A method to generate hypotheses on consumer payment behavior from market basket data is presented with which retailers can predict future cash requirements. This could help retailers to minimize the costs of cash management through rationalization and may also encourage the introduction of new...

This paper introduces cashless stores and cashless consumers into a model of interchange fees. Under this modification, the interchange fee set by the card organization exceeds the optimal level. Furthermore, the gap between this fee and the optimal fee increases with the fraction of consumers...

This paper examines the fundamental relationship between retail payments and the real economy. Using data from across 27 European markets over the period 1995-2009, the results confirm that migration to efficient electronic retail payments stimulates the overall economy, consumption and trade....