San Francisco, CA, USA
November 3, 2006

The Future of Consumer 
Card Payments

Table of Contents

Return to report Abstract

Executive Summary 3
Introduction 5
  Credit Card Trends 7
  Debit Trends 9
  Prepaid Trends 13
Challenges to Market Growth 16
  Merchant Retaliation 16
  Interchange 18
  Competitive Issuing Environment 19
The Opportunity for Cards 24
  Quantifying the Opportunity 24
  Capturing the Opportunity 25
Competitive Strategies and Trends 29
  Revisiting Old Strategies 29
  Understanding the Shifts in Consumer Lifestyles 31
  Providing a Distinctive Customer Experience 33
  Providing a Distinctive Product 35
Conclusion 37
Objectivity and Methodology 39
About Celent 40
 

        

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