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ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SYSTEMS FOR ONLINE TRANSACTIONS

The electronic payments market continues to change as both online e-commerce and subscription offerings for online games and other digital content evolves.

Sourcing the right payment processor is more than just selecting the most prominent gateway processor or largest financial entity. Consumers and Payments Processing Providers alike are benefiting from a breadth of service offerings that feature increased security, reduced fees, expanded co-marketing and a variety of new playing platforms and payment options.

RampRate currently monitors over 60 unique global payment processing entities operating such services. From global wireless carriers to PayPal, from Chase PaymenTech to Mobilium, from revenue sharing models to transaction fee services, from traditional to alternative payment methods — RampRate will help you keep more of your dollars and convert more of your ecommerce with less fraud, while helping you choose and negotiate best-fit Payments Processing Providers.

RampRate's Electronic Payments Practice

RampRate's Electronic Payments practice started by guiding the leading online video games developers and publishers through the challenges of selecting and maintaining the most price flexible and performance competitive solutions worldwide, resulting in over $500 million in projected processed subscription fees for 2007-2008.

Additionally, we have moved to advising many of the largest financial and software firms through productization and sourcing. Our accomplishments affect every stage of selection process:

• Benchmarking payments processing providers vs. peers as well as the broader market while identifying millions in potential improvements - as well as service level gems that justified above-market costs to customers.
• Identifying optimal regional placement based on currency acceptance, taxation benefits, conversion rates, financial terms and other factors, greatly reducing costs and risks.
• Selecting the right Payment Processing Provider and facility to optimize for a combination of cost, SLA, contract flexibility, provider neutrality, risk mitigation and other factors.
• Identifying and validating unique payment opportunities and business models which maximize the potential subscriber and revenue base for newly released video games and playing platforms while reducing operational costs and market development funds commitment.
• Moving the client from requirements to a signed contract within as little as 2 to 3 weeks — and to deployment in under 2 months.

Request A Complimentary Top-Line Benchmark

If you have a current electronic payments initiative where your company expends more than $100K annually, you may be eligible for RampRate to perform a complimentary review of three of your current contracts in the form of a no-cost Top-Line Benchmark.

The Top-Line Benchmark will identify opportunities to improve your contractual positions with respect to service levels, costs, business terms, and risk mitigation.

The Top-Line Benchmark is a no-cost, confidential service performed by our analyst team.







If you have general exploratory questions or would like a consultation with one of our Payment Processing experts, please contact Michael Hoch, President, (310) 319-1599.