Eduardo Segantine
MAN 3506
Professor Ravi Behara
Operation Management Research Assignment
March 10, 2015
Fortune 500 Company – First Data Corporation
Introduction
First Data Corporation powers the global economy by making people and businesses to purchase products and services easily, quickly and securely, using virtually all types of electronic payments. No matter if a payment is made with a gift card, a credit or debit card, or even a check, First Data always processes the transaction and safely use the power of information in favor of millions of merchants and thousands card issuers distributed among 36 countries, offering them intelligent services and greater awareness of their customers. They also offers a set of solutions to help
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The future of payments is current shifting to another path with how technology is changing and is currently modifying how we process our payments and how we store data. It is going away from low-tech and paper based tools, expensive and bulky registers, and physical card swipes. And it is introducing and renovating online commerce and online payment. This is happening due to the decrease of money supply and checks in the current market because people are starting to pay more and more there bills online. As the economy improces and corporations and business gets larger they have started a large-scale implementation of processors in electronic payment technology in their business ands services. Also, credit and debit are growing amongst consumers and it has been the highest that it has even been in history.
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The technology has been developing very fast in this modern world leading us to have very sophisticated life .With new inventions and new technology ,people are performing their work or duties so easily sitting at home. In olden days we have to always carry minimum cash with us ,where ever we go and we are afraid in case of carrying a large amount of cash with us because of security. After Getting the credit card facility ,it has become so easy for us to make use of money without running to get money from ATM or from banks for every situation by saving a lot of time and also having we have the track of amount we are using .These are all on one face, on the other side
The Fortune 500 Company chosen for this paper is the Lockheed Martin Corporation. Lockheed Martin is a global securities and information technology company headquartered in Bethesda, MD. Lockheed Martin employs roughly 126,000 people in several facilities throughout the world. The company's main business is in research, design, development, manufacturing, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. Lockheed consists of four operating units, or business areas, which consist of Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems and Global Solutions, and Space Systems (LMC, 2011).
With this, the paper is going to look into the use of credit cards. The credit card usage has grown fast with many people opting to get one instead the use of cash system. This system which has seen the banks issuing more credit and debit cards and also influencing the growth of banks because ATM machines have to be installed to also help customers withdraw their cash (Mark, 2102). The paper will be analysing why people have chosen to use credit cards, the reasons why they should revert to using cash systems instead of credit cards.
The aim of the study is to evaluate the factors that influence the development of mobile payments, their strengths and barriers to development. I will present several key factors such as the impact on the environment and culture mobile payment changing environment, business or rapidly progressive changes in technology and relevant regulations and quite often set of new standards. I will discuss technical aspects such as safety and confidence in mobile payments, which is still not too high. So in the beginning it should be clarified what mobile payments are. Mobile payments also called m-payments are non-cash payments made by mobile device like smartphone or tablet and use mobile technologies such as. SMS, NFC, USSD, WAP. If we want to use mobile payments we
Transaction have become more efficient. Electronic payment systems help increase the time of payment and also decrease the crime of theft. For example many people pay through apple pay, through applepay there is no paper money involved just credit cards. Although electronically payments have a negative factors for those who are able to hack into the system and receive credit card data , and be able to take your information and use it for their own needs without you knowing. You are still able to cancel the use of your credit cards and receive your money
Cannabis, regularly known as marijuana, and by various other names is a composition of the cannabis plant intended for utilization as a psychoactive medication and physiological effects. People usually think that marijuana is unhealthy drug that needs to be avoided, but is it harmful than alcohol and tobacco? In modern days, cannabis is used as a recreational or medical drug, depending on the laws provided by different states in the USA. Although marijuana faces a strong opposition, a force for its legalization is extending across the nation. However, what are the after effects if marijuana is legalized? What are the pros and cons of it being legalized?
At the point when two individuals are in the same circumstance you can accept that their feelings or thoughts would be similar in nature. As it may, every individual has their own diverse characteristics which can be appeared in their emotions and activities to the occasion. This is clearly illustrated through Duncan 's murder in the story Macbeth between the two characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Their responses are shown through their initial reaction to the thought of murdering Duncan, immediately prior to the murder of Duncan, and immediately after the murder of Duncan.
