Glenbrook's Roundtable on the Structure of the Merchant Marketplace

They'll be answering questions like: what are merchants' real requirements from payments systems? and which emerging payments systems will win big – and which will wither away – in the years to come?

For each of the key industry verticals within the U.S. merchant marketplace. the session will address these critical questions:

• How big is the vertical?
• How many merchants?
• How many transactions?
• How much concentration (big vs. small)?
• Is it national? Local? Global?
• What are the current payments types accepted, and why? What is the history behind this?
• What do merchants in the vertical care about when it comes to payments? Is is check-out speed? Fraud control? Acceptance cost? Customer loyalty programs? What is the relative importance of these factors to the merchants? How does it vary among them (big vs. small, again)
• What emerging payments programs are being used? Why? What are the criteria for evaluating their success? Have their been emerging payments failures? What and why?

The list of industry verticals that we will examine include:

• eRetailing
• Digital Goods
• Airlines
• Groceries
• Quick Service Restaurants
• Public Transit
• Utilities
• Cable TV
• Telecom
• Governments
• Petroleum
• "Big Box" Retailers
• Hotels
• Non-Profits
• Healthcare
• Vending Machines

Register now for this information-packed session! As always with Glenbrook Payments Education events, this session is planned so that there is ample time for interaction with instructors and with other attendees. Details about the venue, fees, and logistics are at the registration site. If you have questions, email bootcamp@glenbrook.com or call Glenbrook's Carol Coye Benson at +1.541.301.0139.

Also, if you are thinking about coming from out of town, keep in mind that Glenbrook's popular two-day Payments Boot Camp is being held the following two days on June 11th and 12th – see our website for more details.