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Credit Card Transactions in

Credit Cards in Greece

Oct 2019

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PROSPECTS

Increasing familiarity with card usage encourages greater interest in credit cards for smaller purchases

As Greek consumers gain further confidence in paying for goods, either in store-based retailers or online, with financial cards, primarily driven by the popularity of debit cards, they are also applying for an increasing number of credit cards. This trend helped to drive the impressive growth in the number of credit cards in circulation in 2019.

More cautious approach by both banks and consumers regarding issuing of and adoption of credit cards

Credit cards remained a much smaller category compared to debit cards in both number of cards in circulation and the value of transactions, with the latter more popular as Greek consumers attempt to keep control over their spending after years of developing a conservative approach following the Greek economic crisis in 2009. On the other hand, banks were also forced to adopt stricter policies due to non-performing card lending, regularly rejecting applications and reducing credit limits to avoid the massive debt of previous years.

Strong growth performance for commercial credit cards as banks target smaller companies to expand target audience

While holding low share within overall credit cards in terms of cards in circulation and transaction value compared to personal cards, commercial credit cards continued to outperform personal credit cards in terms of growth in the number of cards being adopted in 2019. Banks are increasingly willing to focus on small and medium enterprises when they target companies in their promotion of new products and services in order to expand their consumer base as many Greek companies continue to use personal credit cards for any expenses, offering competition to the category.

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

No change in rankings but American Express causes problems for Alpha bank in commercial credit cards

Credit cards continued to be led by the four main banks in 2018; Alpha Bank SA (leading issuer of personal credit cards), Piraeus Bank SA (leading issuer of commercial credit cards), EFG Eurobank Ergasias and National Bank of Greece with marginal share changes between them overall. Visa gained further share in credit cards to strengthen its position as the leading operator, as did second-ranked Mastercard as both players profited from American Express losing ground as it was in the process of leaving the Greek market following the country’s decision to implement the new PSD2 directive.

Further expansion of portfolio for Piraeus Bank to capitalise on growing demand for commercial credit cards

Moving forward and to regain some lost share to smaller players that entered commercial credit cards at the end of the review period, Piraeus Bank intends to expand its consumer base in 2019 with the launch of two new commercial cards, targeting small to medium enterprises. This is a promising move in the context of an ongoing economic recovery and is likely to be followed by the other major banks in the category given the high growth recorded by the number of commercial credit cards in circulation at the end of the review period.

Rewards and loyalty schemes incentivise greater use of credit cards

To increase awareness and incentivise consumers to use their credit cards, players are continuing to offer loyalty/reward schemes along with co-branded cards in conjunction with supermarkets (AB Plus Mastercard with AB Supermarkets), National Bank of Greece’s “go4more” rewards scheme and “Toyota” Visa, sports teams, shopping centres, airlines (Miles & More with Aegean Airlines) and telecoms providers.

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Charge Cards in Greece - Category analysis

Charge Cards in Greece - Company Profile

HEADLINES

PROSPECTS

Strong decline for personal charge cards with withdrawal of American Express

Commercial charge cards dominates category

Immaturity of commercial charge cards could offer further potential for growth with investment

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Alpha Bank remains sole issuer of charge cards

Mastercard to take over personal charge card portfolio but future remains in doubt

Visa and Diners likely to head up commercial charge cards following departure of American Express

