The Cards and Payments Industry in Canada: Emerging Trends and Opportunities to 2021

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GlobalData’s 'The Cards and Payments Industry in Canada: Emerging Trends and Opportunities to 2021' report provides detailed analysis of market trends in the Canadian cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performance indicators in the industry, including credit transfers, direct debits, check payments, payment cards and cash transactions during the review period (2012–2016).

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 the forecast period (2017–2021). It also offers information on the country's competitive landscape, including the market shares of issuers and schemes.

The report brings together GlobalData’s research, modeling, and analysis expertise to allow banks and card issuers to identify segment dynamics and competitive advantages. The report also covers details of regulatory policy and recent changes in the regulatory structure.

GlobalData’s 'The Cards and Payments Industry in Canada: Emerging Trends and Opportunities to 2021' report provides top-level market analysis, information and insights into the Canadian cards and payments industry, including:

– Current and forecast values for each market in the Canadian cards and payments industry, including debit, credit and charge cards.
– Detailed insights into payment instruments including credit transfers, direct debits, cash transactions, checks and payment cards. It also, includes an overview of the country's key alternative payment instruments.
– E-commerce market analysis and payment methods.
– Analysis of various market drivers and regulations governing the Canadian cards and payments industry.
– Detailed analysis of strategies adopted by banks and other institutions to market debit, credit and charge cards.
– Comprehensive analysis of consumer attitudes and buying preferences for cards.
– The competitive landscape in the Canadian cards and payments industry.

Scope

– This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Canadian cards and payments industry.

– It provides current values for the Canadian cards and payments industry for 2016, and forecast figures to 2021.

– It details the different demographic, economic, infrastructural and business drivers affecting the Canadian cards and payments industry.

– It outlines the current regulatory framework in the industry.

– It details marketing strategies used by various banks and other institutions.

Key Highlights

– To benefit from a growing preference for alternative payments, banks and payment solution providers are launching new solutions. Apple launched its mobile payment (m-payment) solution in November 2015. The service was expanded in partnership with some of the country’s largest financial institutions in May 2016. Following this, Samsung Electronics launched Samsung Pay in partnership with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in November 2016, while American Express introduced Amex Pay in December.

– Contactless payments are gaining ground in Canada, due to retailers’ extensive deployment of contactless POS terminals and consumer enthusiasm for the convenience of contactless. According to the Canadian Payment Methods and Trends: 2016 report by Payments Canada, both contactless volumes and values increased by 70% in 2015. The volume of contactless payments increased from 125 million in 2011 to 1.2 billion in 2015. Similarly, contactless transaction values increased from US$6.1 billion (CAD6 billion) to US$26.3 billion (CAD33.7 billion) over the same period. Contactless cards received a push from all major banks – including Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Bank of Montreal (BMO), CIBC, Scotiabank and TD Canada Trust – offering contactless debit and credit cards.

– The number of consumers using mobile devices to conduct their banking transactions is steadily increasing. According to the Canadian Bankers Association, over 200 million banking transactions were conducted using mobile devices in 2015. To benefit from the growing preference for mobile banking, Toronto-based Equitable Bank launched a digital-only bank called EQ Bank in January 2016 and in July BMO introduced a new service which allows customers to open an account in minutes via a smartphone. The service does not require the user to visit a branch or download an app but instead runs an intuitive, conversational interface. Scotiabank introduced similar service in the same month, enabling customers to open a checking or savings account in less than five minutes. The service was extended to small business owners in October 2016, enabling them to open a savings account.

Reasons to Buy

– Make strategic business decisions, using top-level historic and forecast market data, related to the Canadian cards and payments industry and each market within it.

– Understand the key market trends and growth opportunities in the Canadian cards and payments industry.

– Assess the competitive dynamics in the Canadian cards and payments industry.

– Gain insights into marketing strategies used for various card types in Canada.

– Gain insights into key regulations governing the Canadian cards and payments industry.

