Digital Media - E-Commerce, E-Payments & E-Banking
Synopsis China has more Internet users than the USA in 2009 and these two markets, among others, now offer significant opportunities for those operating in the e-commerce space. While the economic slowdown is curbing e-commerce growth somewhat in most markets; there is evidence that so far the online retail market has remained steady due mostly to the lower prices offered via online shopping. Demand is also beginning to grow for alternative payment methods for e-commerce transactions, particularly in the developing markets. This report provides a global overview of the e-commerce market, including e-payments and e-banking. It also includes information on the emerging e-commerce market of China; USA and the leading online payment system, PayPal.

 Table of Contents 1. Synopsis 2. The digital economy 2.1 Key parameters 2.2 The rise and rise of the digital economy 2.3 Digital economy - key developments 2.4 Net neutrality - an important element in the digital economy 3. E-Commerce 3.1 Statistics and forecasts 3.2 Online advertising 4. Brief overview of USA e-commerce market 5. Looking ahead: the potential of China 5.1 China's e-commerce market 5.2 China's government e-commerce projects 5.3 China's e-payment systems 5.3.1 Pay-as-you-go (prepaid cards) 5.3.2 Alipay 6. E-Payments and E-Banking 6.1 Market overview 7. Brief case study: PayPal 8. Internet banking (E-Banking) 9. Security 10. Permission based marketing 11. Related reports
Table 1 - Worldwide online spending - B2B and B2C - 2012
Table 2 - Worldwide online advertising spending - 2007 - 2009
Table 3 - USA online advertising spending - 2000 - 2009
Table 4 - Estimated value of China's B2C e-commerce market - 2004 - 2006; 2010
Table 5 - Breakdown of China's e-commerce users by popular online service - 2008
Exhibit 1 - Examples of Web 2.0 developments
Exhibit 2 - Digital economy - key developments
Exhibit 3 - Most popular online activities worldwide
Exhibit 4 - Popular online content and services
Exhibit 5 - Comparison of popular websites in different markets
Exhibit 6 - Implications of ending net neutrality
Exhibit 7 - Overview of Google Checkout
Exhibit 8 - PayPal - other developments

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