Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Australia’s Cards and Payments Market Trends, Size, Drivers, Strategies, Products and Competitive Landscape



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The Australian card payments channel registered marginal growth between 2008 and 2012. A positive economic outlook, the need for more sophisticated prepaid cards and an increase in online shopping all combined to support the growth of the card payments channel.

Over the last five years, the card payments channel increased in volume at a CAGR of 5.18% to reach 98.0 million cards in circulation in 2012. In value terms, the card payments channel valued AUD601.0 billion (US$624.2 billion). As more consumers move away from cash, card payments are expected to deliver strong growth over the coming years.


The card payments channel grew moderately between 2008 and 2012, both in terms of volume and value. In terms of transaction volume it posted a CAGR of 5.18%, growing from 80.1 million transactions in 2008 to 98.0 million in 2012. Debit and credit card transactions remained key growth drivers, followed by the emerging prepaid cards category.

The total card transaction volume is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.20% over the next few years to reach 115.7 million in 2017. In value terms, the channel recorded a CAGR of 4.98% over the last five years, from AUD494.7 billion (US$415 billion) in 2008 to AUD601.0 billion (US$624.2 billion) in 2012 and is expected to post a CAGR of 3.47% from AUD630.0 billion (US$637.7 billion) in 2013 to AUD722.1 billion (US$673.4 billion) in 2017. This growth is expected to be driven by increasing demand for prepaid cards, improvements to the regulatory framework, online and mobile commerce, and a positive economic outlook.


The emergence of mobile commerce in Australia has supported the development of contactless payments and near-field communication (NFC) platforms. The arrival of MasterCard PayPass, a smartphone contactless payment mechanism, is one of the main developments. To make use of the benefits of Pay Pass, a number of issuers are supplying PayPass-enabled cards. In 2011, Vodafone, in partnership with Visa, introduced a mobile wallet service to provide shoppers with the ability to pay for products or services via their Smartphone handset.

The development of mobile wallets, specifically for mobile commerce, is expected to change the dynamics of the card payments channel. It will create a wave of new handset original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and NFC chip makers, aiming to capitalize from this new revenue stream. This will increase competition between commercial banks, in many cases force them to adopt evolving payment technologies to gain a competitive advantage.

A number of important economic, business and infrastructural drivers are expected to promote the Australian cards and payments industry. The growth of per capita GDP and lower inflationary pressures are bolstering payment channels. Prepaid cards, government purchase cards, e-commerce and mobile commerce are also considered positive drivers. Infrastructural drivers include the government’s insistence on bank-developed software applications for mobile and e-banking purposes.

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