Royal Bank of Canada
TD Canada Trust
Scotiabank
Bank of Montreal
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Amex Bank of Canada
American Express
Visa
Mastercard
Interac
Moneris Solutions
Chase Paymentech Solutions
Global Payments
TD Merchant Services

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1. Market overview

1.2. Key facts

1.3. Top five industry events

2 PAYMENT INSTRUMENTS

2.1. Current payment environment

3 E-COMMERCE AND ALTERNATIVE PAYMENTS

3.1. E-commerce market analysis

3.2. Alternative payment solutions

3.2.1. PayPal

3.2.2. Apple Pay

3.2.3. Samsung Pay

3.2.4. Amex Pay

3.2.5. Interac Online

3.2.6. Interac e-Transfer

3.2.7. Ugo Wallet

3.2.8. Visa Checkout

3.2.9. MasterPass

3.2.10. Zoompass

3.2.11. SafetyPay

3.2.12. RBC Wallet

3.2.13. QuickPass

4 REGULATIONS IN THE CARDS AND PAYMENTS INDUSTRY

4.1. Regulatory framework

4.1.1. Regulations pertaining to cards

4.2. Anti-money laundering (AML)

4.3. Foreign direct investment (FDI) regulations

5 ANALYSIS OF CARDS AND PAYMENTS INDUSTRY DRIVERS

6 PAYMENT CARDS

7 DEBIT CARDS

7.1. Debit cards market analysis

7.2. Competition in debit cards market

7.3. Debit cards comparison

8 PAY LATER CARDS

8.1. Pay later cards market analysis

8.2. Competition in pay later cards market

8.3. Pay later cards comparison

9 PREPAID CARDS

10 MERCHANT ACQUIRING

11 APPENDIX

11.1. Abbreviations and acronyms

11.2. Supplementary data

11.3. Definitions

11.4. Common payment card features

11.5. Methodology

11.6. Bibliography

11.7. Further reading

Table

Table 1: Canada, Key Facts, 2016

Table 2: Canada, Regional Benchmarking of Payment Cards, 2016

Table 3: Canada, Mode of Entry of Foreign Banks

Table 4: Canada, Debit Cards Comparison and Key Features, 2016

Table 5: Canada, Gold Credit Cards Comparison and Key Features, 2016

Table 6: Canada, Premium Credit Cards Comparison and Key Features, 2016

Table 7: Canada, Charge Cards Comparison and Key Features, 2016

Table 8: Canada, Payment Instrument Transaction Values (CAD Billion), 2012–2016

Table 9: Canada, Payment Instrument Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2012–2016

Table 10: Canada, Payment Instrument Transaction Volumes (Million), 2012–2016

Table 11: Canada, Payment Cards in Circulation by Type (Million), 2012–2021

Table 12: Canada, Volume of Payment Card Transactions (Million), 2012–2021

Table 13: Canada, Value of Payment Card Transactions (CAD Billion), 2012–2021

Table 14: Canada, Value of Payment Card Transactions (US$ Billion), 2012–2021

Table 15: Canada, Debit Cards in Circulation (Million), 2012–2021

Table 16: Canada, Debit Card Transaction Volumes, 2012–2021

Table 17: Canada, Debit Card Transaction Values (CAD), 2012–2021

Table 18: Canada, Debit Card Transaction Values (US$), 2012–2021

Table 19: Canada, Debit Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Million), 2012–2016

Table 20: Canada, Debit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (CAD Billion), 2012–2016

Table 21: Canada, Debit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Billion), 2012–2016

Table 22: Canada, Debit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (CAD Billion), 2012–2016

Table 23: Canada, Debit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (US$ Billion), 2012–2016

Table 24: Canada, Pay Later Cards in Circulation (Million), 2012–2021

Table 25: Canada, Pay Later Card Transaction Volumes, 2012–2021

Table 26: Canada, Pay Later Card Transaction Values (CAD), 2012–2021

Table 27: Canada, Pay Later Card Transaction Values (US$), 2012–2021

Table 28: Canada, Pay Later Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Million), 2012–2016

