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Analyst Opinions
Alternative Payment Solution: Pingit
Pingit was the UK’s first instant mobile payments app, introduced by Barclays in 2012. Initially launched as a P2P payment service between individuals, it extended its service for merchants, allowing them to accept payments for online and offline purchases. The service was initially only offered to Barclays account holders, before being extended to all UK residents with a UK-registered mobile number and UK bank account. The app can be downloaded from the App Store, Google Play Store and the Windows...
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Analyst Opinions
Payment Company Profile: Square
Square is a US-based payment services provider. It enables businesses to accept payments through methods including debit and credit cards issued by all major scheme providers (including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, and China UnionPay), as well as NFC-based solutions such as Google Pay and Apple Pay. For offline payments, Square offers an array of traditional and mobile point of sale (mPOS) solutions for payment acceptance via magnetic stripe, chip, and NFC cards and payment solutions. It also enables...
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Analyst Opinions
Alternative Payment Solution: Yandex.Money
Yandex.Money is one of the most popular payment solutions in Russia. It was launched in July 2002, as a joint venture between Yandex and PayCash Group, before Yandex later became the sole owner. In July 2013, however, Yandex sold a 75% stake in Yandex.Money to Sberbank, and is now a minority stakeholder in the joint venture. Yandex.Money allows users to make both online and offline payments, as well as P2P fund transfers. It offers online checkout through Yandex.Checkout, allowing online...
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Analyst Opinions
Alternative Payment Solution: TransferWise
TransferWise is a global cross-border money transfer solution. Founded in the UK in March 2010, the solution now enables users to transfer money globally in 49 currencies to recipients’ bank accounts. TransferWise operates on a P2P money transfer model with a network of international accounts around the world. Instead of transferring the sender's money directly to the recipient in the foreign country, TransferWise redirects them to the recipient of another transfer going in the opposite direction, thereby eliminating the need...
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Sector Analysis
Payments Landscape in Kenya: Opportunities and Risks to 2022
GlobalData’s "Payments Landscape in Kenya: Opportunities and Risks to 2022", report provides detailed analysis of market trends in the Kenya's cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performance indicators in the industry, including cash, cards, and cheques during the review-period (2014-18e). The report also analyzes various payment card markets operating in the industry and provides detailed information on the number of cards in circulation, transaction values and volumes during the review-period and over...
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Sector Analysis
Payments Landscape in Chile: Opportunities and Risks to 2022
GlobalData’s "Payments Landscape in Chile: Opportunities and Risks to 2022", report provides detailed analysis of market trends in Chilean cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performance indicators in the industry, including cash, cards, credit transfers, direct debits, and cheques during the review-period (2014-18e). The report also analyzes various payment card markets operating in the industry, and provides detailed information on the number of cards in circulation, transaction values and volumes during the...
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Sector Analysis
Payments Landscape in Morocco: Opportunities and Risks to 2022
GlobalData’s "Payments Landscape in Morocco: Opportunities and Risks to 2022", report provides detailed analysis of market trends in the Moroccan cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performance indicators in the industry, including cards, credit transfers, direct debits, and cheques during the review-period (2014-18e). The report also analyzes various payment card markets operating in the industry and provides detailed information on the number of cards in circulation, transaction values and volumes during the...
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Sector Analysis
Payments Landscape in the UK: Opportunities and Risks to 2022 (including Consumer Survey Insights)
GlobalData’s "Payments Landscape in the UK: Opportunities and Risks to 2022 (including Consumer Survey Insights)", report provides detailed analysis of market trends in the UK cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performance indicators in the industry, including cash, cards, credit transfers, direct debits, and cheques during the review-period (2014-18e). The report also analyzes various payment card markets operating in the industry and provides detailed information on the number of cards in circulation,...
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Sector Analysis
Payments Landscape in Finland: Opportunities and Risks to 2022
GlobalData’s "Payments Landscape in Finland: Opportunities and Risks to 2022", report provides detailed analysis of market trends in the Finnish cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performance indicators in the industry, including cash, cards, credit transfers and cheques during the review-period (2014-18e). The report also analyzes various payment card markets operating in the industry and provides detailed information on the number of cards in circulation, transaction values and volumes during the review-period...
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Sector Analysis
Payments Landscape in Austria: Opportunities and Risks to 2022
GlobalData’s "Payments Landscape in Austria: Opportunities and Risks to 2022", report provides detailed analysis of market trends in the Austrian cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performance indicators in the industry, including cash, cards, credit transfers, direct debit, and cheques during the review-period (2014-18e). The report also analyzes various payment card markets operating in the industry and provides detailed information on the number of cards in circulation, transaction values and volumes during...
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