The Fraud Practice's Prepared Research

Are you shopping around for research to make an informed decision on fraud preventative techniques or alternative payments? Our prepared research can help you make a more informed decision.

The fraud practice offers several prepared research documents directly related to the investigation and analysis of the card not present (CNP) fraud prevention market and payment markets, A Guide to Alternative Payments.

These offerings were designed for merchants, solution providers, financial institutions, investment firms, industry analysts, venture capitalist and legal authorities looking to learn more about the market, industry and companies servicing the space.

The Fraud Practice  provides a neutral, unbiased, source for information related to the fraud solution provider marketplace.  Our independence from any particular solution, coupled with years of experience in the space, allow us to analyze, reccomend and implement solutions more quickly and creatively than our competitors.

Prepared Research

Service Offering: A Guide to Alternative Payments
Type: Prepared Research, White Paper, Discussion Document
Length:  99 pages
Last Update:  December 2009
Cost:  $400.00
General:  A Guide to Alternative Payments is a prepared research document, 99 pages in length, intended for organizations looking to gain an understanding on eCommerce alternative payment options.  The Guide goes beyond a general market assessment to provide information businesses need to assess solution options and service providers.  The Guide also includes easy-to-understand reference tables on regional service providers (over 100 service providers), preferences and capabilities.  Readers should expect to gain:

• An introduction to the types of solution options available and the service providers that offer them. 
• An in-depth understanding of the market dynamics, vertical market preferences, regional preferences and reasons to implement these services.
• A discussion on emerging markets where alternative payments are flourishing
• A general introduction to the capabilities and services provided by the major players in each of the 8 solution option groups.

Service Offering – Fraud Solution Provider Competitive Landscape
Type: Prepared Research, White paper, Discussion Document
Length: 31 pages
Last Update:  December 2009
Cost:  $800.00
General: The Fraud Solution Provider Competitive Lanscape is a prepared research document, 31 pages in length intended for organizations looking to gain an introductory understanding to the fraud solution marketplace and the fraud solution providers servicing that market. The competitive landscape document makes references to over 100 fraud solution providers. Readers should expect to gain:

• A limited introduction to the types of solution providers;
• A basic understanding of the market space, vertical markets, customer motivation and emerging markets.
• A general introduction to the major players in each of the solution type groupings.

Service Offering: Online Fraud Mindshare Whitepaper
Type: Prepared Research, White Paper, Discussion Document
Length:  20 pages
Last Update:  December 2009
Cost:  $650.00
General: The Online Fraud Mindshare white paper is a 20 page research document focusing on answering 10 basic questions related to establishing the perceived mindshare of the market related to online fraud. The following is an extract from the white paper to illustrate the type of information that can be found in the white paper.

The 10 questions being answered in the white paper include:

1. What are consumers more concerned about when going online, is it online fraud or is it online security?
2. What online threats held the highest mindshare in the media over the past 10 years?
3. How much attention is online security and fraud getting in relation to general internet use?
4. How is online fraud ranked in relation to general fraud methods?
5. Over the past 10 years where has information related to online fraud prevention been coming from? Who has the thought leadership in this space?
6. How do fraud prevention techniques compare, which ones are considered to have more mindshare? Which ones are moving up? Which ones are moving down?
7. How influential have the credit card associations been in online fraud prevention?
8. Who are the top 20 fraud prevention service providers in terms of media mindshare?
9. Who does the market most closely associate online fraud with, credit card associations, merchants, consumers or banks?
10. Over the past 10 years how has mindshare changed related to alternative payments?

Please click here to view an excerpt of The Online Fraud Mindshare Whitepaper

*If you are not satisfied with the quaility of our research you can return the document within 72 hours for a complete refund..

Service Offering: PayPal's Company Profile
Type: Prepared Research, White Paper, Discussion Document
Length:  36 pages
Last Update:  December 2009
Cost:  $75.00
General: PayPal's Company Profile is a prepared research document, 36 pages in length, intended to provide organizations an overview of PayPal's position in the payments market.  The report goes beyond a general market assessment to provide information businesses need to assess PayPal's trends, strategic direction, competitors, solutions and services.  The report also includes easy-to-understand graphs, charts, tables and illustrations of competitors' business models. Readers should expect to gain:

• An introduction to PayPal and the types of payment solution options available  
• An in-depth understanding of PayPal's market dynamics, vertical market preferences, regional preferences
• A discussion on emerging markets where PayPal has been active with mergers and acquisitions
• A general introduction to the capabilities, services, and developments provided by the major players in PayPal's landscape.

Service Offering: Evaluating Managed Services for CNP Risk Management
Type: Prepared Research, White Paper, Discussion Document
Length:  26 pages
Last Update:  February 2010
Cost:  Free for download
General: The fact is at some point in a company’s lifetime they will end up considering, directly or indirectly, the use of a managed service provider for some or all of their fraud management needs.  The concept of a managed service provider in the fraud space is an often misunderstood concept. The notion that all managed service providers are the same and can be compared in an apples-to–apples comparison just isn’t the reality of the market.  From a macro perspective there are a number of different ways vendors can offer managed services to a business in terms of features, functionality, service and performance.  Attempting to evaluate managed services based solely on features and functionality can lead to gaps in performance and disappointment in the actual results of the service .

Companies need to ask themselves, “How well do I really understand managed services and how they need to fit into our company to meet our objectives?”  This white paper is intended to provide an overview of what types of managed services are available along with guidance for evaluating the effectiveness and fit of managed services for a particular company’s need.

On Demand Research

Service Offering – Fraud Solution Provider Detailed Assessment.
Type: On-Demand Research, White paper, Discussion Document
Length: 10 to 50 pages (Includes 2 hours of conference calls)
Last Update: N/A
General: Using our standard template, which we allow for limited modification, we will create a detailed overview of a specific solution provider providing in-sight into:

• Company Background
• Markets Serviced
• Market Penetration
• Market Perception
• Key Personnel & Clients
• Technology Assessment
• Major Competitors

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