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International Billing Systems Volume Primarily via Telephone

By Jim Bruene on March 15, 1999 4:01 PM | Comments (0)

International Billing Systems
Division of USCS International

Dawne Chandler, VP Elec. Services
Judy Cardinelli, Product Manager
5220 Robert J. Mathews Parkway
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762-5712
(916) 939-5817
info@billing.com
www.billing.com

Electronic Bill Pay Volume: 800,000 primarily via telephone.

Claim to Fame: The Checkfree of paper bills, with enough volume to vault themselves, or a chosen partner into a leadership position.

Status Report: IBS is the largest billing outsourcer in the country, handling 80 million paper statements each month including 50% of all cable TV subscribers, 33% of all cellular telephone subscribers, and 11% of all land-line telephone subscribers. As this volume becomes electronic, IBS is expected to have a major impact in the ebilling market. Counting customer remittances,
IBS accounts for 1.8% of the U.S. first-class mail volume.

Bill Presentment Plans:

  •  Developed The Electronic Billing Solution which provides rapid entry into the market for billers; bills can be presented directly at the biller’s site, via a third party, or emailed to the user.
  •  The company plans to present client bills at all major sites: Transpoint, Checkfree, Intuit, and others. The company is also aligned with CyberCash to use its PayNow program for direct payment on the biller’s site.
  •  Announced a contract with Potomac Electric Power Company to present bills at the company’s Web www.pepco.com to its 1.9 million users in Washington D.C. and Maryland.

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Web Users and Banking Sites by Country

By Jim Bruene on January 12, 1998 9:58 AM | Comments (0)


 


 

Country

Webs

YE 97

New in 97

Webs
YE 96

Num Users

Total Worldwide

3,670

1,669

2,001

100 MM

United States

2,706

1,363

1,343

56 MM

- banks & thrifts

1,547

807

740

n/a

- credit unions

1,159

556

603

n/a

Andorra

1

0

1

ina

Antigua

3

0

3

ina

Argentina

19

8

11

170,000

Armenia

1

1

0

ina

Australia1

28

6

22

1.2 MM

Austria

26

0

26

500,000

Azerbaijan

1

1

0

ina

Bahamas

1

0

1

ina

Bahrain

5

3

2

50,000

Bangladesh

2

2

0

ina

Barbados

4

1

3

ina

Belarus

1

1

0

ina

Belgium

13

0

13

200,000

Bermuda

1

1

0

ina

Bolivia

4

2

2

10,000

Brazil

34

20

14

1.0 MM

British Virgin Islands

1

1

0

ina

Brunei

1

1

0

ina

Canada2

51

19

32

8.0 MM

Channel Islands

9

0

9

ina

Chile

7

0

6

200,000

China (see Hong Kong)

4

1

3

500,000

Colombia

5

0

5

120,000

Costa Rica

7

5

2

50,000

Croatia

6

3

3

ina

Cuba

1

0

1

ina

Cyprus

8

6

2

ina

Czech Republic

3

1

2

200,000

Denmark

8

1

7

600,000

Dominican Republic

3

1

2

ina

Ecuador

6

2

4

5,000

Egypt

5

1

4

60,000

El Salvador

1

1

0

ina

Estonia

8

1

7

110,000

Falkland Islands

1

1

0

ina

Fiji

1

1

0

ina

Finland

5

0

5

1.0 MM

France

27

1

26

400,000

Germany

102

40

62

4.0 MM

Greece

6

0

6

100,000

Grenada

1

0

1

ina

Guatemala

1

1

0

ina

Honduras

4

1

3

ina

Hong Kong

15

10

5

500,000

Hungary

0

 

0

100,000

Iceland

1

1

0

ina

India

14

9

5

1.5 MM

Indonesia

19

11

8

ina

Ireland

16

8

8

100,000

Israel

6

0

6

200,000

Italy

58

2

56

400,000

Jamaica

2

2

0

ina

 

Source: US Webs: RJE www.bankweb.com ; NCUA www.ncua.com ,

 


 

Country

Webs

YE 97

New in 97

Webs
YE 96

Num Users

Japan

15

0

15

8.6 MM

Jersey

2

2

0

ina

Jordan

6

4

2

20,000

Kazakhstan

1

1

0

ina

Kenya

1

0

1

ina

Kuwait

6

2

4

40,000

Latvia

10

2

8

ina

Lebanon

6

5

1

40,000

Libya

1

0

1

ina

Liechtenstein

2

1

1

ina

Lithuania

4

3

1

ina

Luxembourg

8

0

8

ina

Malaysia

19

15

4

30,000

Malta

1

0

1

ina

Mexico

22

5

17

370,000

Micronesia

1

1

0

ina

Moldova

1

1

0

ina

Mongolia

2

2

0

ina

Morocco

1

0

1

ina

Netherlands

10

1

9

1.0 MM

New Zealand

8

4

4

560,000

Nicaragua

7

0

7

ina

Nigeria

2

2

0

ina

Norway

26

0

26

1.4 MM

Oman

0

 

0

20,000

Pakistan

4

3

1

ina

Panama

2

1

1

ina

Peru

6

4

2

60,000

Philippines

5

2

3

100,000

Poland

10

7

3

700,000

Portugal

7

5

2

200,000

Puerto Rico

3

2

1

ina

Quatar

0

 

0

20,000

Romania

1

1

0

ina

Russia

18

2

16

600,000

Singapore

7

0

7

500,000

Slovakia

5

4

1

ina

Slovenia

6

0

6

ina

South Africa

18

2

16

700,000

South Korea

21

10

11

700,000

Spain

21

1

20

1.3 MM

Sri Lanka

7

5

2

ina

Sweden

13

4

9

1.9 MM

Switzerland

23

3

20

ina

Taiwan

7

3

4

1.3 MM

Thailand

10

4

6

ina

Trinidad & Tobago

1

0

1

ina

Tunisia

2

1

1

ina

Turkey

1

0

1

ina

UAE

3

0

3

90,000

UK

35

9

26

6.0 MM

Ukraine

2

2

0

ina

Uruguay

3

0

3

10,000

Venezuela

3

2

1

35,000

Western Samoa

1

0

1

ina

 

Source: Int’l Webs: Online Banking Report; Users: NUA, www.nua.com

(1) Includes 10 credit unions (2) Includes 28 credit unions
ina=info not available; MM=millions; n/a=not applicable; YE=year-end

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International Billing Services (IBS) Presents Consolidated Bills on Website

By Jim Bruene on December 9, 1997 3:15 PM | Comments (0)

International Billing Services

www.billing.com

International Billing Services (IBS) believes that for bill presentment to work, all bills must be presented on one consolidated site. (Source: Company white paper, Electronic Billing Enters the Bit Stream www.billing.com/Es/ ). Given the size of the company , that site may end up being theirs.

International Billing Services has a bill presentment demo and white paper posted on its Web, www.billing.com/Es/billmain.html .

Note the Microsoft icon in the lower left hand corner. Is that meaningful?

IBS demonstrates how to post four bills on one site.

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