolio 39
Cards & Payments Team view 39
US: Chase announces one year milestones of issuing contactless enabled payment cards 40
Cards & Payments Team view 40
US: Chase and United Airlines launch private label card 41
Cards & Payments Team view 41
MasterCard 41
MasterCard names non-executive chairman 41
Asia-Pacific: MasterCard reports strong growth in the second quarter 42
US: MasterCard launches a new super-premium product 42
Cards & Payments Team view 42
US: MasterCard announces new interchange initiatives 43
Cards & Payments Team view 43
Morgan Stanley 44
JCB and Discover sign card acceptance alliance 44
US: First Data and Discover sign merchant processing agreement 44
Cards & Payments Team view 44
US: TSYS and Discover sign merchant processing agreement 44
Cards & Payments Team view 45
Royal Bank of Scotland 45
UK: Mint launches prepaid gift card 45
Cards & Payments Team view 45
Standard Chartered 46
Pakistan: Standard Chartered takes controlling stake in Union Bank 46
Cards & Payments Team view 46
TSYS 47
China: TSYS increases equity stake in China UnionPay Data 47
Cards & Payments Team view 47
Japan: TSYS signs its first card processing deal 47
UK: TSYS acquires Card Tech 47
Cards & Payments Team view 48
US: TSYS and Discover sign merchant processing agreement 48
Visa 48
Visa appoints new regional head for the Levant region 48
Visa appoints new corporate secretary 48
Asia-Pacific: Visa commercial card volume rises by 12 per cent 49
Cards & Payments Team view 49
Europe: Visa commercial charge volume rises by 17 per cent 49
Cards & Payments Team view 50
Europe: Visa to launch small business credit underwriting program 50
Cards & Payments Team view 51
Romania: Visa sees solid card growth 51
Cards & Payments Team view 51
UK: Visa reports £2 billion in spending on government card program 52
Cards & Payments Team view 52
UK: Visa commerical card spending on the up 53
Cards & Payments Team view 53
US: First Data and Visa to settle four year dispute 53
Westpac 54
Westpac launches a MasterCard debit card 54
Cards & Payments Team view 54
Other competitors 54
Australia: NAB to accept China UnionPay on its infrastructure 54
Cards & Payments Team view 55
Belgium: Atos-Origin acquires Banksys and BankCard Company 56
Cards & Payments Team view 56
China: China Merchants Bank is aiming to be a leading issuer in the future 57
Cards & Payments Team view 57
Czech Republic: Raiffeisen International acquires eBanka 58
Cards & Payments Team view 58
Italy: Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI to merge 58
Cards & Payments Team view 59
Netherlands: PaySquare signs acquiring deal with China UnionPay 59
Cards & Payments Team view 59
Nordic region: HandelsFinans to launch payment cards 60
Cards & Payments Team view 60
South Korea: Shinhan confirms its purchase of LG Card 60
Cards & Payments Team view 61
Turkey: Garanti Bank to issue MasterCard PayPass cards 61
Cards & Payments Team view 62
US: Advanta issues small business card with contactless functionality 62
Cards & Payments Team view 62
APPENDIX 64
Research methodology 64
Relevant links 64
Future readings 66
Future publications 67
Datamonitor's custom research capabilities 67
Cards & Payments Team Contact Details 69
How to contact experts in your industry 70
List of Tables
Table 1: Current relevant Datamonitor publications, 2006 66
Table 2: Future relevant Datamonitor publications, 2006 67
List of Figures
Figure 34 Datamonitor's core consulting capabilities 68
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