Hungarys Cards and Payments Industry: Emerging Opportunities, Trends, Size, Drivers, Strategies, Products and Competitive Landscape

Published: Apr, 2014 | Pages: 99 | Publisher: Timetric
Industry: Financial Services | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)

Synopsis
The report provides top-level market analysis, information and insights into Hungary's cards and payments industry, including:
Current and forecast values for each category of Hungary's cards and payments industry, including debit cards, credit cards and prepaid cards
Comprehensive analysis of the industry's market attractiveness and future growth areas
Analysis of various market drivers and regulations governing Hungary's cards and payments industry
Detailed analysis of the marketing strategies adopted for selling debit, credit and prepaid cards used by banks and other institutions in the market
Comprehensive analysis of consumer attitudes and buying preferences for cards
The competitive landscape of Hungary's cards and payments industry

Summary
Hungarian GDP contracted by -6.8% in 2009, impacting the overall banking and financial services industry. The economy recovered in 2010 and 2011, but contracted again in 2012. However, it is expected to record robust growth over the forecast period, with real GDP growth rising from 1.26% in 2014 to 1.61% in 2018. Improved GDP growth, rising per capita income and low inflation are expected to raise consumer confidence and increase spending, resulting in an increased scope for card-based transactions. This will be further supported by rising online and mobile penetration, and the emergence of Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) cards, near-field communication (NFC) technology, and mobile wallets.
The Hungarian card payments channel registered positive growth during the review period (2009-2013), recording a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.49% to reach 9.0 million cards in circulation by the end of 2013. In value terms, the card payments channel valued HUF8.1 trillion (US$36.2 billion) in 2013. The debit cards category held the highest share with 85.7% of the cards in circulation in 2013. It is expected maintain the highest share of the overall payments channel and record a forecast-period (2014-2018) CAGR of 1.57%, rising from 7.8 million cards in 2014 to 8.3 million in 2018. The credit cards category had the second-largest share with 13.5% in 2013, followed by prepaid cards with 0.6%. Over the forecast period, the number of prepaid cards is expected to increase from 72,964 in 2014 to 216,724 in 2018, at a CAGR of 31.28%. The charge card category held the smallest industry share of 0.2% in 2013.
Scope
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Hungary's cards and payments industry.
It provides current values for Hungary's cards and payments industry for 2012, and forecast figures for 2017.
It details the different economic, infrastructural and business drivers affecting Hungary's cards and payments industry.
It outlines the current regulatory framework in the industry.
It details the marketing strategies used by various banks and other institutions.
It profiles the major banks in Hungary's cards and payments industry.

Reason To Buy
Make strategic business decisions using top-level historic and forecast market data related to Hungary's cards and payments industry and each market within it.
Understand the key market trends and growth opportunities within Hungary's cards and payments industry.
Assess the competitive dynamics in Hungary's cards and payments industry.
Gain insights in to the marketing strategies used for selling various card types in Hungary.
Gain insights into key regulations governing Hungary's cards and payments industry.