CATEGORY DATA

Table 1 Charge Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2014-2019
Table 2 Charge Cards Transactions 2014-2019
Table 3 Charge Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 4 Charge Cards Transactions: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 5 Commercial Charge Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2014-2019
Table 6 Commercial Charge Cards Transactions 2014-2019
Table 7 Commercial Charge Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 8 Commercial Charge Cards Transactions: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 9 Personal Charge Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2014-2019
Table 10 Personal Charge Cards Transactions 2014-2019
Table 11 Personal Charge Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 12 Personal Charge Cards Transactions: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 13 Charge Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 14 Charge Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 15 Charge Cards Payment Transaction Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 16 Charge Cards Payment Transaction Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 17 Commercial Charge Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 18 Commercial Charge Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 19 Commercial Charge Cards Payment Transaction Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 20 Commercial Charge Cards Payment Transaction Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 21 Personal Charge Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 22 Personal Charge Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 23 Personal Charge Cards Transaction Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 24 Personal Charge Cards Transaction Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 25 Forecast Charge Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2019-2024
Table 26 Forecast Charge Cards Transactions 2019-2024
Table 27 Forecast Charge Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 28 Forecast Charge Cards Transactions: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 29 Forecast Commercial Charge Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2019-2024
Table 30 Forecast Commercial Charge Cards Transactions 2019-2024
Table 31 Forecast Commercial Charge Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 32 Forecast Commercial Charge Cards Transactions: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 33 Forecast Personal Charge Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2019-2024
Table 34 Forecast Personal Charge Cards Transactions 2019-2024
Table 35 Forecast Personal Charge Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 36 Forecast Personal Charge Cards Transactions: % Growth 2019-2024

Credit Cards in Greece - Category analysis

Credit Cards in Greece - Company Profile

HEADLINES

PROSPECTS

Increasing familiarity with card usage encourages greater interest in credit cards for smaller purchases

More cautious approach by both banks and consumers regarding issuing of and adoption of credit cards

Strong growth performance for commercial credit cards as banks target smaller companies to expand target audience

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

No change in rankings but American Express causes problems for Alpha bank in commercial credit cards

Further expansion of portfolio for Piraeus Bank to capitalise on growing demand for commercial credit cards

Rewards and loyalty schemes incentivise greater use of credit cards

CATEGORY DATA

Table 37 Credit Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2014-2019
Table 38 Credit Cards Transactions 2014-2019
Table 39 Credit Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 40 Credit Cards Transactions: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 41 Commercial Credit Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2014-2019
Table 42 Commercial Credit Cards Transactions 2014-2019
Table 43 Commercial Credit Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 44 Commercial Credit Cards Transactions: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 45 Personal Credit Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2014-2019
Table 46 Personal Credit Cards Transactions 2014-2019
Table 47 Personal Credit Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 48 Personal Credit Cards Transactions: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 49 Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 50 Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 51 Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 52 Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 53 Commercial Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 54 Commercial Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 55 Commercial Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 56 Commercial Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 57 Personal Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 58 Personal Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 59 Personal Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 60 Personal Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 61 Forecast Credit Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2019-2024
Table 62 Forecast Credit Cards Transactions 2019-2024
Table 63 Forecast Credit Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 64 Forecast Credit Cards Transactions: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 65 Forecast Commercial Credit Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2019-2024
Table 66 Forecast Commercial Credit Cards Transactions 2019-2024
Table 67 Forecast Commercial Credit Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 68 Forecast Commercial Credit Cards Transactions: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 69 Forecast Personal Credit Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2019-2024
Table 70 Forecast Personal Credit Cards Transactions 2019-2024
Table 71 Forecast Personal Credit Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 72 Forecast Personal Credit Cards Transactions: % Growth 2019-2024

Debit Cards in Greece - Category analysis

Debit Cards in Greece - Company Profile

HEADLINES

PROSPECTS

Ongoing strong performance by debit cards driven by increasing popularity of contactless and online payments

Government considers incentives to encourage higher usage of debit cards

High growth for commercial debit cards from a low base

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Static competitive landscape amongst leading banks

Banks’ rewards schemes offer incentive to consumers to use their debit cards

Dynamic Mastercard continues to outperform Visa

CATEGORY DATA

Table 73 Debit Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2014-2019
Table 74 Debit Cards Transactions 2014-2019
Table 75 Debit Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 76 Debit Cards Transactions: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 77 Debit Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 78 Debit Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 79 Debit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 80 Debit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 81 Forecast Debit Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2019-2024
Table 82 Forecast Debit Cards Transactions 2019-2024
Table 83 Forecast Debit Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 84 Forecast Debit Cards Transactions: % Growth 2019-2024

