In this paper, we study the dynamics of competition in the payment card market. This is done through a multi-agent based model, which captures explicitly the commercial transactions at the point of sale between consumers and merchants. Through simulation, we attempt to model the demand for payment instruments on both sides of the market. Constrained by this complex demand, a Generalised Populat...

A three-way treatment design is used to compare contingent valuation response formats. Respondents are asked to value an endangered species (the red-cockaded woodpecker) and the restoration of its habitat following a natural disaster. For three question formats (open-ended, payment card, and double-bounded dichotomous choice), differences in survey response rates, item non-response rates, and p...

This paper presents models that explain why merchants accept payment cards even when the fees they face exceed the transactional benefits they receive from a card transaction. Such merchant behaviors can be explained by competition among merchants and/or the effectiveness of the merchant’s card acceptance in shifting cardholders’ demand for goods upward. The prevalent assumption used in payment...

In an attempt to provide an on-line payment mechanism for large-dollar cross-border transactions, TradeCard Inc. developed the world's first and only "credit card" for international trade. This case study discusses the major issues surrounding the viability of such a B2B electronic payment architecture. How would TradeCard provide a seamless and secure on-line settlement transaction? Is its pla...

If we compare the security problem of a face-to-face contactless card payment process with a mobile phone NFC payment process, we may easily consider that the latter is far more difficult to study. Indeed, the more partners from different organizations involved in the process there are, the more complex the studies are and, accordingly, its protection. As well as the current solutions applied t...

The recently introduced cashless economy with the cash-lite banking by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has engineered most Nigeria banks to introduce e-payment and e-transact solutions to support the policy. However, one of the major problems limiting the growth of this new move in Nigeria is the absence of secure and reliable e-payment systems. The problems associated with the implementation...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect non-cash payment transactions on economic growth in Indonesia and see responses from supporting variables, such as velocity money price transactions. This involves a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) analysis tool, using monthly time series data during 2009: 1 – 2017: 12. results show that instrument affects growth, especially Card-Based...

After discussing the concept of DUKPT based symmetric encryption key management (e. g. , for 3DES) and definition of cloud or remote wallet, the paper analyses applicability of DUKPT to different use cases like mobile banking, NFC payment using EMV contactless card and mobile based EMV card emulation, web browser based transaction and cloud or remote wallet. Cloud wallet is an emerging payment ...

With the rapid growth of Information and Communication Technology, Electronic commerce is now acting as a new means of carrying out business transactions through electronic means such as Internet environment. To avoid the complexities associated with the digital cash and electronic cash, consumers and vendors are looking for credit card payments on the Internet as one possible time-tested alter...

The paper analyzes the cooperative determination of the interchange fee by member banks in a payment card association. The interchange fee is the “access charge” paid by the merchants’ banks, the acquirers, to cardholders’ banks, the issuers. The paper develops a framework in which banks and merchants may have market power and consumers and merchants decide rationally on whether to buy or accep...