How much it costs for a bank like MBNA or Citi bank or Bank of
America to make, print, and encode a credit card or debit card? |
Clarification of Question by
creditcard1-ga
on
30 May 2006 18:45 PDT
Hi Czh-Ga!
Thanks for the link..Your link gives a portion of the answer
I'm specifically interested in the cost "break down" analysis of the
physical credit card: cost for plastic, cost for color printing, cost
for engraving, cost for encoding, cost for quality control and
shipment, add on profit for the card manufacturer. This will give the
price the credit card issuing bank pays for the card.
Hope you can give further answers.
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Request for Question Clarification by
czh-ga
on
30 May 2006 18:52 PDT
Hello creditcard1-ga,
As you can see from the previous question I posted, the information
you're looking for is not readily available. I'd love to help but the
price you've posted for your question simply cannot cover the time and
effort it will take to find an answer for you. I see this is the first
question you've posted on Google Answers. I suggest that you review
the following links so you can get the most out of this service.
http://answers.google.com/answers/faq.html
http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html
All the best.
~ czh ~
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Clarification of Question by
creditcard1-ga
on
30 May 2006 19:30 PDT
More clarification. I'm intereted in magentic stripe card with
hlogram. Nor the smart card with chip on it.
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Clarification of Question by
creditcard1-ga
on
30 May 2006 20:37 PDT
Hi Czh-Ga!
Thanks for more info. I'll up the price to 25$.
Is this reasonable. Hope you can provide the actual price (price break
down) that MBNA bank and Citibank and Bank of America and/or Capital
one Bank pays to get a magnetic stripe card with hologram. (not
interested in smartcard price right now).
Thanks for your help
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Request for Question Clarification by
czh-ga
on
30 May 2006 21:02 PDT
Hello creditcard1-ga,
I don't know if changing the price to $25 will make it sufficiently
interesting to researchers. My impression is that the credit card
industry is extremely secretive about every aspect of the business
because of fears of counterfeiting. If a researcher is familiar with
the industry, they might be able to find this information quickly. On
the other hand, it might be a really tough search. I did a quick
search and I have to bow out from pursuing this further.
Best wishes for your project.
~ czh ~
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Clarification of Question by
creditcard1-ga
on
30 May 2006 21:23 PDT
Hi Czh-Ga,
Would $50 make it interesting? sorry that's all I can afford for my
research project.
Let me know your feedback. Thanks.
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Request for Question Clarification by
czh-ga
on
30 May 2006 23:14 PDT
Hello creditcard1-ga,
Change the price to $50 and see what happens. If the information is
available, the price will be attractive enough for a researcher to
find it. If there are difficulties with getting the information, the
clarification process will tell you about them.
I suggest that you change the price now. Many researchers don't bother
looking at low priced questions.
Good luck.
~ czh ~
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Clarification of Question by
creditcard1-ga
on
31 May 2006 06:57 PDT
Hi Czh-Ga!
Price is changed to 50$
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