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The South African card payments market is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.1% between 2021 and 2025 to reach ZAR1.9 trillion ($119.2 billion) in 2025, forecasts GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s report, ‘South Africa Cards and Payments: Opportunities and Risks to 2025’, the South […]
Philippines’ card payments market will reach $55.7 billion by 2025 following easing of COVID-19 restrictions, forecasts GlobalData
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Filipino card payments market is on the road to recovery supported by economic revival and a rise in consumer spending. The country’s card payments market is expected to register strong growth of 11.6% in 2022 reaching PHP2.2 trillion ($44 billion), found GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Ravi Sharma, […]
UK SMEs swayed by smooth bank onboarding over business support features, finds GlobalData survey
A survey by GlobalData* has revealed that, when it comes to opening a new business bank account, small and micro business owners in the UK are swayed more by a bank’s simple account opening and onboarding procedures (38%) than the schemes and packages the bank has in place to help grow SMEs** (7%). The leading […]
Credit card payments via UPI have potential to disrupt Indian consumer payments space, observes GlobalData
India’s recent proposal to allow credit card payments through unified payments interface (UPI) will further boost credit card acceptance in the country, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. UPI has become a mainstream payment method in India, gradually displacing traditional cash payments. Launched in 2016, UPI has revolutionized the Indian payments space, enabling […]
BNPL credit products becoming a leading payment option for consumers in market set to be worth $576 billion by 2026, says GlobalData
When the buy now, pay later (BNPL) credit product first entered the fintech start-up space a few years ago, it was predicted that the service on offer would have very high demand. Indeed, Australian companies like Afterpay and Zip met these expectations, with the BNPL service now making up 2.3% of the global ecommerce market […]
Japan’s credit card payment to reach nearly US$900 billion in 2025 following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, forecasts GlobalData
Improving economic conditions and rising consumer spending following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions will drive the growth of the Japanese credit card payments market by 7.8% in 2022, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s Payment Cards Analytics database, the value of credit card payments in Japan is estimated to […]
Australia’s credit and charge card payment market to grow by 4.9% in 2022, forecasts GlobalData
The Australian credit and charge card payments market is set to grow by 4.9% in 2022, while the debit card payments market will grow by 11.3% as a result of improving economic conditions and rising consumer spending, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company also notes that the market is expected to grow […]
Apple is finally entering the Buy Now Pay Later sector set to be worth $576 billion by 2026, says GlobalData
Following the news that Apple will launch its own Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) service in the US in September 2022 with the release of iOS 16; Chris Dinga, Payments Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “Though Apple is entering a saturated sector which is gradually attracting the attention […]
Card payments in the UAE to grow by 9.4% in 2022 following post-pandemic recovery, says GlobalData
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) card payments market is set to grow by 9.4% in 2022. Although the COVID-19 pandemic impacted consumer spending in general, it has propelled the shift in consumer preference towards cashless payment methods, observes GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Ravi Sharma, Lead Banking and Payments Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The […]
Fraud prevention desperately needed for crypto and central bank digital currencies as sector a prime target for hackers, says GlobalData
Following the news that Indexed Finance is still trying to recover the $16 million it lost as part of an elaborate flash loan hack back in October 2021; Chris Dinga, Payments Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “The growing popularity of the crypto sector has made it a prime […]
‘Buy Now Pay Later’ global transaction value reached $120 billion in 2021, according to GlobalData
‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) is quickly gaining popularity as an alternative payment option, with GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Buy Now Pay Later – Thematic Research’, revealing that the global transaction value for BNPL payments reached $120 billion in 2021, and is set to reach $576 billion by 2026. Further, BNPL made up 2.3% of the […]
Mobile wallets go mainstream in South Korea consumer payments market, observes GlobalData
Mobile wallet payments are becoming the ‘mainstream’ payment method in South Korea, gradually displacing traditional payments such as cash and cards, with nearly two-thirds of South Koreans using mobile wallets at shops, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s 2021 Financial Services Consumer Survey*, which was carried out in Q1 […]
Asia-Pacific credit and charge cards market to grow by 13.7% in 2022, forecasts GlobalData
Credit and charge cards market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is poised to register a significant growth of 13.7% in 2022, supported by recovery in economic conditions, rising consumer disposable income, and growing preference towards electronic payments, forecasts GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s Payment Cards Analytics, credit and charge card payments value […]
Alternative payments to disrupt Philippines e-commerce payments market, says GlobalData
Alternative payment tools have emerged as mainstream for e-commerce payments in the Philippines and accounted for 30.7% in total e-commerce value in 2021, with mobile and digital wallets displacing traditional payment methods like cash and cards, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s E-Commerce Payments Analytics reveals that the e-commerce […]
North Europeans found to be some of the most avid card users, according to GlobalData
The people of key countries in North Europe have been found to be some of the most willing to pay for goods and services using payment cards (debit, credit or contactless), according to research by GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that 245 card transactions were made in Denmark per person in 2021, […]
Equities, mutual funds to drive Singapore affluent population growth at 3.7% AAGR between 2022-2026, forecasts GlobalData
The Singaporean wealth market remains resilient and continues to grow despite the impact of COVID-19, with the affluent population witnessing 4.5% growth in 2021. With the country’s economy coming out of the ill-effects of COVID-19, this population segment, which includes mass affluent investors (holding liquid assets of US$50,000–$1m) and high-net-worth (HNW) individuals (holding liquid assets […]
Klarna reporting transactions is a big blow to banks as it competes with credit cards, says GlobalData
Following the news that Klarna will now begin reporting transactions; Jaimini Pattani, Banking Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “For a long time now, the most significant benefit of using credit cards over Klarna, or other Buy Now, Pay Later options, was the fact that credit cards allowed a […]
Top 25 banks by market capitalization continued to maintain stability in their market values in Q1 2022 despite Russia-Ukraine crisis, says GlobalData
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis, the aggregate market capitalization (MCap) of the global top 25 banks remained stable at $3.8 trillion in Q1 2022*, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that not only did 15 out of the 25 banks report growth over Q4 2021**, but the most impressive performers—Mitsubishi UFJ, […]
Crypto firms continue to clash with governments over regulations, says GlobalData
In response to the news that crypto business leaders are objecting to EU proposals to regulate cryptocurrencies, including requiring crypto firms to disclose transaction details; Amrit Dhami, Associate Analyst in the Thematic Research team at GlobalData, comments: “Anonymity is big within the world of cryptocurrency, from the anonymous crypto wallets to the creative pseudonyms of […]
Buy now pay later set to disrupt consumer payments in Australia, says GlobalData
Buy now pay later (BNPL) is gaining prominence and emerging as an alternative credit tool for consumers in Australia, with tech-savvy millennials especially using the service, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. BNPL provides consumers with the flexibility to pay for their purchases at later dates with low or no-interest, making it a […]