Primary Recommendation

Retail Decisions - Volumes of CNP transactions rise

December 2004

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Despite being a relatively tiny company, with a market capitalisation of £74m, Retail Decisions is already a market leader in the card fraud prevention market. It has key products for screening card transactions, both offline and online, in order to detect attempted fraud. Two key trends are helping the demand for the service. First is the fact that under current credit card terms, if a card is not present in a transaction (for instance, a web purchase) retailers are liable for chargebacks as well as penalties if the card proves to be stolen. Meanwhile, Retail Decisions’ clever algorithms also ensure fewer genuine transactions are declined in error which improves revenues for retailers. With fees payable per tran ...

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Market Coment - December

NETeller - Far East move imminent

Retail Decisions - Gain: 58% following bid (November 2006)

Retail Decisions (August 2006)

Retail Decisions (June 2006)

Retail Decisions - Plans to drive value from acquisitions (February 2006)

Retail Decisions - Acquires leading Australian gift card operator (January 2006)

Retail Decisions - First note since Fuelserv acquisition (December 2005)

Retail Decisions - Buys UK fuel card business from DHL (November 2005)

Retail Decisions (October 2005)

Retail Decisions (July 2005)

Retail Decisions - Benefits from high oil prices (March 2005)

Retail Decisions - CNP transactions continue rising (February 2005)

Retail Decision (January 2005)

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