Mercator Advisory Group & Partners Seek Survey Participants in Commercial Card End-User Research

Aug. 1, 2012 - PRLog -- Boston, MA -- Commercial Payments International (CPI), TSYS, and Mercator Advisory Group are joining forces to conduct a study that will provide valuable insight into the experiences and needs of individuals who use corporate cards for T&E and/or purchasing.

Mercator Advisory Group is managing the anonymous, web-hosted survey, which includes questions about travel and purchasing experiences, as well as the use of mobile devices when employees are on the go. Research findings will be made publicly available through all three sponsoring organizations late this year.

Both corporations and card service providers will benefit from a better understanding of the opportunities to support travelers and cardholders, and to optimize the use of mobile devices as a commercial card service delivery channel.

Keith D. Pierce, Group Executive for TSYS Commercial Services, says this survey based research effort will fill a void that exists regarding the cardholder experience with today’s commercial cards.   “This survey will gather data from the employee perspective, recognizing their growing use of mobile devices. TSYS, Mercator and CPI will mine the survey data to help identify needs and opportunities that will benefit corporate travelers, mobile employees and the corporations themselves,” states Pierce.

Patricia McGinnis, director of research for Mercator Advisory Group’s Commercial and Enterprise Payments Service, will lead Mercator’s data analysis efforts and support TSYS in their preparation of a white paper to report results. During the fourth quarter of this year, Mercator and TSYS will make publicly available a slide deck and whitepaper summarizing the findings from the study.  Commercial card issuers that invite their own commercial card customers will receive a customized segmentation of the data contributed by their customers.  Interested issuers should contact McGinnis as soon as possible.

If you as an individual have a company-issued commercial card that you have used within the past year, we invite you to respond to this survey. The survey will require about 10 minutes to complete online, and all replies will remain anonymous.

To participate, please follow the link below, and when asked for a code, please insert “NA 50.” You are also invited to forward this link, and the code, to fellow travelers.

Take survey here:  http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22G73BYCEF5

For more information e-mail Patricia McGinnis at: pmcginnis@mercatoradvisorygroup.com.

About Mercator Advisory Group

Mercator Advisory Group is the leading, independent research and advisory services firm exclusively focused on the payments and banking industries. We deliver pragmatic and timely research and advice designed to help our clients uncover the most lucrative opportunities to maximize revenue growth and contain costs. Our clients range from the world's largest payment issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants and associations to leading technology providers and investors. Mercator Advisory Group is also the publisher of the online payments and banking news and information portal PaymentsJournal.com.

About TSYS

At TSYS, , we believe payments should revolve around people — not the other way around. We call this belief "People-Centered PaymentsSM." By putting people at the center of every decision we make, with unmatched customer service and industry insight, TSYS is able to support financial institutions, businesses and governments in more than 80 countries. Offering merchant payment-acceptance solutions as well as services in credit, debit, prepaid, mobile, chip, healthcare and more, we make it possible for those in the global marketplace to conduct safe and secure electronic transactions with trust and convenience.

TSYS’ headquarters are located in Columbus, Georgia, with local offices spread across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. TSYS provides services to more than half of the top 20 international banks, is a Fortune 1000 company and was named one of the 2012 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere magazine. For more information, please visit us at www.tsys.com.

Commercial Payments International (CPI)

CPI is a global resource for the commercial cards and payments Industry, offering commercial cards and payments-related analysis, data and research to our clients via the industry’s most comprehensive online intelligence database and unique focused events in North America and Europe.  For more information, visit www.commercialpaymentsinternational.com.