Cards & Payments Country Reports

Covering 72 countries, Country Reports provide invaluable market and competitor intelligence on:

• Payments cards
• Online and digital payments
• Acquiring/processing

A dedicated team of analysts and researchers use both primary and secondary source data, and conduct in-depth interviews with senior industry executives and experts.

Each Report Includes:

Demographics and Economy:
Outlines the key metrics and trends which influence the development of retail banking and payments in the country:

• Population structure
• Income
• Mobile and internet use
• Economic data

Retail Banking:
Explores the structure of the local banking system, its infrastructure and the leading players. Data includes:

• Aggregate retail banking indicators
• Bank branch, ATMS and POS terminals
• Profitability of top banks

Payments Environment:
Overview of consumer payments in the country. Categories analysed include:

• Consumer payment trends, by cash, card, cheque, direct debit, credit transfer
• B2C e-commerce payment trends, by debit card, credit card, digital wallet and others

Cards Market:
We have industry leading financial card coverage, including credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards. We detail the past present and future of the industry through our data and commentary, including:

• Market size split by consumer and commercial credit cards: number of cards, transaction volume, billed volume
• Use of contactless cards – billed volume and transaction volumes
• Credit card profitability indicators
• Competitive landscape: networks, issuers

Debit Cards:

• Market size: number of cards, transaction volume, billed volume
• Competitive landscape: networks, issuers

Prepaid Cards:

• Market size: number of cards, transaction volume, billed volume

Mobile Payments

• Proximity payment metrics
• P2P payments data

Acquiring and Processing
Analysis of the local merchant acquirer landscape including:

• Market shares of leading merchant acquirers split by credit and debit
• Merchant accounts
• Transaction volume
• Transaction value
• Merchant Service Charges
• Processing and processor relationships
• Online acquiring

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