Cards are provided by a bank or other financial organization, which enables users to withdraw money or make purchases using a line of credit. Payment instruments are systems that enable funds held in accounts at credit, payment or similar institutions to be transferred to a payee on receipt of a payment order.
The main types of cards and payments are cards and payments. The cards refer to the debit and credit cards that are issued by a bank to manage financial transactions. The various institution types include banking institutions, non-banking institutions. The cards are used for food and groceries, health and pharmacy, restaurants and bars, consumer electronics, media and entertainment, travel and tourism, other applications.
The global cards and payments market is segmented -
1) By Type: Cards, Payments
2) By Institution Type: Banking Institutions, Non-Banking Institutions
3) By Application: Food And Groceries, Health And Pharmacy, Restaurants And Bars, Consumer Electronics, Media And Entertainment, Travel And Tourism, Other Applications
Subsegments Covered: Credit Card, Debit Card, Charge Card, Prepaid Card
The global cards & payments market size grew from $833.27 billion in 2022 to $903.22 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.4%. The Russia-Ukraine war disrupted the chances of global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. The war between these two countries has led to economic sanctions on multiple countries, a surge in commodity prices, and supply chain disruptions, causing inflation across goods and services and affecting many markets across the globe. The market size of global cards & payments market is expected to grow to $1238.14 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 8.2%.
Cards and payments companies are investing in technologies and formulating guidelines to prevent card and payment fraud. In this regard, payment service providers and merchants have implemented various solutions, including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance, EMV technology, 3-D Secure services, tokenization, biometrics, and end-to-end encryption. To combat the constantly evolving card fraud methods, the National Retail Federation (NRF) also updates its security guidelines continuously.
Major companies in the cards and payments market include American Express, Banco Santander, Visa, PayPal, MasterCard, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Apple, China Construction Bank, and Intesa Sanpaolo.
Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the cards and payments market size in 2022. Western Europe was the second largest region in the card and payments market. The regions covered in the global cards and payments market analysis report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, and Africa.
The countries covered in the cards and payments market are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
The cards and payments market consists of revenues earned by entities that are engaged in storing, processing and transmitting payment card data, and facilitating payment transfers between individuals, companies or both. The payments industry consists of establishments primarily engaged in processing money transfers and payments between various accounts. This market covers issuing and acquiring banks, card processing and issuing companies and others. Revenue generated from the cards and payments market include all processing and service fees levied by banks and financial institutions for payments processing and for processing card based payments. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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