Key Highlights
The Hungarian card payments channel registered positive growth during the review period (2009-2013), recording a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.49% to reach 9.0 million cards in circulation by the end of 2013. In value terms, the card payments channel valued HUF8.1 trillion (US$36.2 billion) in 2013. The debit cards category held the highest share with 85.7% of the cards in circulation in 2013. It is expected maintain the highest share of the overall payments channel and record a forecast-period (2014-2018) CAGR of 1.57%, rising from 7.8 million cards in 2014 to 8.3 million in 2018.
The emergence of NFC has encouraged card use in Hungary. Since 2011, the Cetelem Bank in Hungary has offered the contactless MasterCard PayPass facility for small purchases of up to HUF5,000 (US$25). This enables card payments without entering or passing a card through a POS terminal, entering a PIN, or signing a merchant receipt. NFC technology can be incorporated in mobile devices with have an NFC interface, enabling them to function as contactless payment solutions. Magyar Telekom, Telenor and Vodafone in Hungary with OTP Bank, Master Card and loyalty systems provider SuperShop have tested platforms to facilitate contactless mobile payments, and the range of services offered is widening to include live event tickets and access to sports facilities.
Growth of e-commerce is expected to increase the scope for card-based payments over the forecast period. The value of e-commerce in Hungary grew from HUF97.5 billion (US$8.8 billion) in 2009 to HUF255.5 billion (US$12.5 billion) in 2013, at a CAGR of 27.24%. The number of e-commerce outlets that accept Visa and MasterCard also rose. During review period, retail sales grew at a CAGR of 2.83%, and this is expected to expand the scope of card-based payments. Growing internet penetration and rising consumer confidence in online transactions fuelled the growth of e-commerce. The number of internet users per 100 inhabitants in Hungary grew from 62.0 in 2009 to 74.3 in 2013. Over the forecast period, the figure is expected to rise from 76.9 in 2014 to 90.3 in 2018.
The prepaid cards category was very much neglected with very few number of gift card issued and held very low market share with 0.6% of cards in circulation in 2013. The issuance of festive cards, meal vouchers, leisure vouchers, health cards and closed loop gift cards have given a large push to prepaid cards in circulation. The growth in the transaction volume of prepaid cards is also expected to grow as POS infrastructure improves and many sectors have adopted prepaid payments services. The prepaid cards category accounted for the highest growth during the review period, and is also expected to do so over the forecast period due to aggressive card issuance.

