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Company Insights
Bambora - Competitor Profile
Founded in 2015, Bambora is a global merchant acquiring solutions provider that enables merchants to accept in-store and online payments in over 100 currencies. For in-store payments, Bambora offers both regular and wireless POS terminals to merchants. For Bambora’s merchant clients, POS hardware is provided by Ingenico while software is offered by Bambora. The terminals are equipped with additional features such as NFC, dynamic currency conversion, and invoice payments. For online payments, Bambora offers Bambora Checkout, enabling merchants to accept...
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Company Insights
BLIK - Competitor Profile
BLIK is a Polish mobile payment solution launched by Polski Standard Płatności (PSP) in February 2015. PSP was formed in 2013 through strategic co-operation between six major Polish banks: Alior Bank, Millennium Bank, Bank Zachodni WBK (now Santander Bank Polska), ING Bank Śląski, mBank, and PKO Bank Polski. In April 2020, Mastercard became a shareholder of PSP and BLIK. All seven shareholders now hold an equal share in PSP. BLIK is offered by Polish banks as an additional service within...
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Analyst Opinions
POLi - Competitor Profile
POLi is an online payment solution offered by POLi Payments. Launched in 2006, it is currently available in Australia and New Zealand. The solution offers online banking-based payment services and is used to make payments to online retailers, utility service providers, airline operators, and government agencies. The solution allows users to pay for online purchases directly from their bank account without the need for a payment card. Merchants receive instant payment acknowledgment, allowing them to immediately supply goods or services...
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Analyst Opinions
Competitor Profile: Jiffy
Jiffy is an Italy-based mobile payment solution developed by SIA in October 2014. It is one of the leading P2P payment solutions in Europe with over 5 million users. The solution allows users to make P2P transfers in real-time on their smartphones. Jiffy allows money to be transferred by selecting the recipient from a mobile phone address book. SIA collaborates with Italian banks, which offer Jiffy as an additional service through their mobile banking apps. Transfers using Jiffy can be...
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Sector Analysis
Retail Savings and Investments in Italy - (COVID-19) Impact Snapshot
The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, dubbed COVID-19, is first and foremost a human tragedy, affecting millions of people globally. The contagious Coronavirus, which broke out at the close of 2019, has led to a medical emergency across the world, with the World Health Organization officially declaring the novel Coronavirus a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Fears surrounding the impact of COVID-19 have already significantly impacted the global economy, with most of countries across the world registering declines in their economic growth...
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Sector Analysis
Retail Savings and Investments in United Arab Emirates - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Sector Impact
The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, dubbed COVID-19, is first and foremost a human tragedy, affecting millions of people globally. The contagious Coronavirus, which broke out at the close of 2019, has led to a medical emergency across the world, with the World Health Organization officially declaring the novel Coronavirus a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Fears surrounding the impact of COVID-19 have already significantly impacted the global economy, with most of the countries across the world registering declines in their economic...
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Sector Analysis
Global Wealth Managers - Competitive Dynamics 2020
This report benchmarks the world’s leading wealth managers by managed client assets and financial performance. The report covers the 44 most prominent institutions, including standalone private banks and wealth managers, as well as competitors that are part of larger universal financial groups. All international public wealth managers with over $100bn in private client AUM are featured in the report. The leading wealth managers around the world entered 2020 in a relatively strong position with a stellar year for client assets,...
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Company Insights
Bank of Singapore (OCBC) - Competitor Profile
The Bank of Singapore is the Singapore-based private banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC Bank). It has a presence in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The bank focuses on serving high-net-worth (HNW) individuals and wealthy families. This report gives a comprehensive analysis of Bank of Singapore's private banking and wealth management operations. It offers insights into the company’s strategy and financial performance, including key data on assets under management (AUM). Customer targeting and service propositions are covered, as...
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Sector Analysis
South Korea Cards and Payments - Opportunities and Risks to 2024
GlobalData’s 'South Korea Cards and Payments - Opportunities and Risks to 2024' report provides detailed analysis of market trends in the Korean 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 (2016-20e). 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...
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Sector Analysis
Consumer Payments Country Snapshot: Italy
The consumer payments market in Italy is in many ways out of step with the rest of Western Europe. It has a comparatively low penetration of payment cards, although it also has the largest point of sale (POS) terminal network of any country in the region.