The Alternative Payment Systems Industry in the U.S.

Jun 1, 2008
159 Pages - Pub ID: LA1103803
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Chapter 1 Executive Summary
  • Report Scope
  • 1 Paper Payments
  • 2 Card Payments
  • 3 Electronic Payments
  • Alternative Payments Defined
  • Methodology
  • The Market
    • Total B2C eCommerce Tops $280 Billion
    • Figure 1-1 Total Business-to-Consumer eCommerce Revenue, by Service and Retail Sectors 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Paper Payments Down, Cards & Electronic Payments Rise
    • Table 1-1 Total Business-to-Consumer Payments, by Medium 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Total Alternative Payments Dollar Volume Tops $37 Billion
    • Figure 1-2 Alternative Payments Dollar Volume 2000-2007 (in billions $)

  • Market Forecast
    • Total B2C eCommerce to Reach $658 Billion
    • Figure 1-3 Total Business-to-Consumer eCommerce Revenue, by Service and Retail Sectors 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Payments Shift by 2010
    • Figure 1-4 Estimated Share of U.S. Personal Consumption, by Major Payment Medium 2003-2007 (percent)
    • Total Alternative Payment Dollar Volume Reaches…
    • Figure 1-5 Alternative Payments Dollar Volume 2000-2007 (in billions $)

  • Marketplace Trends
    • Economic Future Uncertain
    • Population Growth, Increased per Capita Spending to Drive eCommerce Growth
    • PayPal Versus Google: Battle Royale
    • Convenience May Be Edge for Victory
    • Amazon Will Play the Winner
    • Online Alternative Bill Pay a Bank Threat?
    • Kids Lead the Way
    • Consumers Dialing Up Competition
    • Is It Safe to Shop?
    • It Ain’t Easy Being Inherently Green!

  • Business Development Trends
  • Business Development Trends
    • Google Grows Partner Relationship, PayPal Too!
    • Chase Goes on the Offensive
    • Merchants Embracing Alternative Payments
    • Rewards Programs Not Motivating in Alternative Payments
    • Taking Online Further
    • Safer, Old School Consumer Touches May Motivate use
    • Room for Censorship in Online Bill Pay
    • PornPal Finds a Niche
    • Google Protests eBay, eBay Retaliates
    • Fundraising through Alt Pay
    • Partnership Programs for Ecommerce Service Providers
    • Airlines Sign On
    • Discount Promotions Increase Competition, Drive Adoption
    • Word-of-Mouth Good … If It’s Good

  • Competitive Overview
    • PayPal Domination
    • Opportunity in Niche
    • PayPal’s Nemesis: Google Checkout
    • A Revolution in the Making

  • Consumer Use of Alternative Bill Payment Methods
    • Consumer Bill Pay Preferences
    • Table 1-2 Consumer Bill Pay Preferences, 2006 versus 2007 (%)
    • Consumer Bill Pay Demographic Characteristics: Online
    • Consumer Bill Pay Demographic Characteristics: Mail
    • Consumer Bill Pay Demographic Characteristics: In Person
    • PayPal.com Users Demographic Characteristics

Chapter 2 The Market

  • Report Scope
  • 1 Paper Payments
  • 2 Card Payments
  • 3 Electronic Payments
  • Alternative Payments Defined 32
  • Methodology
  • eCommerce Market Size and Growth
    • Total B2C eCommerce Tops $280 Billion
    • Figure 2-1 Total Business-to-Consumer eCommerce Revenue, by Service and Retail Sectors 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Table 2-1 Total Business-to-Consumer eCommerce Revenue, by Service and Retail Sectors 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Figure 2-2 Estimated Share of Business-to-Consumer eCommerce Revenue, by Selected Service and Retail Sectors 2000-2007 (percent)
    • Figure 2-3 Share of Business-to-Consumer eCommerce Revenue to Total Business-to-Consumer, by Selected Service and Retail Sectors 2000-2007 (percent)

  • Payments Market
    • Paper Payments Down, Cards & Electronic Payments Rise
    • Table 2-2 Total Business-to-Consumer Payments, by Medium 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Figure 2-4 Estimated Share of U.S. Personal Consumption, by Major Payment Medium 2003-2007 (percent)

