Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8fkz4k/merchant) has announced the addition of the "Merchant Acquiring in 2014: Integration, Integration, Integration " report to their offering.

A New Research On Shifting Merchant Acquiring Business Models

The statement The merchant services business isn't really about payments is truer today than ever. Developers of integrated payments software have rapidly broadened the availability of sophisticated processing solutions across industry verticals. And firms that would never before have been considered payments companies are now earning substantial payments revenue. Leading merchant acquirers have already set the course for their integrated payment strategies, but independent sales organizations are looking increasingly vulnerable to this new competition.

The research note, Merchant Acquiring in 2014: Integration, Integration, Integration, discusses how acquirers and ISOs should be responding to the integrated payments revolution occurring in the United States.

Integrated point-of-sale solutions are expanding the market for merchant services in the United States, comments Michael Misasi, Senior Analyst and the author of the research note. These solutions help small businesses justify the cost of payment acceptance and are facilitating card acceptance in industries with relatively low rates of bank card acceptance. The firms that successfully manage the transition to integrated payment applications will be rewarded with larger payment volumes and more profitable business.

Highlights of the research note include:

  • Estimated 2014 market shares of leading acquirer processors
  • An explanation of the emergence of independent software vendors as a delivery channel for merchant services and what that means for acquirers' industry vertical strategies
  • Analysis of how ISOs, acquiring banks, and processors can respond to the new integrated payments environment
  • An overview of integrated payment offers from leading acquirer processors
  • Examples of software companies successfully delivering payments as a service

Companies Mentioned

  • APT
  • Bank of America Merchant Services
  • Blackbaud
  • CardConnect
  • Century Payments
  • Chase Paymentech
  • Clover
  • Cynergy Data
  • EVO Payments International
  • Elavon
  • Element Payment Technologies
  • First Data
  • Global Payments
  • Heartland
  • Leaf
  • MCS
  • Merchant Warehouse
  • Mercury Payments
  • Micros
  • NCR
  • Oracle
  • PayPros
  • Phreesia
  • Priority Payments
  • ProPay
  • TouchNet
  • TransFirst
  • Vantiv
  • WorldPay
  • Xpient

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