a security code through the mail, which took seven weeks. Online enrollment became possible only after CheckFree’s service was offered on Yahoo! in September 1999, but the back-end manual process still took weeks. Once consumers went through the lengthy registration process, they had to search through a list of billers, only to learn, perhaps, that some of the companies they wished to receive bills from were not listed. These difficulties were widely cited as a reason for slow consumer adoption. Cumbersome set up procedures, payment problems, and high service cost stemmed in part from low volume. Only a limited number of billers had installed systems to receive electronic payments, and not all banks offered online transactions. Billers would not invest in online systems until more consumers used them, and more consumers would not use them until more billers were online. Mark Johnson, executive vice president of CheckFree, called it a “chicken-and-egg game.” “To really move the merchants,” said Johnson, “you need to show them volume.”
These problems were not unique to CheckFree. In July 1999, CheckFree’s main competitor, TransPoint, offered electronic bill payment services on Microsoft Network’s (MSN) MoneyCentral portal (the Microsoft portal). But with set up procedures and payment problems similar to CheckFree’s, TransPoint was unable to attract more than five hundred thousand consumers through MSN, despite offering six months of free service. Consumers accustomed to real-time service were also displeased with the comparatively lengthy wait for electronic payment confirmation. This problem was reminiscent of the home banking consumer experience of the 1980s. When consumers went to an ATM or a teller, the transaction was live and confirmation of payment was immediate; home banking, on the other hand, was not a real-time service, and consumers were dissatisfied with the time lapse between payment and execution. With CheckFree, if a consumer paid a bill through a CSP in the morning, the results were not apparent when the consumer attempted to balance his or her checkbook the next day. Thus, the EBPP service caused a disorientating time difference between the ATM, the bank’s Web site, and the portal.
Banks were reluctant to offer online service and hesitant to contract with CheckFree because of consumer complaints about payment errors. In CheckFree’s fiscal year ending June 2000, the payment error rate was half a percent—acceptable for some operations but not for payments, where errors gave the entire industry a black eye because they could cost consumers considerable time and money (Exhibit 4). As the industry leader, CheckFree received the lion’s share of complaints. Banks often complained to CheckFree about system glitches, and CheckFree's resulting reputation for poor service made it difficult to convince new banks to join. The dismal reception of electronic payments in the marketplace and client dissatisfaction with CheckFree’s service quality presented a serious challenge to the company.
CheckFree’s solution was to pursue quality improvement initiatives to reduce error rates, smooth service, and reduce weak links. CheckFree added a third call center, allowing volume to be spread and stability to be improved. CheckFree had structural problems as well, as it relied on three disparate data processing centers and antiquated systems that were inherited in a series of acquisitions. Determined to improve quality, and financed by investors who were optimistic
รหัสรักษาความปลอดภัยผ่านเมล ซึ่งใช้เวลา 7 สัปดาห์ ลงทะเบียนออนไลน์เป็นไปได้หลังจากบริการ CheckFree ของคำแนะนำบน yahoo!ในเดือน 1999 กันยายน แต่กระบวนการด้วยตนเองหลังสิ้นสุดยังเอาสัปดาห์ เมื่อผู้บริโภคได้ดำเนินการลงทะเบียนยาว พวกเขาจะค้นหารายการของ billers เฉพาะการเรียนรู้ บางที ที่บางส่วนของบริษัทที่พวกเขาปรารถนาจะได้รับสูตรจากไม่ได้แสดง ปัญหาเหล่านี้ได้อย่างกว้างขวางอ้างเป็นเหตุผลที่ยอมรับของผู้บริโภคที่ช้า ตั้งยุ่งยากขั้นตอน ปัญหาการชำระเงิน และต้นทุนการบริการสูงดังบางส่วนจากระดับเสียงต่ำ มีการติดตั้งระบบรับชำระเงินทางอิเล็กทรอนิกส์เท่านั้นจำนวนจำกัด billers และธนาคารที่มีบริการธุรกรรมออนไลน์ Billers จะลงทุนในระบบออนไลน์จน กระทั่งใช้เพิ่มมากขึ้น เพิ่มมากขึ้นจะไม่ใช้จนกว่า billers มากถูกออนไลน์ หมาย Johnson กรรมการของ CheckFree เรียกว่า "ไก่ และไข่เกม" "ไปจริง ๆ ย้ายร้านค้า กล่าวว่า Johnson "คุณต้องแสดงปริมาตรด้วย" These problems were not unique to CheckFree. In July 1999, CheckFree’s main competitor, TransPoint, offered electronic bill payment services on Microsoft Network’s (MSN) MoneyCentral portal (the Microsoft portal). But with set up procedures and payment problems similar to CheckFree’s, TransPoint was unable to attract more than five hundred thousand consumers through MSN, despite offering six months of free service. Consumers accustomed to real-time service were also displeased with the comparatively lengthy wait for electronic payment confirmation. This problem was reminiscent of the home banking consumer experience of the 1980s. When consumers went to an ATM or a teller, the transaction was live and confirmation of payment was immediate; home banking, on the other hand, was not a real-time service, and consumers were dissatisfied with the time lapse between payment and execution. With CheckFree, if a consumer paid a bill through a CSP in the morning, the results were not apparent when the consumer attempted to balance his or her checkbook the next day. Thus, the EBPP service caused a disorientating time difference between the ATM, the bank’s Web site, and the portal.Banks were reluctant to offer online service and hesitant to contract with CheckFree because of consumer complaints about payment errors. In CheckFree’s fiscal year ending June 2000, the payment error rate was half a percent—acceptable for some operations but not for payments, where errors gave the entire industry a black eye because they could cost consumers considerable time and money (Exhibit 4). As the industry leader, CheckFree received the lion’s share of complaints. Banks often complained to CheckFree about system glitches, and CheckFree's resulting reputation for poor service made it difficult to convince new banks to join. The dismal reception of electronic payments in the marketplace and client dissatisfaction with CheckFree’s service quality presented a serious challenge to the company.CheckFree’s solution was to pursue quality improvement initiatives to reduce error rates, smooth service, and reduce weak links. CheckFree added a third call center, allowing volume to be spread and stability to be improved. CheckFree had structural problems as well, as it relied on three disparate data processing centers and antiquated systems that were inherited in a series of acquisitions. Determined to improve quality, and financed by investors who were optimistic
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