  • Alternative Payments Market Size and Growth
    • Total Alternative Payments Dollar Volume Tops $37 Billion
    • Figure 2-5 Alternative Payments Dollar Volume 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Table 2-3 Alternative Payments’ Share of Business-to-Consumer eCommerce Revenue, Total Electronic Payments and Total Consumer Payments 2000-2007 (percent)
    • Total WEB Payments Transaction Volume Reaches $2.3 Billion
    • Figure 2-6 Total Automated Clearing House WEB Payments Transaction Volume 2001-2007 (in millions)
    • WEB Dollar Volume Up 40%
    • Figure 2-7 Total Automated Clearing House WEB Payments Transaction Volume 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Average WEB Payments Amount Rises 11%
    • Figure 2-8 Average Automated Clearing House WEB Payments Transaction 2000-2007 ($)

  • Market Forecast
    • Total B2C eCommerce to Reach $658 Billion
    • Figure 2-9 Total Business-to-Consumer eCommerce Revenue, by Service and Retail Sectors 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Table 2-4 Total Business-to-Consumer eCommerce Revenue, by Service and Retail Sectors 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Payments Shift by 2010
    • Table 2-5 Total Business-to-Consumer eCommerce Revenue, by Service and Retail Sectors 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Figure 2-10 Estimated Share of U.S. Personal Consumption, by Major Payment Medium 2003-2007 (percent)
    • Total Alternative Payment Dollar Volume Reaches…
    • Figure 2-11 Alternative Payments Dollar Volume 2000-2007 (in billions $)

Chapter 3 Marketplace Trends

  • 2008 Real GDP Growth Forecasted at a Meager 0.9%
  • Figure 3-1 U.S. Current-Dollar GDP vs. Real GDP, 2002-2008 (in trillion $)
  • Figure 3-2 Percentage Changes in U.S. Current-Dollar GDP, Real GDP and the GDP Price Index, 2002-2008 (%)
  • Economic Future Uncertain
  • Personal Consumption Slows
  • Figure 3-3 Personal Consumption Expenditures, Current-Dollar versus Real, 2000-2007 (in billions $)
  • Figure 3-4 Percentage Changes in U.S. Current-Dollar GDP, Real GDP and the GDP Price Index, 2002-2008 (%)
  • Population Growth, Increased per Capita Spending to Drive eCommerce Growth
  • Figure 3-5 Total U.S. Resident Population (in millions), Retail Sales per Capita and eCommerce Retail Sales per Capita, 2000-2012
  • Table 3-1 Total U.S. Resident Population (in millions), Retail Sales per Capita and eCommerce Retail Sales per Capita, 2000-2012
  • Convenient and Safe, Online Spending Grows Apace
  • PayPal Versus Google: Battle Royale
  • Convenience May Be Edge for Victory
  • Amazon Will Play the Winner
  • Online Alternative Bill Pay a Bank Threat?
  • More than Just Payments
    • Peer-to-Peer Lending Invades
    • Next Up: Secure Vault Payments from NACHA
    • Kids Lead the Way
    • Consumers Dialing Up Competition
    • North America Playing Mobile Catch-Up
    • Cell Phones and Youth: A Love Match
    • Obopay Adaptation of PayPal Model
    • Both Parties Must Have Obopay Account
    • Obopay Leads Youth-Oriented Cell Phone Banking
    • Parental Controls
    • Mobile Competition Will Be Hot
    • PayPal Mobile Checkout
    • ClairMail System
    • Amazon TextBuyIt
    • MobiBucks
    • Sapphire Mobile Systems
    • Verizon and Wachovia Team Up
    • Mobile Pay Still Faces Challenges
    • Is It Safe to Shop?
    • Figure 3-6 PayPal Fraud-Loss Rate, 2001-2007 (%)
    • Consumer Safety Point of View
    • Activity to Prevent Fraud
    • It Ain’t Easy Being Inherently Green!
    • PayItGreen Alliance

