The Cards and Payments Industry in Chile: Emerging trends and opportunities to 2020

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GlobalData’s "The Cards and Payments Industry in Chile: Emerging trends and opportunities to 2020", report provides detailed analysis of market trends in the Chilean cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performance indicators in the industry, including credit transfers, payment cards, cash, direct debit, and cheques during the review-period (2012-16e).

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 (2016-20f). 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.

This report provides top-level market analysis, information and insights into the Chilean cards and payments industry, including –
– Current and forecast values for each market in the Chilean cards and payments industry, including debit and credit cards.
– Detailed insights into payment instruments including credit transfers, cash, cheques, direct debit, and payment cards. It also, includes an overview of the country's key alternative payment instruments.
– E-commerce market analysis.
– Analysis of various market drivers and regulations governing the Chilean cards and payments industry.
– Detailed analysis of strategies adopted by banks and other institutions to market debit and credit cards.

Scope

– To capitalize on the growing adoption of alternative payment solutions in the country, BBVA Chile launched its mobile wallet, BBVA Wallet, in April 2015. The wallet allows users to make contactless mobile payments without the need to authenticate transactions with a PIN. The wallet is directly linked to the customer’s bank account. Meanwhile Visa launched Visa Checkout in Chile in February 2015. It allows users to store multiple card details and billing addresses for faster checkout. Once details are saved they can be used for future payments.

– To promote electronic payments in Chile, Mastercard has launched various payment solutions. It launched the Qkr! mobile app for Android and iOS mobile phone users in June 2015, enabling consumers to make faster and secure payments using a mobile phone or tablet. The app is available free of charge, and only requires users to register their credit card details. Chile was the first Latin American country to offer this solution, which is now mostly targeted at sports fans. It allows them to order food from their seat while watching matches at the National, Estadio Monumental David Arellano, and La Portada stadiums. Mastercard also offers its Masterpass payment solution in Chile for online shoppers. Masterpass allows users to pay from a list of pre-stored card and shipping information.

– To serve the unbanked population and promote prepaid cards in the country, the central bank introduced a new regulation on prepaid cards in 2015. Non-banking organizations under the purview of the Superintendence of Banks and Financial Institutions (SBIF) are now allowed to issue prepaid cards. A customer’s identity must be verified before offering a prepaid card in order to curb money laundering and terrorist financing activities.

Reasons to Buy

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

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

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

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

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

Banco del Estado de Chile
Banco Santander Chile
Bci
Banco de Chile
Banco Falabella
Banco Ripley
Banco Itaú Chile
Redcompra
Scotiabank
CuentaRUT
Magna
Visa
Mastercard
American Express

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2

1.1. Market overview 2

1.2. Key facts 3

1.3. Top five industry events 4

2. PAYMENT INSTRUMENTS 10

2.1. Current payment environment 10

3. E-COMMERCE AND ALTERNATIVE PAYMENTS 12

3.1. E-commerce market analysis 12

3.2. Alternative payment solutions 13

3.2.1. PayPal 13

3.2.2. BBVA Wallet 13

3.2.3. Visa Checkout 13

3.2.4. Masterpass 13

3.2.5. Qkr! 13

3.2.6. Servipag 14

4. REGULATIONS IN THE CARDS AND PAYMENTS INDUSTRY 15

4.1. Regulatory framework 15

4.2. AML 16

4.3. Foreign direct investment regulations 16

5. ANALYSIS OF CARDS AND PAYMENTS INDUSTRY DRIVERS 17

6. PAYMENT CARDS 19

7. DEBIT CARDS 21

7.1. Debit card market analysis 21

7.2. Competition in the debit card market 23

7.3. Debit card comparison 25

8. PAY-LATER CARDS 26

8.1. Pay-later card market analysis 26

8.2. Competition in the pay-later card market 28

8.3. Pay-later card comparison 30

9. PREPAID CARDS 32

10. APPENDIX 33

10.1. Abbreviations and acronyms 33

10.2. Supplementary data 34

10.3. Definitions 43

10.4. Methodology 45

10.5. Bibliography 47

10.6. Further reading 47

Table

List of Tables

Table 1: Chile: key facts, 2016 3

Table 2: Chile: regional benchmarking of payment cards, 2016 3

Table 3: Chile: mode of entry of foreign banks 16

Table 4: Chile: debit card comparison and key features, 2017 25

Table 5: Chile: gold credit card comparison and key features, 2017 30

Table 6: Chile: premium credit cards comparison and key features, 2017 31

Table 7: Chile: payment instrument transaction values (CLPtn), 2012-16e 34

Table 8: Chile: payment instrument transaction values ($bn), 2012-16e 34

Table 9: Chile: payment instrument transaction volumes (millions), 2012-16e 34

Table 10: Chile: payment cards in circulation by type (millions), 2012-20f 35

Table 11: Chile: volume of payment card transactions (millions), 2012-20f 35

Table 12: Chile: value of payment card transactions (CLPtn), 2012-20f 35

Table 13: Chile: value of payment card transactions ($bn), 2012-20f 35

Table 14: Chile: debit cards in circulation (millions), 2012-20f 35

Table 15: Chile: debit card transaction volumes, 2012-20f 36

Table 16: Chile: debit card transaction values (CLP), 2012-20f 36

Table 17: Chile: debit card transaction values ($), 2012-20f 36

Table 18: Chile: debit cards in circulation by scheme (millions), 2012-16e 37

Table 19: Chile: debit card transaction values by scheme (CLPtn), 2012-16e 37

Table 20: Chile: debit card transaction values by scheme ($bn), 2012-16e 37

Table 21: Chile: debit card transaction values by issuer (CLPbn), 2012-16e 38

Table 22: Chile: debit card transaction values by issuer ($bn), 2012-16e 38

Table 23: Chile: pay-later cards in circulation (millions), 2012-20f 38

Table 24: Chile: pay-later card transaction volumes, 2012-20f 39

Table 25: Chile: pay-later card transaction values (CLP), 2012-20f 39

Table 26: Chile: pay-later card transaction values ($), 2012-20f 39

Table 27: Chile: pay-later cards in circulation by scheme (000s), 2012-16e 40

Table 28: Chile: pay-later card transaction values by scheme (CLPbn), 2012-16e 40

Table 29: Chile: pay-later card transaction values by scheme ($m), 2012-16e 40

Table 30: Chile: pay-later card transaction values by issuer (CLPbn), 2012-16 41

Table 31: Chile: pay-later card transaction values by issuer ($m), 2012-16e 41

Table 32: Chile: prepaid cards in circulation (000s), 2012-20f 41

Table 33: Chile: prepaid card transaction values (CLPbn), 2012-20f 42

Table 34: Chile: prepaid card transaction values ($m), 2012-20f 42

Table 35: Key definitions 43

Figures

List of Figures

Figure 1: Chile: payment instrument shares by transaction value (%), 2012 vs 2016 10

Figure 2: Chile: payment instrument shares by transaction volume (%), 2012 vs 2016 11

Figure 3: Chile: e-commerce value, 2012-20f 12

Figure 4: Chile: population and economic indicators 17

Figure 5: Chile: ATMs, POS terminals, and household consumption 18

Figure 6: Chile: payment card transaction value and cards in circulation, 2012-20f 19

Figure 7: Chile: debit card penetration and turnover per card 21

Figure 8: Chile: debit card scheme and issuer transaction value shares, 2016 23

Figure 9: Chile: pay-later card penetration and turnover per card 26

Figure 10: Chile: pay-later card scheme and issuer transaction value shares, 2016 28

Figure 11: Chile: prepaid cards in circulation and transaction value, 2012-20f 32

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