Payment Cards in Italy to 2012

Introduction

Datamonitor's Payment Cards in Italy to 2012 is a detailed information resource for those in the European payment card industry. It provides high quality competitor and market level data on the general purpose payment card industry, making it a hugely valuable tool in understanding current dynamics and future trends.

Scope

*Market data for the number of cards, transactions, and value across immediate debit, charge, and revolving credit cards for the period 2003-07

*Full forecasts of all market level metrics for the period 2008-12

*Card issuer market shares are presented across each product type

Highlights

The total number of payment cards in Italy increased at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 12.7% between 2003 and 2007. The turnover per card is expected to grow at a CAGR of 0.9% over the 2008-12 period.

In 2007, BancoPosta held the highest share, accounting for 18.7% of the total pay now cards market where as in the pay later card market Carta Si held the highest share, accounting for 26%.

Agos held the highest share in the Italian credit cards market in 2007.

Reasons to Purchase

*Understand the current trends in this payment market and the outlook for the future

*See how the revolving credit card market in this country has developed and is expected to grow

*Understand the competitive dynamics of this market and which issuers dominate the space


Report Highlights
Highlights

The total number of payment cards in Italy increased at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 12.7% between 2003 and 2007. The turnover per card is expected to grow at a CAGR of 0.9% over the 2008-12 period.

In 2007, BancoPosta held the highest share, accounting for 18.7% of the total pay now cards market where as in the pay later card market Carta Si held the highest share, accounting for 26%.

Agos held the highest share in the Italian credit cards market in 2007.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
INTRODUCTION 6
Reasons to purchase 7
TOTAL PAYMENT CARDS MARKET 9
Market overview to 2012 9
Payment cards market split by scheme 13
PAY NOW CARDS 15
Market overview to 2012 15
Pay now cards market split by scheme 19
PAY LATER CARDS 21
Market overview to 2012 21
Pay later cards market split by scheme 25
Credit cards 27
Charge and deferred debit cards 33
COMPETITOR ANALYSIS 39
Pay now cards market, 2007 39
Pay later cards market, 2007 41
Credit cards market, 2007 44
APPENDIX 46
Further reading 46
How to contact experts in your industry 46
Disclaimer 46


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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Italian payment cards market, number of cards and turnover per card analysis, 2003–2012 9
Figure 2: Italian payment cards market, number of transactions and value of transactions analysis, 2003–2012 10
Figure 3: Italian pay now cards market, number of cards and turnover per card analysis, 2003–2012 15
Figure 4: Italian pay now cards market, number of transactions and value of transactions analysis, 2003–2012 16
Figure 5: Italian pay later cards market, number of cards and turnover per card analysis, 2003–2012 21
Figure 6: Italian pay later cards market, number of transactions and value of transactions analysis, 2003–2012 22
Figure 7: Italian credit cards market, number of cards and turnover per card analysis, 2003–2012 27
Figure 8: Italian credit cards market, number of transactions and value of transactions analysis, 2003–2012 28
Figure 9: Italian charge and deferred debit cards market, number of cards and turnover per card analysis, 2003–2012 33
Figure 10: Italian charge and deferred debit cards market, number of transactions and value of transactions analysis, 2003–2012 34
Figure 11: Pay now cards in issue by competitor (top 5) in Italy, 2007 (%) 39
Figure 12: Pay later cards in issue by competitor (top 5) in Italy, 2007 (%) 41
Figure 13: Credit cards in issue by competitor (top 5) in Italy, 2007 (%) 44


LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Payment cards definitions of the key terms 7
Table 2: Italian payment cards market analysis, 2003–2007 11
Table 3: Italian payment cards market analysis, 2008–2012 12
Table 4: Total number of payment cards by scheme in Italy (000s) 13
Table 5: Total number of payment card transactions by scheme in Italy (m) 13
Table 6: Total value of payment card transactions by scheme in Italy (€m) 14
Table 7: Italian pay now cards market analysis, 2003–2007 17
Table 8: Italian pay now cards market analysis, 2008–2012 18
Table 9: Total number of pay now cards by scheme in Italy (000s) 19
Table 10: Total number of pay now card transactions by scheme in Italy (m) 19
Table 11: Total value of pay now card transactions by scheme in Italy (€m) 20
Table 12: Italian pay later cards market analysis, 2003–2007 23
Table 13: Italian pay later cards market analysis, 2008–2012 24
Table 14: Total number of p ay later cards by scheme in Italy (000s) 25
Table 15: Total number of pay later card transactions by scheme in Italy (m) 25
Table 16: Total value of pay later card transactions by scheme in Italy (€m) 26
Table 17: Italian credit cards market analysis, 2003–2007 29
Table 18: Italian credit cards market analysis, 2008–2012 30
Table 19: Total number of credit cards by scheme in Italy (000s) 31
Table 20: Total number of credit card transactions by scheme in Italy (m) 31
Table 21: Total value of credit card transactions by scheme in Italy (€m) 32
Table 22: Italian charge and deferred debit cards market analysis, 2003–2007 35
Table 23: Italian charge and deferred debit cards market analysis, 2008–2012 36
Table 24: Total number of charge and deferred debit cards by scheme in Italy (000s) 37
Table 25: Total number of charge and deferred debit card transactions by scheme in Italy (m) 37
Table 26: Total value of charge and deferred debit card transactions by scheme in Italy (€m) 38
Table 27: Pay now cards in issue by competitor, 2007 (000s) 40
Table 28: Pay later cards in issue by competitor, 2007 (000s) 42
Table 29: Credit cards in issue by competitor, 2007 (000s) 45

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