Chapter 4 Business Development Trends

  • Google Grows Partner Relationships
  • Chase Goes on the Offensive
  • Enter Digital Currency
  • Old Gold the New Standard
  • Diversity of Funding
  • New Horizons for Online Alternative Bill Payments
  • The Social Network Connect
  • Merchants Embracing Alternative Payments
  • Adoption Key to Developing Consumer Relationships
  • Rewards Programs Not Motivating in Alternative Payments
  • Taking Online Further
  • Join and Embrace Consumer Dialogue
  • Safer, Old School Consumer Touches May Motivate use
  • Room for Censorship in Online Bill Pay
  • PornPal Finds a Niche
  • Google Protests eBay, eBay Retaliates
  • Fundraising through Alt Pay
  • Partnership Programs for Ecommerce Service Providers
  • Airlines Sign On
  • Figure 4-1 Percent of All Americans Who Have Bought or Made Travel Reservations Online, 2007 (%)
  • Discount Promotions Increase Competition
  • Promotion Drive Adoption
  • Word-of-Mouth Good … If It’s Good
  • Important Youth Usage Driver

Chapter 5 Competitor Profiles

  • Overview: PayPal Domination
  • Opportunity in Niche
  • PayPal’s New Nemesis: Google Checkout
  • A Revolution in the Making
  • PayPal (eBay)
    • Overview
    • Performance
    • Figure 5-1 PayPal Net Transaction Revenue and Payments Volume Yield 2000-2007 (in millions $)
    • Figure 5-2 Estimated Share of PayPal Transaction Revenue, U.S. versus International, 2001-2007 (percent)
    • Figure 5-3 Total PayPal Payments and Average Revenue per Transaction 2000-2007 (in millions)
    • Figure 5-4 Total PayPal Payment Volume and Average Dollar Value per Transaction 2000-2007 (in billions $)
    • Figure 5-5 Total PayPal Accounts at Year-End 2000-2007 (in billions $)

  • Bill Me Later
    • Overview
    • Performance
    • Figure 5-6 Estimated Bill Me Later Revenue 2003-2007 (in millions $)
    • Figure 5-7 Estimate Total Bill Me Later Accounts at Year-End 2000-2007 (in billions $)

  • eBillMe (MODASolutions Inc.)
    • Overview

  • Revolution
    • Overview

  • OboPay
    • Overview

  • Google Checkout
    • Overview

  • eLayaway
    • Overview

  • Amazon Payments (Amazon.com)
    • Overview

  • Other Alternative Payment Players

Chapter 6 Consumer Trends

  • Note on Consumer Data
  • Consumer Use of Alternative Bill Payment Methods
    • Consumer Bill Pay Preferences
    • Table 6-1 Consumer Bill Pay Preferences, 2006 versus 2007 (%)
    • Consumer Bill Pay Demographic Characteristics
    • Table 6-2 Demographic Characteristics by Type of Bill Pay Method Preferred: Online, 2007 (%)
    • Table 6-2 [Cont.] Demographic Characteristics by Type of Bill Pay Method Preferred: Online, 2007 (%)
    • Table 6-3 Demographic Characteristics by Type of Bill Pay Method Preferred: By Mail, 2007 (%)
    • Table 6-4 Demographic Characteristics by Type of Bill Pay Method Preferred: By Phone, 2007 (%)
    • Table 6-5 Demographic Characteristics by Type of Bill Pay Method Preferred: Automatic Deduction, 2007 (%)
    • Table 6-6 Demographic Characteristics by Type of Bill Pay Method Preferred: In Person, 2007 (%)
    • PayPal.com Users Demographic Characteristics
    • Table 6-7 Consumer Use of PayPal.com, 2006 versus 2007 (%)
    • Table 6-8 Demographic Characteristics of PayPal.com Users, 2007 (%)
    • A Look at Selected Consumer Attitudes by Payment Preference
      • Attitudes About Shopping
      • Table 6-10 Selected Attitudes About Shopping: Any Agree, 2007 (index)
      • Attitudes about Personal Finance
      • Table 6-11 Selected Attitudes About Personal Finance: Any Agree, 2007 (index)
      • Attitudes about the Internet and Internet Lifestyle
      • Table 6-12 Selected Attitudes About Internet Lifestyle: Any Agree, 2007 (index)

    • Pew Online Shopping Survey
      • Research Is Top Activity
      • Table 6-13 Online Shopping Activities
      • Low Income Earners Less Likely to Shop Online
      • Online Shopper Demographics
      • Fear May Help Drive Alternative Payments
      • Table 6-16 Attitudes About Online Shopping: Internet Users, 2007 (%)

Appendix: Selected list of Marketers

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