Category: Financial Services
Financial Services market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Consumer Lending in India
Consumer Lending in India Consumer lending is growing at a healthy pace in India, driven by evolving lifestyle preferences where consumers strive for a higher standard of living and access to modern amenities. The country’s growing economy, rising disposable incomes, and increasing financial literac ... Read More
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Embedded Finance Ecosystem: Mapping the Path to Services Industries’ Transformation
Embedded Finance Ecosystem: Mapping the Path to Services Industries’ Transformation 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 ... Read More
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Credit Cards in India
Credit Cards in India Credit cards in India witnessed healthy demand in 2023 as consumers looked to bridge their income gap through smart spending. The adoption of credit cards further increased during the year, primarily as responsibilities in the form of expenditure grew rapidly, which pushed cons ... Read More
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Debit Cards in India
Debit Cards in India A government-led financial inclusion initiative is enticing a burgeoning population to embrace the formal banking sector, which is acting in favour of further driving debit card penetration. The government’s financial inclusion initiative, also known as Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Y ... Read More
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Pre-Paid Cards in India
Pre-Paid Cards in India Pre-paid card transactions witnessed healthy double-digit growth in transaction volumes over 2021-2022. However, in 2023, the category witnessed a decline in volume of transactions as consumers became increasingly inclined to choose alternative products such as mobile payment ... Read More
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Charge Cards in India
Charge Cards in India Charge cards in India remained a niche category within financial cards and payments in 2023, largely due to higher eligibility criteria for issuance. Given the higher credit score and minimum salary requirement for a charge card in comparison to other financial card instruments ... Read More
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Financial Cards and Payments in India
Financial Cards and Payments in India A government-led financial inclusion initiative enticed a burgeoning population to embrace the formal banking sector, resulting in further uptake of financial cards, in particular, debit cards, in 2023. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) benefited in bri ... Read More
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Commercial Payments Overview
Commercial Payments Overview The global B2B payment market is gaining increasing attention from financial card and electronic direct payment platforms, as more consumer payment value has been converted away from paper. The USD32.7 trillion spent by merchants through paper payment channels globally i ... Read More
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Emerging Strong: Investment Opportunities in Southeast Asia
Emerging Strong: Investment Opportunities in Southeast Asia The Southeast Asian market has evolved to version 2.0, positioning ASEAN as a pivotal component in local and global investors' strategies. With a rising cost of capital amid tightening monetary policies, long-term structural shifts in demog ... Read More
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Consumer Credit in Austria
Consumer Credit in Austria Consumer credit has experienced a significant drop in all areas of gross lending in 2023. In light of the sharp increases in the cost of living since 2022, Austrians have generally been frugal with expenditure. Individuals are focused on meeting their immediate basic needs ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in Austria
Consumer Lending in Austria Loans became more expensive for consumers in 2023, as a result of the European Central Bank's interest rate policy, with rates rising in response to high inflation in the EU since the energy crisis broke out in 2022 and the war in Ukraine began. The European Central Bank’ ... Read More
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New Economic Reality: Navigating High Interest Rates
New Economic Reality: Navigating High Interest Rates Following a decade of low borrowing costs, businesses and consumers now face increasing financial pressure due to a surge in interest rates in 2023. High interest rates have far-reaching consequences on economies, businesses and households, impact ... Read More
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Credit Cards in Austria
Credit Cards in Austria Driven by a general shift from cash to card payments, which was accelerated by the outbreak of COVID-19, and the continuing travel recovery, credit card transactions saw strong growth in 2023; in both the number of transactions and transition value terms. These growth rates w ... Read More
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Debit Cards in Austria
Debit Cards in Austria Debit card transactions remained the main driver behind the shift from cash to card payments in 2023. Every bank account holder in Austria owns at least one debit card, which is heavily favoured for payments at the POS, with debit card consumers confident that there are no ext ... Read More
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Pre-Paid Cards in Austria
Pre-Paid Cards in Austria Closed loop pre-paid card transactions in Austria are essentially merchant-issued gift cards, and demand for these continued to increase in 2023. In a time of persistently high inflation with increased prices of essentials such as food and petrol, gift cards became popular, ... Read More
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Store Cards in Austria
Store Cards in Austria Store cards remained a niche in Austria in 2023, continuing a downward trend with a double-digit decline in transaction values despite the continuing shift to card payments. Most consumers in Austria are unfamiliar with store cards, and the usage of revolving credit in payment ... Read More
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Charge Cards in Austria
Charge Cards in Austria Driven by a shift from cash to card payments, boosted by the outbreak of COVID-19 and the continuing recovery of travel, charge cards saw solid growth in transaction and value terms. However, growth was at a slower pace compared to credit and debit cards, with debit cards hav ... Read More
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Financial Cards and Payments in Austria
Financial Cards and Payments in Austria Although cash transactions continued to play a strong role in Austria, a clear shift from cash to card payments continued in 2023. The outbreak of COVID-19 in Austria further accelerated the change, with consumers appreciating the contactless form of payment. ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in the United Arab Emirates
Consumer Lending in the United Arab Emirates Despite rising inflation, increasing mortgage rates and interest rates, consumer lending in the United Arab Emirates remains buoyant in 2023. The local economy’s recovery and expansion are influencing the momentum of consumer lending, but geopolitical ten ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in South Korea
Consumer Lending in South Korea Gross consumer lending’s growth is continuing to outperform outstanding balance, driven by card lending, as local consumers spend more with the reopening of society and cross-border travel. However, outstanding balance on card lending (encompassing card purchases and ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in Greece
Consumer Lending in Greece The growth of gross lending in consumer lending for 2023 is moderate and slower than what was anticipated a year ago. Factors such as surging inflation, an escalating energy crisis exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine (with its effects fully realised in 2023), an ... Read More
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Charge Cards in Turkey
Charge Cards in Turkey Charge cards were not issued by banks in Turkey at the end of the review period. Instead, credit cards and debit cards remain the two main types of financial card. Consumers who use credit cards employ them mostly for the “pay later” function, while they use debit cards, which ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in Hungary
Consumer Lending in Hungary The initial optimism of early 2022 was abruptly dampened by the end of the year, and this has persisted throughout 2023. The sharp rise in borrowing costs coupled with a decline in disposable incomes due to high inflation has compelled Hungarians to reassess their budgets ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in the US
Consumer Lending in the US The primary challenges facing consumer lending in 2023 have been a continuation of 2022’s twin factors of higher inflation and increasing interest rates. While the story in 2022 was one of largely unchecked inflation affecting much of the US economy, 2023 has really zeroed ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in Colombia
Consumer Lending in Colombia The Colombian economy felt the effects of a slowdown in the first semester of 2023 due to a restrictive monetary policy, compounded by a significant increase in interest rates at the end of 2022. This caused credit card interest rates to rise above 40%, leading to consum ... Read More
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