GSQ v11n4
Bankcard Today: 2008 Acquirers Report
The bankcard business of today is a far cry from earlier days when dozens of companies competed for basis points on $660 billion in card transactions. No one can say precisely how large the merchant acquiring sector is today. There's no standardized reporting methodology, and because of the crossover activities of different companies (processors, acquirers, processing-acquirers and so forth) it's virtually impossible to avoid at least some double-counting. (pdf file is 2.38 Mb in size)
GSQ LEADS ISOs IN RIGHT DIRECTION
ISOs/MLSs have a guide to steer them through these confusing times of ever changing technology, policies and procedures. Since February 1998, when the first issue of GSQ: The Payment Systems Authority was published, GSQ has served as a sales tool offering in-depth analyses of the financial services community.
A four-color, glossy trade publication for the payment systems industry, GSQ issues have covered POS equipment, Internet commerce, electronic check presentment, acquiring banks, rankings of bankcard merchant acquiring organizations, benchmarks throughout the industry and profiles on independent sales organizations.
Discussions are targeted to the ISO/MLS, focusing on the burgeoning sales opportunities open to sales professionals, while translating the techno-speak into the kind of sales-speak that you can use to advantage. Display advertising is available.