Pre-Paid Cards in Greece - Category analysis

Pre-Paid Cards in Greece - Company Profile

HEADLINES

PROSPECTS

Open loop pre-paid cards dominates transaction value driven by popularity of general purpose reloadable cards

Closed loop pre-paid cards boosted by rapid uptake of transportation cards

Government benefit cards supported by expansion of KEA cards

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Piraeus remains leading issuer of open loop but Oasa gains overall leadership of pre-paid cards in circulation due to ATH.ENA transportation cards

Alpha bank gains share in closed loop with new launch

Loyalty and reward schemes popular strategy to gain consumers’ attention in competitive landscape

CATEGORY DATA

Table 85 Pre-paid Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2014-2019
Table 86 Pre-paid Cards Transactions 2014-2019
Table 87 Pre-paid Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 88 Pre-paid Cards Transactions: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 89 Closed Loop Pre-paid Cards Transactions 2014-2019
Table 90 Closed Loop Pre-paid Cards Transactions: % Growth 2015-2019
Table 91 Open Loop Pre-paid Cards Transactions 2014-2019
Table 92 Open Loop Pre-paid Cards Transactions: % Growth 2014-2019
Table 93 Pre-paid Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 94 Pre-paid Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 95 Pre-paid Cards Transaction Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 96 Pre-paid Cards Transaction Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 97 Closed Loop Pre-paid Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 98 Closed Loop Pre-paid Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 99 Closed Loop Pre-paid Cards Transaction Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 100 Closed Loop Pre-paid Cards Transaction Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 101 Open Loop Pre-paid Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 102 Open Loop Pre-paid Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 103 Open Loop Pre-paid Cards Transaction Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 104 Open Loop Pre-paid Cards Transaction Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 105 Forecast Pre-paid Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2019-2024
Table 106 Forecast Pre-paid Cards Transactions 2019-2024
Table 107 Forecast Pre-paid Cards in Circulation: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 108 Forecast Pre-paid Cards Transactions: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 109 Forecast Closed Loop Pre-paid Cards Transactions 2019-2024
Table 110 Forecast Closed Loop Pre-paid Cards Transactions: % Growth 2019-2024
Table 111 Forecast Open Loop Pre-paid Cards Transactions 2019-2024
Table 112 Forecast Open Loop Pre-paid Cards Transactions: % Growth 2019-2024

Store Cards in Greece - Category analysis

Store Cards in Greece - Company Profile

PROSPECTS

Financial Cards and Payments in Greece - Industry Overview

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Card usage continues to gain in popularity driven by debit cards

PSD2 is likely to shake up payment landscape and break up monopoly of major banks

Contactless payments and m-commerce offer innovative payment methods for tech-savvy consumers

Major banks could experience increase competition from fintech companies

M-commerce to double in value over forecast period as mobile proximity payments comes to the fore

MARKET INDICATORS

Table 113 Number of POS Terminals: Units 2014-2019
Table 114 Number of ATMs: Units 2014-2019
Table 115 Value Lost to Fraud 2014-2019
Table 116 Card Expenditure by Location 2019
Table 117 Financial Cards in Circulation by Type: % Number of Cards 2014-2019
Table 118 Domestic versus Foreign Spend 2019

MARKET DATA

Table 119 Financial Cards by Category: Number of Cards in Circulation 2014-2019
Table 120 Financial Cards by Category: Number of Accounts 2014-2019
Table 121 Financial Cards Transactions by Category: Value 2014-2019
Table 122 Financial Cards by Category: Number of Transactions 2014-2019
Table 123 Consumer Payments by Category: Value 2014-2019
Table 124 Consumer Payments by Category: Number of Transactions 2014-2019
Table 125 M-Commerce by Category: Value 2014-2019
Table 126 M-Commerce by Category: % Value Growth 2014-2019
Table 127 Financial Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 128 Financial Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2014-2018
Table 129 Financial Cards: Card Payment Transactions Value by Operator 2014-2018
Table 130 Financial Cards: Card Payment Transactions Value by Issuer 2014-2018
Table 131 Forecast Financial Cards by Category: Number of Cards in Circulation 2019-2024
Table 132 Forecast Financial Cards by Category: Number of Accounts 2019-2024
Table 133 Forecast Financial Cards Transactions by Category: Value 2019-2024
Table 134 Forecast Financial Cards by Category: Number of Transactions 2019-2024
Table 135 Forecast Consumer Payments by Category: Value 2019-2024
Table 136 Forecast Consumer Payments by Category: Number of Transactions 2019-2024
Table 137 Forecast M-Commerce by Category: Value 2019-2024
Table 138 Forecast M-Commerce by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024

