The payments market consists of sales of payments services by entities (organizations, sole traders, and partnerships) that are engaged in 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 includes all institutions involved in payment processing such as banks, non-banking financial institutions, and others. Revenue generated from the payments market includes all the processing and services fees levied by the banks and financial institutions for payment processing.
The global payments market is expected to grow from $466.29 billion in 2020 to $517.68 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11%. The growth is mainly due to the companies rearranging their operations and recovering from the COVID-19 impact, which had earlier led to restrictive containment measures involving social distancing, remote working, and the closure of commercial activities that resulted in operational challenges. The market is expected to reach $735.39 billion in 2025 at a CAGR of 9.2%.
The payments market is segmented by type into credit transfer, direct debit, check payment, cash deposit, and by application into banks, non-banking financial institutions, others.
The outbreak of COVID 19 is expected to drive the growth of the payments market over the forecast period. Contactless payments are becoming a preferred payment method in the current pandemic situation because less human contact is required. Contactless payment systems at the point of services, such as facial recognition, Quick Response (QR) codes, or Near-field Communication (NFCs), will render the virus less likely to spread to others via payment exchanges. In the first quarter of 2020, the credit card giant Mastercard announced a 40% increase in contactless payments as the global pandemic deepened. Therefore, the widespread of coronavirus is expected to propel the contactless payment market growth in the forecast period.
The increasing frauds in payments impacted the growth of the payments market. Payment fraud is a form of fraudulent or unlawful transaction carried out by a cybercriminal. Fraudsters use third-party platforms such as e-commerce portals to defraud consumers to pay for products or items that are never shipped. According to data recorded by the National Crime Records Bureau, 3,353 cases of digital fraud were reported in 2018. In India, a total of 21,041 fraud cases involving credit cards, debit cards, and internet banking were reported in just three months as of December 2019. Therefore, the increase in fraud cases restrains the growth of the payments market.
The integration of biometric authentication technology in payments is a key trend gaining popularity in the payments market. Biometric authentication is a specific and significant payment method that integrates and offers accuracy, effectiveness, and protection within a single package. The methods of authentication include fingerprint scanners, facial recognition, iris recognition, pulse tracking, and venous mapping. For example, in 2018, Visa, an American financial services company, introduced a pilot of a modern dual-interface (chip-and contactless-enabled) biometric payment card with Mountain America Credit Union and Bank of Cyprus. The card will evaluate the use of biometric authentication as an alternative to a PIN or signature during a transaction to validate the card issuer.
In November 2020, Refinitiv, a London-based financial services company acquired GIACT for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition of GIACT’s fraud prevention capabilities brings new offerings to Refinitiv’s customers by enhancing and broadening Refinitiv’s digital identity verification and document proofing solution. GIACT is a USA based financial services company.
The major players covered in the global payments market are PayPal, Square Inc., Apple Inc, Amazon Payments, Flagship Merchant Services, GoCardless, Bitpay, Stripe, Payline Data, FIS, Bank Of America, Industry And Commercial Bank Of China, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo And Company, Capital One, ACI Worldwide, MasterCard, Fiserv, Visa, Alipay, American Express, Samsung Electronics, National Merchants, Google Pay, X-Payments, Braintree, First Data Corporation, Adyen.
The countries covered in the global payments market are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA.
The regions covered in the global payments market are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The global payments market is segmented -
1) By Type: Credit Transfer, Direct Debit, Check Payment, Cash Deposit
2) By Application: Banks, Non-Banking Financial Institutions, Others
3) By End-User Industry: Retail, Banking and Financial Service, Telecommunication, Government, Transportation, Others