 1 Executive Summary
2 Alysis of the Industry Environment, Key Trends and Drivers
2.1 Payment Infrastructure and Emerging Technology
2.1.1 Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs)
2.1.2 Point of sale (POS) termils
2.1.3 Internet penetration
2.1.4 Contactless technology
2.1.5 EMV
2.1.6 Mobile payments (m-payments)
2.2 Business Drivers
2.2.1 Growth of e-commerce
2.2.2 Retail sales value
2.3 Economic Drivers
2.3.1 Nomil GDP per capita
2.3.2 Real GDP growth
2.3.3 Inflation
3 Cards and Payments Industry Share Alysis
3.1 Industry Overview
3.1.1 Cash
3.1.2 Direct debits
3.1.3 Credit transfers
3.1.4 Cards
4 Regulatory Framework and Card Fraud Statistics
4.1 Regulatory Framework
4.1.1 SEPA cards framework
4.1.2 Anti-money laundering (AML) framework
4.1.3 Foreign direct investment (FDI) regulations
4.2 Card Fraud Statistics
4.2.1 Card-not-present fraud
4.2.2 Counterfeit card fraud
4.2.3 Lost or stolen card fraud
4.2.4 Card ID theft
5 Emerging Consumer Attitudes and Trends
5.1 Market Segmentation and Targeting
5.1.1 Retail segment
5.1.2 Corporate segment
5.2 Travel and Tourism Spending
5.2.1 Outbound tourists volume
5.2.2 Outbound tourist spending
5.3 Retail Card Spending
5.3.1 Alysis by product categories
5.3.2 Alysis by retail channels
6 Alysis of Card Payments and Growth Prospects
6.1 Channel Share Alysis by Card Category
6.2 Size and Forecast of the Card Payments Channel
6.2.1 Alysis by Volume of cards in circulation
6.2.2 Alysis by transaction value
7 Alysis of Credit Card Payments and Growth Prospects
7.1 Overall Category Size and Forecast
7.1.1 Alysis by volume of cards in circulation
7.1.2 Alysis by transaction value
7.1.3 Alysis by transaction volume
7.2 Transaction Share Alysis by Channel
7.2.1 Alysis by transaction value
7.2.2 Alysis by transaction volume
7.3 Persol Credit Cards Size and Forecast
7.3.1 Alysis by volume of cards in circulation
7.3.2 Alysis by transaction value
7.3.3 Alysis by transaction volume
7.4 Commercial Credit Cards Size and Forecast
7.4.1 Alysis by number of cards in circulation
7.4.2 Alysis by transaction value
7.4.3 Alysis by transaction volume
7.5 Competitive Landscape
7.5.1 Scheme share alysis
7.5.2 Issuer share alysis
8 Alysis of Debit Card Payments and Growth Prospects
8.1 Overall Category Size and Forecast
8.1.1 Alysis by volume of cards in circulation
8.1.2 Alysis by transaction value
8.1.3 Alysis by transaction volume
8.2 Transaction Share Alysis by Channel
8.2.1 Alysis by transaction value
8.2.2 Alysis by transaction volume
8.3 Competitive Landscape
8.3.1 Scheme share alysis
8.3.2 Issuer share alysis
9 Alysis of Charge Card Payments and Growth Prospects
9.1 Overall Category Size and Forecast
9.1.1 Alysis by volume of cards in circulation
9.1.2 Alysis by transaction value
9.1.3 Alysis by transaction volume
9.2 Transaction Share Alysis by Channel
9.2.1 Alysis by transaction value
9.2.2 Alysis by transaction volume
9.3 Persol Charge Cards Size and Forecast
9.3.1 Alysis by number of cards in circulation
9.3.2 Alysis by transaction value
9.3.3 Alysis by transaction volume
9.4 Commercial Charge Cards Size and Forecast
9.4.1 Alysis by volume of cards in circulation
9.4.2 Alysis by transaction value
9.4.3 Alysis by transaction volume
9.5 Competitive Landscape
9.5.1 Scheme share alysis
10 Alysis of Prepaid Card Payments and Growth Prospects
10.1 Overall Category Size and Forecast
10.1.1 Alysis by volume of cards in circulation
10.1.2 Alysis by transaction value
10.2 Open-Loop Prepaid Cards Segment Size and Forecast
10.2.1 Alysis by number of cards in circulation
10.2.2 Alysis by transaction value
10.3 Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards Segment Size and Forecast
10.3.1 Alysis by volume of cards in circulation
10.3.2 Alysis by transaction value
11 Merchant Acquiring
12 Company Profiles of Card Issuers
12.1 Magyar Cetelem Bank
12.1.1 Key fincials
12.1.2 Card portfolio
12.1.3 Strategies
12.2 OTP Bank
12.2.1 Key fincials
12.2.2 Card portfolio
12.2.3 Strategies
12.3 UniCredit Bank Hungary
12.3.1 Key fincials
12.3.2 Card portfolio
12.3.3 Strategies
12.4 Kereskedelmi es Hitelbank
12.4.1 Key fincials
12.4.2 Card portfolio
12.4.3 Strategies
12.5 Citibank
12.5.1 Key fincials
12.5.2 Card portfolio
12.5.3 Strategies
13 Appendix
13.1 Methodology
13.2 Contact Timetric
13.3 About Timetric
13.4 Timetric's Services
13.5 Definitions
13.6 Disclaimer