An online payment processing solution greatly improves the ease of payment via credit cards. Customers will no longer have to make the long drive to brick-and-mortar stores to make their purchases. Instead being able to perform transactions by using any computer connected to the internet from the comfort of their homes.
The G.A.O.S. reviewed First Data business solutions value chain of products and services, and the main segment of the company offers their merchants, financial institutions, government itineraries and small to large businesses in quality credit card processing services. The International businesses expectation of First Data to provide core competencies to develop strong profitable customer relationships in a steadfast market as well as incorporating their technology, allowing clients to pay for goods and services through electronic online payment processing system that is quick and consistent. We reviewed First Data collection of value added solutions offered to it consumers around the world and how the company established confidence among
The online payment marketplace is experiencing an explosion of innovative ideas, plans, and announcements, which one commentator has likened to a “goat rodeo”, a chaotic situation in which powerful players with different agendas compete with one another for public acceptance, and above all, huge potential revenues. Others liken the payment marketplace to a battle among the four platform titans Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Each of these titans have their own versions of a future payment system that challenges the other players. And let’s not forget PayPal, the reigning power in alternative online payment, or the credit card companies who process over 70% of online payments, or the
In today’s evolutionary world, where technology keeps on revolutionizing our everyday tasks, electronic bill presentment and payment offer a whole new billing process by offering online and real time presentment of bills and payment choices. It offers great advantages and significantly improves customer care and customer relationship management. We will cover the information found in an electronic bill, followed by the process of a bill presentment. We will briefly compare traditional paper-based bills and electronic bills. And then, we will expose the different parties involved in an electronic bill presentment and payment, followed by the different evolution phases. The advantages and the risks associated with the
Technological advancement has had a gigantic effect in the banking industry. Over the past few decades, the financial services industry has changed considerably with banking transforming from the pen and paper method to the computers and internet method. The pen and paper method took weeks or even months for the transaction to be eventually completed, and then the dramatic introduction of the computer and internet method which changed that time frame to only a matter of seconds to be completed, which reduced the amount of time and labor needed to complete a transaction significantly. Banking is considered one of the most important economic sectors with it being severely influential and responsive to any little change, whether it is domestic or international. Some extreme changes that were brought about by the development of this new technology turned into a globalized nature for the financial services industry. One stroke of a key on a computer could and would change a person 's life extensively or even have a global impact. The new technologies that were created and introduced changed how the consumers managed their money from that time on. Technology has helped to protect peoples’ hard earned money and make it much more impossible for people to be able to write out bad checks or even holding up a bank. The advancement in technology however, also came with some security risks as most things do, that could affect the money that people trusted with the bank and
To supersede cash, E-money should be popularized, but it is a hard work. This is because of the low acceptance of people and the high cost of applying E-money transaction system. For the acceptance of people, people use coins and paper notes as usual practice since many years ago. Although, a growing number of banks are trying to use a “click and bricks” strategy and introduce online services so as to attract more customers (Pennathur, 2001), it helps to promote using of E-money. However, people are not familiar with it and need time to adapt. Especially for the elderly people and people without technological knowledge, they usually resist and don’t how to use E-money. Also, E-money is still not so widely used now. To deal with the daily transactions, many of them cannot be done by using E-money. However, cash using is already adapted by people, and all transaction can be done by using cash. Therefore, Wonglimpiyarat (2007) writes “there seems to be no consumer response to the e-cash as a revolutionary means of payment transmission”. It put E-money in a disadvantageous position. On the other hand, the cost of applying E-money transaction system is very high. Because E-money can only use with the E-money products, specific electronic devices are needed to apply for E-money transaction. Also, “a system [of] … electronic money on cards and hard drives … functions efficiently if
In the year 1949, a businessman by the name of Frank McNamara, conceived the world’s first idea for a credit card. The idea was intended for when McNamara went out for an important diner. While he was out, he realized he had left his wallet at home and was unable to pay for the dinner so he needed something that could allow him to come back and pay for the balance later. Overtime McNamara’s credit card idea has evolved into an electronic way of making payments, we now use credit cards to purchase groceries at the local market and make payments online since handing cash through the Internet is virtually impossible. This small dinner idea was created for the purpose of basically generating and IOU for a man who forgot his money at home has