Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: BCC Research
Published: December 1999
Product Code: R2-1119Description The initial promise of smart cards to revolutionize personal business transactions is becoming a reality. Essentially a microcomputer in a credit card-like housing, the smart card is a viable platform for almost any application of traditional card technology now on the market, as well as many new applications unique to the technology. Rapidly developing processing capabilities, emerging standardization and the participation of key financial, computer and telecommunications industry players are driving an explosion in smart card application development. More than ever before, new capabilities in secure encryption, multiapplication programming and advanced point-of-sale transaction processing have made the smart card a more economical and flexible alternative for financial institutions, government agencies, retailers and other organizations. This report provides a current, detailed picture of the business and market opportunities in this rapidly growing industry.Table of Contents Title
Introduction
- Study Goals And Objectives
- Reasons For Doing The Study
- Contribution Of This Study And For Whom
- Scope And Format
- Methodology
- Information Sources
- Related Bcc Work
- BCC Online Service
Summary
Industry Overview
- Study Background
- Growing Interest In Smart Cards
- The Future Of Smart Card Technology
Smart Card Definition
- Overview
- Smart Card—What It Is
- Smart Card—What It Is Not
- Smart Card—Why?
Smart Card Characteristics
- Overview
- Type Of Card Solution
- Input Devices
- Device Review
- Device Analysis
- Technology Suppliers
- Suppliers Of Smart Cards
- Suppliers Of Smart Card Terminals
- Application Solutions
- Banking
- Government
- Transportation
- Education
- Communications
- Retail
- Hospitality
- Health
- The Revenue Side
- The Cost Side
- The Consumer
- General
Smart Card Market Sector—Domestic
- Overview
- Market Sectors
- Financial Institutions
- Y2k Resolution
- E-Commerce/Internet Related
- Back-Office Item Processing/Distribution
- Research And Development
- The Significance Of Bank Technology Investment
- Transportation
- Education
- Government
- Health Services
- Retail Merchants
- General
- Corporate Campuses
- Communications
- Hospitality
- Projections
- Overview
- Sector Activity
- Government
- Electronic Benefits Transfer (Ebt)
- Military Installations
- Summary
- Retail
- Overview
- Education
- Overview
- Transportation
- Mass Transit
- Airlines
- Summary
- Communications
- Overview
- Hospitality
- Overview
- Health Services
- Overview
- Projection By Type Of Technology
- Overview
- Noncontact Card Technology
- Contact Card Technology
Strategic Issues
- The Need For Open-Platform Solutions
- Overcoming Online Omnipresence In The U.S.
- The Critical Mass Phenomena
- The Smart Card As A Transactional Device
- Smart Card Technology As An Enabler
- E-Commerce
- Online Commercial Purchasing
- Infringement On Other Payment Media
Strategic Partnering
- Gemplus, Standard Chartered Bank, Visa International, And Sun Microsystems
- Citibank, Chase Manhattan Bank, Visa International, And Mastercard International
- Netscape, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., Oracle, Visa International, And 3-G International (3gi)
- America Online, Inc. And Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- The General Services Administration (Gsa), Citibank, Visa International Inc., Ibm, 3-G International, And Sun Microsystems
- Verifone, American Express, Mastercard International, And Visa International
- Microsoft Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co., And The Dept. Of Veteran Affairs (Va)
The Internet
- The Role Of The Smart Card
- Overview
The Government Approach
- Overview
- Concerns
- Uses And Advantages
The International Theater
- Overview
- Advantages
- The Internet
- Applications
- Projections
- Overview
- Regional Activity
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- All Others
- Sector Activity
- Communications
- Transportation
- Retail
- Education
All Others
Appendix
Company And Organizational Profiles
- American Express Co. (Amex)
- Mastercard International
- 3-G International, Inc. (3gi)
- Diebold, Inc.
- The Open Card Framework (Ocf) Consortium
- Visa International
- Microsoft Corp.
- America Online, Inc. (Aol)
- Cisco Systems
- Gemplus
- Royal Philips Electronics
- Smart Card Forum (Scf)
- Verifone, Inc.
- Schlumberger Smart Cards And Terminals
- Hypercom Corp.
