Why is the Electronic Payments Report right for you? · The e-payments market has promised to change the nature of business, but has not yet delivered on that promise.
eMarketer collects the latest statistics and analysis, from leading research sources, to bring you an accurate perspective on where the market is now, and where its headed.
· The report presents the numbers in side-by-side comparison format, making it easier for you to gain an overall picture of the industry.
· It presents eMarketer's carefully weighted and evaluated review of the analysis and numbers.
Who can benefit from the Electronic Payments Report? The report is an ideal resource for billing companies, telecommunication companies, cable companies, utilities, financial service firms -- in short, any business selling services to consumers or working with other businesses that is looking to streamline payment process.
The Electronic Payments Report covers the following topics, and more: · reviews of direct, consolidator/aggregator and legacy payment models · market size and growth for B2C, B2B and person-to-person (P2P) markets · specific EBPP vendor reviews (Bottomline, Avolent, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase Adoption of electronic payment applications is still in an early phase.
eMarketer's Electronic Payments Report says that as application providers consolidate, 2002 will be the year in which consumers and enterprise clients will embrace e-payments technology.
Acceptance will not occur, however, without substantial campaigns and incentives from vendors and software companies to raise awareness.
In the long run, electronic payment applications for the business-to-business space will be much more lucrative than that for the business-to-consumer (B2C) market.
Currently, electronic bill payment and presentment (EBPP) is more popular among consumers.
Jupiter research believes that 2.8 million US households have adopted EBPP solutions, and the Yankee Group pegs the number even higher at 7.3 million.