Consumer Finance

Although UnionPay is the largest card operator globally by card payment value, it is still far behind Visa and Mastercard outside China across all card segments. Besides commercial cards, its mobile app and QR, in which it has been expanding,…

The world market for consumer finance continues to see card and electronic payment value grow for consumers around the world as consumer confidence strengthens. Card payment value growth over the forecast period is expected to be driven by credit…

Visa is the second largest network operator globally after UnionPay. The company is known for its long-term stability and global reach, enabling secure payments for consumers in all of the world’s regions. 2022 has been a successful year for Visa, as…

American Express is a diverse financial services provider and is one of the largest card issuers and card networks globally. In financial products, the company is best known for its charge and commercial card products. American Express is one of the…

Mastercard Inc has stood as the third largest operator of payment cards for many years. The company, far from just a global player in the card space, has diversified to B2B and P2P payments, API integration, Buy Now Pay Later, and other realms.…

Discover Financial Services, based in the US, is one of the largest card network operators in the world. The company issues a variety of cards in its home market, while operating three separate types of networks: Discover Network, a primarily credit…

This report examines how the future of globalisation, the future of work and education and future priorities and preferences have changed for the consumer finance industry. Innovation in payments are driving greater merchant acceptance and consumer…

Prior to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Asia Pacific had already begun to emerge as a leading edge of development in financial technology and digital transactions. This report leverages data from Euromonitor’s Consumer Finance and Economies and…

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the traditional consumer finance and payment landscape in a short period of time, and, given its scale, the impact is likely to remain for some time. Card networks, issuers and fintech face a variety of opportunities…

Global cross-border transaction market is projected to exceed USD40 trillion in 2028, largely driven by trading. Fast, low cost and secure became the three key service requirements of embedded cross-border transaction solutions, while local…

This briefing examines how the finance and insurance industry is performing globally, and in the largest countries in terms of finance and insurance output. The report also provides data for production, market size, imports, exports, industry costs,…

Embedded finance is the critical factor to improve customer journey and drive transformation for services industries.. With travel recovery and sluggish volume sales of automotives, embedded finance is considered to have the most potential to build…

From a product perspective, embedded payment market competition has been intensified with digital players, which are challenging the card operators. For deposit and lending, leading banks such as Goldman Sachs and CIMB have made their names in the…

Embedded finance is a critical factor in improving the customer journey and driving transformation. Leading embedded finance partners enable non-financial clients to offer diversified financial products and services, with simplified integration,…

Embedded finance has been rapidly evolving from non-digital to digital. If finance is the fuel for the economy, then digital embedded finance is the invisible aviation grade fuel powering jets of digital businesses. Supportive regulations, improving…

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the consumer landscape, giving rise to changes in consumer priorities and preferences. This requires companies across a range consumer industries – from alcoholic drinks and apparel and footwear through to home…

In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with rising income inequality being among the key ones. Nevertheless, addressing the income inequality through catering to the Bottom of the Pyramid and the Middle Class…

Now in its seventh edition, this report explores the top digital shopper trends that will redefine commerce the most in the year ahead. Some of the trends included in this edition touch on topics such as second-hand shopping, community group buying,…

In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…

Technological advances are creating unprecedented change across consumer-facing industries. The Digital Consumer Survey, fielded in March and April, offers insight into the pace and depth of this evolution, tracking consumer behaviour, attitudes,…