Table 29: Canada, Pay Later Card Transaction Values by Scheme (CAD Billion), 2012–2016

Table 30: Canada, Pay Later Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Billion), 2012–2016

Table 31: Canada, Pay Later Card Transaction Values by Issuer (CAD Billion), 2012–2016

Table 32: Canada, Pay Later Card Transaction Values by Issuer (US$ Billion), 2012–2016

Table 33: Canada, Credit Cards in Circulation (Million), 2012–2021

Table 34: Canada, Credit Card Transaction Volumes, 2012–2021

Table 35: Canada, Credit Card Transaction Values (CAD), 2012–2021

Table 36: Canada, Credit Card Transaction Values (US$), 2012–2021

Table 37: Canada, Credit Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Million), 2012–2016

Table 38: Canada, Credit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (CAD Billion), 2012–2016

Table 39: Canada, Credit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Billion), 2012–2016

Table 40: Canada, Charge Cards in Circulation (Million), 2012–2021

Table 41: Canada, Charge Card Transaction Volumes, 2012–2021

Table 42: Canada, Charge Card Transaction Values (CAD), 2012–2021

Table 43: Canada, Charge Card Transaction Values (US$), 2012–2021

Table 44: Canada, Charge Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Thousand), 2012–2016

Table 45: Canada, Charge Card Transaction Values by Scheme (CAD Billion), 2012–2016

Table 46: Canada, Charge Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Billion), 2012–2016

Table 47: Canada, Prepaid Cards in Circulation (Million), 2012–2021

Table 48: Canada, Prepaid Card Transaction Values (CAD Billion), 2012–2021

Table 49: Canada, Prepaid Card Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2012–2021

Table 50: Canada, Merchant Acquiring Transaction Volumes (Billion), 2011–2020

Table 51: Canada, Merchant Acquiring Transaction Values (CAD Billion), 2011–2020

Table 52: Canada, Merchant Acquiring Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2011–2020

Table 53: Canada, Acquirers’ Transaction Volumes (Million), 2011–2015

Table 54: Canada, Acquirers’ Transaction Values (CAD Billion), 2011–2015

Table 55: Canada, Acquirers’ Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2011–2015

Table 56: Canada, Retail Outlets and Card Accepting Merchants (Thousand), 2011–2020

Table 57: Canada, Debit Card Average Interchange Fees (%), 2011–2015

Table 58: Canada, Debit Card Merchant Service Charge and Interchange Fee (%), 2011–2020

Table 59: Canada, Pay Later Card Average Interchange Fees (%), 2011–2015

Table 60: Canada, Pay Later Card Merchant Service Charge and Interchange Fee (%), 2011–2020

Table 61: Definitions of Commonly Used Terms

Table 62: Common Features of Payment Cards

Table 63: Annual Average Exchange Rate (CAD–US$), 2012–2012

Figures

Figure 1: Canada, Payment Instrument Shares by Transaction Value (%), 2012 vs 2016

Figure 2: Canada, Payment Instrument Shares by Transaction Volume (%), 2012 vs 2016

Figure 3: Canada, E-Commerce Value

Figure 4: Canada, Population and Economic Indicators

Figure 5: Canada, ATMs, POS Terminals and Household Consumption

Figure 6: Canada, Payment Cards Transaction Value and Cards in Circulation, 2012–2021

Figure 7: Canada, Debit Card Penetration and Turnover Per Card

Figure 8: Canada, Debit Cards Scheme and Issuer Transaction Value Share (%), 2016

Figure 9: Canada, Pay Later Card Penetration and Turnover Per Card

Figure 10: Canada, Pay Later Cards Scheme and Issuer Transaction Value Share (%), 2016

Figure 11: Canada, Prepaid Cards in Circulation and Transaction Value, 2012–2021

Figure 12: Canada, Merchant Acquiring Transaction Volume and Value, 2011–2020

Figure 13: Canada, Acquirers’ Market Share (%), 2015

Figure 14: Canada, Average Merchant Service Charge and Interchange Fee (%), 2011–2020

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