E
‐
Commerce
Platform
Review:
A
Detailed
Comparison
of
11
Internet
Payment
Processing
Solution
Providers
N o ve mb e r 2010
Audience:
Treasury personnel and payment specialists for online retailers or multichannel retail organizations with an online presence; merchant acquirers, e‐commerce platform providers, payment gateway service providers and other payment technology vendors; payment networks; enterprise payments, online banking, product development and product marketing groups within financial institutions.Authors:
Beth Robertson, CCM, Director of Payments Research Aleia Van Dyke, Research AssociateContributors:
Mary Monahan, Managing Partner and Research Director James Van Dyke, President and Founder
Publication
Date:
November 2010
Price:
$2,000
Length
:
► 45 pages ► 39 charts/graphs
Overview
E‐commerce transactions comprise a growing share of the
overall retail market, creating a drive for merchants and
payments processors alike to expand their platforms for card‐
not‐present (CNP) payments acceptance and processing.
While most e‐commerce processors and platforms facilitate
traditional methods of payment, today’s offerings differ
greatly in international processing focus, fraud and security
features, recurring billing capabilities, reporting and other
back‐end processing functionalities. This report reviews 11
leading e‐commerce platform providers — some of which
offer multiple platforms for e‐commerce transactions —
identifying each platform’s key product features and
examining each provider’s value proposition, market
positioning and differentiation.
Primary
Questions
• Who are the leading e‐commerce payment
processors, and how do their platform offerings
differ?
• What is the scope of each company’s domestic and
international card‐not‐present processing
capabilities?
• What payment‐management features does each
platform offer to merchants?
• What back‐end features (e.g., fraud prevention and
security, authorization, chargeback processing) does
Methodology
This report provides a comparison of the e‐commerce platform solutions offered by 11 vendor organizations. Javelin collected the data using
a combination of a detailed vendor questionnaire and in‐depth interviews conducted with senior vendor representatives qualified to address
both product and strategy relative to the e‐commerce market. For instances in which senior vendor representatives were unavailable to
provide complete product information, data was obtained through secondary research, company profiles and other reference materials
(conferences, news releases, etc.) on the provider’s positioning and technology.
The report also incorporates quantitative data from a Javelin survey using a random‐sample panel of 4,998 consumers collected in
September 2010 with an overall margin of sampling error of ±1.39 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. In 2010, the U.S.
population was estimated to comprise 306 million people, including 232 million adults, 168 million online adults, and 88 million online
households (sources: www.census.gov, accessed Oct. 25, 2009, and Javelin, September 2010).
Note: Many of the vendors reviewed in the context of this report offer multiple platforms for e‐commerce transaction acceptance and
processing. To minimize the complexity of some of the graphical exhibits included in the report, the platform with the greatest number of
corresponding features in any category is the platform for the particular vendor that is illustrated. Details about other platforms are included
Overview ... 4
Primary Questions ... 4
Methodology ... 5
Executive Summary ... 6
Optimizing the Payments Experience ... 7
Vendor and Solution Overviews ... 8
Adyen ... 10
Chase Paymentech ... 12
CyberSource (Visa) ... 14
Elavon ... 17
Fifth Third Processing Solutions ... 19
First Data ... 21
First National Merchant Solutions ... 23
Litle & Co. ... 25
Merchant e‐Solutions ... 27
PayPal ... 29
(RBS) WorldPay ... 31
Other Vendor Solutions ... 33
Appendix: Additional Detailed Comparison of Vendors ... 34
Related Research ... 44
Companies Mentioned ... 45
Figure 1: Solution Overview of Selected E‐Commerce Platform Providers, Part 1 ... 8
Figure 2: Solution Overview of Selected E‐Commerce Platform Providers, Part 2 ... 9
Figure 3: Types of International Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 1 ... 10
Figure 4: Types of International Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 2 ... 11
Figure 5: Domestic Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support by Key Category ... 12
Figure 6: Fraud and Security Feature Overview for Selected E‐Commerce Platform Providers, Part 1... 14
Figure 7: Fraud and Security Feature Overview for Selected E‐Commerce Platform Providers, Part 2... 15
Figure 8: Types of Interface and Connectivity Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 1 ... 17
Figure 9: Types of Interface and Connectivity Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 2 ... 18
Figure 10: Types of Reports That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 1 ... 19
Figure 11: Types of Reports That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 2 ... 20
Figure 12: Recurring Billing Overview for Selected E‐Commerce Platform Providers, Part 1 ... 21
Figure 13: Recurring Billing Overview for Selected e‐Commerce Platform Providers, Part 2 ... 22
Figure 14: Number of Alternative Solutions That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support ... 23
Figure 15: Report Delivery Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 1 ... 25
Figure 16: Report Delivery Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 2 ... 26
Figure 17: Credit and Signature Debit Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 1 ... 27
Figure 18: Credit and Signature Debit Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 2 ... 28
Figure 19: Number of Domestic PIN and PINless Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support... 29
Figure 20: Support for International Processing That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 1 ... 31
Figure 21: Support for International Processing That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Offer, Part 2 ... 32
Figure 22: Domestic PIN and PINless Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 1 ... 34
Figure 23: Domestic PIN and PINless Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 2 ... 34
Figure 24: Prepaid, Gift and EBT Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 1 ... 35
Figure 25: Prepaid, Gift and EBT Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 2 ... 35
Figure 26: E‐Check and ACH Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 1 ... 36
Figure 27: E‐Check and ACH Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 2 ... 36
Figure 28: Availability of Level II and III Data from E‐Commerce Platform Vendors, Part 1 ... 37
Figure 29: Availability of Level II and III Data from E‐Commerce Platform Vendors, Part 2 ... 37
Figure 30: Authorization Features That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 1 ... 38
Figure 31: Authorization Features That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 2 ... 38
Figure 32: Chargeback Features That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 1 ... 39
Figure 33: Chargeback Features That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 2 ... 39
Figure 34: Customer Support Features That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 1 ... 40
Figure 35: Customer Support Features That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 2 ... 40
Figure 36: Online Alternative And Other Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 1... .41
Figure 37: Online Alternative And Other Payment Options That E‐Commerce Platform Vendors Support, Part 1... ..41
Companies
Mentioned
(RBS)
WorldPay
First
Data
Adyen
First
National
Merchant
Solutions
Chase
Paymentech
Litle
&
Co
CyberSource
(Visa)
Merchant
e
‐
Solutions
Elavon
PayPal
Fifth
Third
Processing
Solutions
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