The fraud protection industry has exploded with a surge in companies launching fraud tools based on various concepts. Not fully understanding the industry, merchants can be confused and risk being locked in inefficient fraud protection solutions. Online businesses must make well-informed decisions and select the right solution to optimize revenue growth.
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The Paypers is proud to present you the PSP Buyer’s Guide 2011, currently the most complete and up-to-date reference source for online PSP-related information at global level.

The PSP Buyer’s Guide 2011 includes data on over 300 online PSPs all over the world. It was designed to serve as a complete information gateway on online payment ... more information

The Paypers is proud to present you the PSP Buyer’s Guide 2010 - 2011 Update, currently the most complete and up-to-date reference source for online PSP-related information at global level.

The PSP Buyer’s Guide 2010 - 2011 Update includes data on over 260 online PSPs all over the world. ... more information

Much has been invested in the customer experience of many airline websites. Considerable time, effort and money has gone into making the whole process slick. Not only is it now relatively easy to book a ticket – options abound from selecting by schedules and timings to the good old fashioned “give me the cheapest” – but it is even easy to bundle it all together as a package... more information

For the past ten years, professionals and experts who share an active interest in the latest developments in the payments space have gathered in various European locations for an event dedicated solely to the changing payments landscape: the EPCA Payments Conference.

Almost 250 payments professionals from all over Europe and beyond gathered at the Novotel Amsterdam City, a 4-star h... more information

In 2010, airlines worldwide lost an estimated USD1.4 billion  in revenue due to online fraud perpetrated on their websites, which represented 0.9% of total worldwide online airline ticket sales. In comparison, airlines reported losing USD 1.7 billion in the previous survey2, representing 1.3% of total online airline ticket sales worldwide. This represents a 31% reduction in fraud loss ra... more information

Of the 25 retailers we assessed, 80% of them had a presence on Twitter. This suggests that, as mentioned above, Twitter is a social channel that works well for brands, supported by the fact that the companies we looked at had 69,895 followers on average.  We were surprised that none of the retailers we followed on Twitter reciprocated by following us back. This meant we weren’t able to ... more information

Of the consumers surveyed that had purchased online in the last 12 months, a significant percentage (69%) said they continue to be concerned about the safety of their personal information when shopping online. This level of concern is consistent across all age groups.Investigating further, 41% of these consumers were more concerned than they were 12 months ago, whilst 52% indicated no change. Only... more information

Credit card products in particular have borne the brunt of the crisis, with cardholders in Greece and Ukraine recording the largest changes in card usage.

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The very nature of intangible, software-based, downloadable content means that it can be easily sold to customers around the globe at negligible extra cost to the merchant: there’s no inventory to maintain, no warehouse facilities required and no shipping costs incurred. 

In total, 69% of digital goods merchants accept online orders from outside the UK (meaning that when fulfill... more information

The European Payments Council (EPC) representing the European banking industry in relation to payments has published its Annual Activity Report 2010. The report contains a clear message: incentivised by market demand, self-regulation by banks provides the most efficient means to create innovative, effective, secure and stress-resistant payment systems.

The payment schemes and frameworks de... more information

After several false dawns it seems the prepaid card market is gradually building a critical mass in Europe. All of Europe’s major markets now support a range of innovative open and closed loop products addressing niches from Remittances to Youth. PSE Consulting’s (PSE) third review of European prepaid reveals a sector which has achieved substantial growth over the past two years, with ... more information

US e-business services provider Plimus has released a whitepaper entitled "The New Monetization of e-Commerce 3.0”. The white paper outlines Plimus' vision regarding the way companies must evolve and expand their monetization strategies in order to become successful in a new era of e-commerce. Plimus defines e-commerce 3.0 as the ability to give the consumer the freedom to buy anything,... more information

Online payments 2010, published by Innopay, a leading consultancy specialized in electronic payments and transactions, presents the current state of affairs in the global landscape of online payments. The report further expands and updates the findings of the 2009 version, but its geographical scope has been expanded to include not only Europe, but the world at large. The document has been divided... more information

ACI Worldwide has launched its Guide to Stopping Card Fraud in its Tracks, with contribution from Nationwide Building Society, to help banks in the fight against card fraud and enable them to protect their customers from this growing worldwide problem. ... more information

Can an SOA approach help to drive both efficiency and innovation? A new Datamonitor report sponsored by ACI and IBM discusses the following: Despite the global financial crisis, increasing compliance and customer requirements will continue to drive the need to transform wholesale payments. Delivering both efficiency and innovation will require the convergence of siloed payments operations ... more information

The 5th annual edition of the Online Payments report gives an overview of the latest market developments and trends in online payments, focusing specifically on the situation in Europe.

The report also includes chapters on the theory and background of online transactions.

The report is published by Innopay, a leading consultancy specialized in electronic payments and transactio... more information