- Ncr Corp. (Ncr)
List Of Tables
- Summary Table
- Summary Of Domestic And International Smart Card Transaction Volume, 1998-2003
- 1 Summary Of Smart Card Transaction Worldwide Volume, 1998-2003
- 2 Traditional Electronic Payments Volume Versus Smart Card Volume Worldwide Activity, 1998-2003
- 3 Summary Of Transaction Volume In U.S. By Type Of Smart Card Technology
- 4 Contact Versus Noncontact Smart Cards In U.S., 1998-2003
- 5 Input Devicescategorized As Contact Versus Noncontact
- 6 Distribution Of Smart Card Transaction Volume By Input Device
- 7 Suppliers Of Smart Cards Worldwide
- 8 Suppliers Of Smart Card Terminals Worldwide
- 9 Smart Card Application Beneficiaries
- 10 Summary Of Smart Card Solutions
- 11 Smart Card Revenue Sources
- 12 Smart Card Attributes
- 13 Profile Of Smart Card User Candidate
- 14 Smart Card Technology Advantages
- 15 Smart Card Technology Programs In The Bank Sector
- 16 Summary Of Bank Technology Expenses
- 17 Comparison Of Bank Technology Expenses With Bank Noninterest Expense
- 18 Smart Card Programs In Domestic Mass Transit Sector
- 19 Smart Card Programs In Education Sector
- 20 Smart Card Programs In The Military Sector
- 21 Wireless Cellular Phone Usage
- 22 Domestic Smart Card Volume
- 23 Sector Volume In 2003
- 24 Summary Of Domestic Smart Card Transaction Volume, 1998-2003
- 25 Summary Of Smart Card Transaction Volume By Market Sector
- 26 Smart Card Transaction Volume By Market Sector
- 27 Ebt Smart Card Transaction Volume
- 28 Military Smart Card Transaction Volume
- 29 Summary Of Military Data
- 30 Summary Of Smart Card Activity In The Government Sector
- 31 Smart Card Activity In Retail Sector
- 32 Allocation Of Smart Card Volume In The Retail Sector
- 33 Summary Of Smart Card Activity In The Retail Sector, 1998-2003
- 34 Summary Of Higher-Education Population Data, 1998-2003
- 35 Summary Of Smart Card Activity In The Education Sector, 1998-2003
- 36 Mass Transit Smart Card Transaction Volume, 1998-2003
- 37 Mass Transit Fare Revenue In U.S., 1998-2003
- 38 Summary Of Smart Card Activity In The Transportation Sector
- 39 Summary Of Smart Card Activity In The Communications Sector
- 40 Cellular Phone Smart Card Transaction Volume
- 41 Summary Of Smart Card Activity In The Hospitality Sector
- 42 Summary Of Smart Card Activity In The Health Services Sector
- 43 Summary Of Transaction Volume For Noncontact Card Technology
- 44 Summary Of Transaction Volume For Contact Card Technology
- 45 Summary Of E-Commerce Activity, 1998-2003
- 46 Summary Of Business Online Procurement Activity, 1998-2003
- 47 Distribution Of Payments By Media
- 48 Summary Of U.S. Online Computer Users
- 49 Number Of Subscribers Of Major Internet Service Providers
- 50 Sample Subscriber Rates Of Internet Service Providers
- 51 Summary Of Ebt Payments
- 52 Smart Card Technology Programs Involving Banks
- 53 Smart Card Technology Programs Involving Educational Institutions
- 54 Smart Card Technology Programs Involving Retailers
- 55 Summary Of International Smart Card Activity, 1998-2003
- 56 Summary Of International Smart Card Activity By Region
- 57 Distribution Of International Smart Card Volume By Region
- 58 Summary Of International Smart Card Activity By Market Sector, 1998-2003
- 59 Distribution Of International Smart Card Activity By Sector
- 60 Visa International Smart Card Activity By Country
- 61 Financial Institution Participants In Visa Smart Card Programs
- 62 Visa International Statistical Data
- 63 Scf Principal Members
- 64 Summary Of Verifone Smart Card Terminal Product Offerings
List Of Figures
- 1 The Settlement Process For A Smart Card Transaction
- 2 Typical Non-Smart-Card Transaction
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