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PROSPECTS

Increasing familiarity with card usage encourages greater interest in credit cards for smaller purchases

More cautious approach by both banks and consumers regarding issuing of and adoption of credit cards

Strong growth performance for commercial credit cards as banks target smaller companies to expand target audience

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

No change in rankings but American Express causes problems for Alpha bank in commercial credit cards

Further expansion of portfolio for Piraeus Bank to capitalise on growing demand for commercial credit cards

Rewards and loyalty schemes incentivise greater use of credit cards

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Charge Cards in Greece - Category analysis

Charge Cards in Greece - Company Profile

HEADLINES

PROSPECTS

Strong decline for personal charge cards with withdrawal of American Express

Commercial charge cards dominates category

Immaturity of commercial charge cards could offer further potential for growth with investment

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Alpha Bank remains sole issuer of charge cards

Mastercard to take over personal charge card portfolio but future remains in doubt

Visa and Diners likely to head up commercial charge cards following departure of American Express

CATEGORY DATA

Credit Cards in Greece - Category analysis

Credit Cards in Greece - Company Profile

HEADLINES

PROSPECTS

Increasing familiarity with card usage encourages greater interest in credit cards for smaller purchases

More cautious approach by both banks and consumers regarding issuing of and adoption of credit cards

Strong growth performance for commercial credit cards as banks target smaller companies to expand target audience

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

No change in rankings but American Express causes problems for Alpha bank in commercial credit cards

Further expansion of portfolio for Piraeus Bank to capitalise on growing demand for commercial credit cards

Rewards and loyalty schemes incentivise greater use of credit cards

CATEGORY DATA

Debit Cards in Greece - Category analysis

Debit Cards in Greece - Company Profile

HEADLINES

PROSPECTS

Ongoing strong performance by debit cards driven by increasing popularity of contactless and online payments

Government considers incentives to encourage higher usage of debit cards

High growth for commercial debit cards from a low base

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Static competitive landscape amongst leading banks

Banks’ rewards schemes offer incentive to consumers to use their debit cards

Dynamic Mastercard continues to outperform Visa

CATEGORY DATA

Pre-Paid Cards in Greece - Category analysis

Pre-Paid Cards in Greece - Company Profile

HEADLINES

PROSPECTS

Open loop pre-paid cards dominates transaction value driven by popularity of general purpose reloadable cards

Closed loop pre-paid cards boosted by rapid uptake of transportation cards

Government benefit cards supported by expansion of KEA cards

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Piraeus remains leading issuer of open loop but Oasa gains overall leadership of pre-paid cards in circulation due to ATH.ENA transportation cards

Alpha bank gains share in closed loop with new launch

Loyalty and reward schemes popular strategy to gain consumers’ attention in competitive landscape

CATEGORY DATA

Store Cards in Greece - Category analysis

Store Cards in Greece - Company Profile

PROSPECTS

Financial Cards and Payments in Greece - Industry Overview

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Card usage continues to gain in popularity driven by debit cards

PSD2 is likely to shake up payment landscape and break up monopoly of major banks

Contactless payments and m-commerce offer innovative payment methods for tech-savvy consumers

Major banks could experience increase competition from fintech companies

M-commerce to double in value over forecast period as mobile proximity payments comes to the fore