San Francisco, CA, USA
January 11, 2007

Crossing Frontiers in Business-to-Business 
Electronic Payments
Table of Contents

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Executive Summary 3
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly 5
  The Good: Growth in E-Payments 9
  The Bad: Slow Road in the US 9
  The Ugly: Labyrinthine Systems 12
It Takes a Wagon Train 15
  The Triumvirate of Pioneers 15
  Other Factors in the US 17
Anatomy of a Pioneer 20
  Intel's Journey 22
Burning a Technology Trail 25
  The Promised Land: SOA 25
  Next-Generation Payment Gateway 27
Trailblazing Banks 32
  Citigroup: Lassoing Digital Identity 33
  Deutsche Bank: Breaking AI Trails 35
  ABN AMRO: User-Driven Design Principles 37
  Bank of America: Corralling for the Middle Market 39
  PNC: Building a Better Mousetrap 41
Beyond the Frontier 44
Appendix I: VICOR CPPI Details 46
Appendix II: Efficiency Gains 51
About Celent 57
 

        

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