List of Tables
Table 1: Hungarian Payment Channels (HUF Billion), 2009-2013
Table 2: Market Entry Strategies of Foreign Banks in Hungary
Table 3: Hungarian Card Fraud (HUF Million), 2009-2013
Table 4: Cards for Leisure Travelers
Table 5: Cards for Vehicle Owners
Table 6: Cards for Children's and Young Population
Table 7: Cards for Affluent
Table 8: Cards for SMEs
Table 9: Cards for Business Travelers
Table 10: Hungarian Card Spending by Retail Product Category (HUF Billion), 2008 and 2012
Table 11: Hungarian Card Spending by Retail Channel (HUF Billion), 2008 and 2012
Table 12: Hungary Card Payments Channel by Card Category (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 13: Hungarian Card Payments Channel Size by Volume of Cards (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 14: Hungarian Card Payments Channel Size by Transaction Value (HUF Trillion), 2009-2018
Table 15: Hungarian Card Payments Channel Size by Transaction Value (US$ Billion), 2009-2018
Table 16: Hungarian Credit Cards Category Size by Volume of Cards (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 17: Hungarian Credit Cards Category Size by Transaction Value (HUF Billion), 2009-2018
Table 18: Hungarian Credit Cards Category Size by Transaction Value (US$ Million), 2009-2018
Table 19: Hungarian Credit Cards Category Size by Transaction Volume (Million), 2009-2018
Table 20: Hungarian Persol Credit Cards Segment Size by Volume of Cards (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 21: Hungarian Persol Credit Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (HUF Billion), 2009-2018
Table 22: Hungarian Persol Credit Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (US$ Million), 2009-2018
Table 23: Hungarian Persol Credit Cards Segment Size by Transaction Volume (Million), 2009-2018
Table 24: Hungarian Commercial Credit Cards Segment Size by Volume of Cards, 2009-2018
Table 25: Hungarian Commercial Credit Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (HUF Million), 2009-2018
Table 26: Hungarian Commercial Credit Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (US$ Million), 2009-2018
Table 27: Hungarian Commercial Credit Cards Segment Size by Transactions Volume (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 28: Hungarian Debit Cards Category Size by Volume of Cards (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 29: Hungarian Debit Cards Category Size by Transaction Value (HUF Trillion), 2009-2018
Table 30: Hungarian Debit Cards Category Size by Transaction Value (US$ Billion), 2009-2018
Table 31: Hungarian Debit Cards Category Size by Transactions Volume (Million), 2009-2018
Table 32: Hungarian Charge Cards Category Size by Volume of Cards (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 33: Hungarian Charge Cards Category Size by Transaction Value (HUF Billion), 2009-2018
Table 34: Hungarian Charge Cards Category Size by Transaction Value (US$ Million), 2009-2018
Table 35: Hungarian Charge Cards Category Size by Transactions Volume (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 36: Hungarian Persol Charge Cards Segment Size by Volume of Cards, 2009-2018
Table 37: Hungarian Persol Charge Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (HUF Million), 2009-2018
Table 38: Hungarian Persol Charge Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (US$ Million), 2009-2018
Table 39: Hungarian Persol Charge Cards Segment Size by Transaction Volume (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 40: Hungarian Commercial Charge Cards Segment Size by Volume of Cards (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 41: Hungarian Commercial Charge Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (HUF Billion), 2009-2018
Table 42: Hungarian Commercial Charge Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (US$ Million), 2009-2018
Table 43: Hungarian Commercial Charge Cards Segment Size by Transactions Volume (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 44: Hungarian Prepaid Cards Category Size by Volume of Cards (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 45: Hungarian Prepaid Cards Category Size by Transaction Value (HUF Million), 2009-2018
Table 46: Hungarian Prepaid Cards Category Size by Transaction Value (US$ Million), 2009-2018
Table 47: Hungarian Open-Loop Prepaid Cards Segment Size by Volume of Cards (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 48: Hungarian Open-Loop Prepaid Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (HUF Million), 2009-2018
Table 49: Hungarian Open-Loop Prepaid Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (US$ Million), 2009-2018
Table 50: Hungarian Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards Segment Size by Volume of Cards (Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 51: Hungarian Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (HUF Million), 2009-2018
Table 52: Hungarian Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards Segment Size by Transaction Value (US$ Thousand), 2009-2018
Table 53: BNP Paribas Group - Key Fincial Indicators (EUR Billion), 2011 and 2012
Table 54: Magyar Cetelem Bank - Card Product Offerings and Key Features
Table 55: OTP Bank - Key Fincial Indicators (HUF Billion), 2011 and 2012
Table 56: OTP Bank - Card Product Offerings and Key Features
Table 57: UniCredit Bank Hungary- Key Fincial Indicators (HUF Billion), 2011 and 2012
Table 58: UniCredit Bank Hungary - Card Product Offerings and Key Features
Table 59: K&H Bank - Key Fincial Indicators (HUF Billion), 2011 and 2012
Table 60: K&H Bank - Card Product Offerings and Key Features
Table 61: Citibank - Key Fincial Indicators (HUF Billion), 2011 and 2012
Table 62: Citibank - Card Product Offerings and Key Features
Table 63: Key Definitions