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Top 50 Key Players companies in Direct debit
by Most Patent Citation in the world in 2020

The Direct debit top 50 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 50 Most Patent Citation Direct debit Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2020, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
A Direct Debit or direct withdrawal is a financial transaction in which one person (or company) withdraws funds from another person's bank account. Formally, the person who directly draws the funds ("the payee") instructs his or her bank to collect (i.e., debit) an amount directly from another's ("the payer's") bank account designated by the payer and pay those funds into a bank account designated by the payee. Before the payer's banker will allow the transaction to take place, the payer must have advised the bank that he or she has authorized the payee to directly draw the funds. It is also called pre-authorized debit (PAD) or pre-authorized payment (PAP). After the authorities are set up, the direct debit transactions are usually processed electronically.
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Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
Franchise agreement
patent citation: 1,310
2
Logomotion sro
Slovakia
Real estate development
patent citation: 177
3
First Data Corp.
Borough,Data processing,Online payment,
...[+2]
patent citation: 147
4
New Omaha Holdings LLC
E-commerce,Financial institution,Electronic funds transfer,
...[+2]
patent citation: 147
5
The Western Union Co.
Mobile payment,Remittance,Payment system,
...[+2]
patent citation: 118
6
CheckFree Corp.
Electronic billing,Electronic funds transfer,Financial transaction,
...[+1]
patent citation: 73
7
CheckFree Services Corp.
Electronic bill payment,Payroll,Accounting,
...[+2]
patent citation: 73
8
Canon, Inc.
Computer hardware,Software,Computer vision,
...[+2]
patent citation: 57
9
Duck Creek Technologies Ltd.
United Kingdom
Software,Cyber-Insurance,Enterprise software,
...[+1]
patent citation: 55
10
Hitachi Ltd.
Elevator,Electrical equipment,Electric motor,
...[+2]
patent citation: 53
11
SMK Corp.
Semiconductor,Electronics,Haptic technology,
...[+2]
patent citation: 44
12
Controlabill Pty Ltd.
New South Wales, Australia
Direct debit,Financial institution
patent citation: 20
13
PayPal, Inc.
Mobile payment,E-commerce,Software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 18
14
Glory Ltd.
Banknote,Market liquidity,Accounting,
...[+2]
patent citation: 16
15
HomeSend Scrl
Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Social network
patent citation: 15
16
Hitachi Channel Solutions, Corp.
Atmosphere,Card reader,Self-service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 11
17
Fujitsu Ltd.
Cloud computing,Enterprise software,Information technology management,
...[+2]
patent citation: 9
18
SAP SE
Software,Cloud computing,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 9
19
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.
Semiconductor,Microelectronics,Electronic component,
...[+2]
patent citation: 9
20
Sap Srl
Livorno, Italy
Plastic molding
patent citation: 9
21
LaterPay GmbH
Information technology consulting,E-commerce,Digital marketing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 7
22
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
Retail banking,Underwriting,Data processing
patent citation: 6
23
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Iris recognition,Hydrogen technologies,Fingerprint recognition,
...[+2]
patent citation: 6
24
Vodafone Holding GmbH
Telecommunications,Wireless,GSM
patent citation: 6
25
VPay, Inc.
Electronics
patent citation: 6
26
Microsoft Corp.
Software,Operating system,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 5
27
AT&T, Inc.
Wireless,Telecommunications,Mobile device,
...[+2]
patent citation: 5
28
Systex Corp.
Taiwan Province, China
Data processing,Industry 4.0,Software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 5
29
Microsoft International Holdings BV
Netherlands
patent citation: 5
30
Ballag AG
ZH, CH
Industrial engineering,Manufacturing engineering,Mechanical engineering,
...[+1]
patent citation: 5
31
AT&T IPM Corp.
patent citation: 5
32
Railway Information Systems Co., Ltd.
Information system,Information technology consulting,Systems design,
...[+2]
patent citation: 4
33
Siemens AG
Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine,
...[+2]
patent citation: 3
34
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Telecommunications,Call centre,Software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 3
35
Billing System Corp.
Mobile payment,Transfer agent,Billing system,
...[+2]
patent citation: 3
36
Toshiba Digital Solutions Corp.
Fog computing,Information technology consulting,Systems design,
...[+1]
patent citation: 3
37
Siemens AG Österreich
Austria
Construction engineering,Stroke,Neurology,
...[+2]
patent citation: 3
38
Siemens SA
Madrid, Spain
Scientific Control,Telecommunications,Turbine,
...[+1]
patent citation: 3
39
NEC Corp.
Virtualization,Big data,Network security,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
40
Deutsche Telekom AG
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
41
NICE INFORMATION & TELECOMMUNICATION, Inc.
Seoul, South Korea
Value-added network,Information technology consulting,Payment gateway,
...[+1]
patent citation: 2
42
OMRON Corp.
Automation,Electronics,Health care,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
43
Toshiba Tec Corp.
Computer hardware,Peripheral,Electronics,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
44
MUFG Bank Ltd.
Social infrastructure,Facial recognition system,Venture capital,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
45
Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Telecommunications,Information technology management,Software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
46
Alcatel-Lucent S A
Île-de-France, France
Trust network,Software,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
47
CIT GmbH
Document management system
patent citation: 1
48
SAXA SRL
Ascoli Piceno, Italy
patent citation: 1
49
Visa Cape Town (Pty) Ltd.
Western Cape, South Africa
patent citation: 1
50
TOSHIBA Corp.
Semiconductor,Computer hardware,Electronics,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
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