The Cards and Payments Industry in Azerbaijan: Emerging Trends and Opportunities to 2019

Published: Aug, 2015 | Pages: 43 | Publisher: Timetric
Industry: Financial Services | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)

Synopsis
Timetric's 'The Cards and Payments Industry in Azerbaijan: Emerging Trends and Opportunities to 2019' report provides detailed analysis of market trends in Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performance indicators in the industry, including credit transfers and payment cards during the review period (2010-2014).

The report also analyzes various payment card markets operating in the industry and provides detailed information on the number of cards in circulation, and transaction values and volumes during the review period and over the forecast period (2015-2019). It also offers information on the country's competitive landscape, including market shares of issuers and schemes.

The report brings together Timetric's research, modeling, and analysis expertise to allow banks and card issuers to identify segment dynamics and competitive advantages. The report also covers detailed regulatory policies, recent changes in regulatory structure and card fraud statistics.
Summary
Timetric's 'The Cards and Payments Industry in Azerbaijan: Emerging Trends and Opportunities to 2019' report provides top-level market analysis, information and insights into Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry, including:

Current and forecast values for each market in Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry, including debit cards and credit cards. It also includes detailed analysis of the prepaid cards market.

Detailed insights into payment instruments including credit transfers and payment cards. It also, includes an overview of the country's key alternative payment instruments.

Analysis of various market drivers and regulations governing Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry.

Detailed analysis of strategies adopted by banks and other institutions to market debit and credit cards.

Comprehensive analysis of consumer attitudes and buying preferences for cards.

The competitive landscape of Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry.
Scope
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry.

It provides current values for Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry for 2014, and forecast figures to 2019.

It details the different economic, infrastructural and business drivers affecting Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry.

It outlines the current regulatory framework in the industry.

It details marketing strategies used by various banks and other institutions.
Reasons To Buy
Make strategic business decisions, using top-level historic and forecast market data, related to Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry and each market within it.

Understand the key market trends and growth opportunities in Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry.

Assess the competitive dynamics in Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry.

Gain insights into marketing strategies used for various card types in Azerbaijan.

Gain insights into key regulations governing Azerbaijan's cards and payments industry.
Key Highlights
The number of POS terminals in Azerbaijan recorded a significant review-period (2010-2014) compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 74.51%, rising from 7,872 in 2010 to 73,013 in 2014. In October 2012, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) and Ministry of Taxes mandated that businesses with an average monthly turnover exceeding US$2,549.9 (AZN2,000) should install POS terminals. Similarly, 51,000 POS terminals were installed ahead of the first Baku 2015 European Games, which were held during June 12-28, 2015.

In addition to conventional POS terminals, merchants are installing mobile POS (m-POS) terminals. The card-processing center MilliKart, in partnership with goSwiff, a provider of mobile commerce and marketing services, launched the M+ mobile payment (m-payment) solution in Azerbaijan in September 2014. M+ is an m-payment platform, which is designed to accept payment cards using mobile phones. The growing number of POS terminal installations at retailers is anticipated to drive payment card transaction values and volumes over the forecast period (2015-2019).

Visa, in association with McDonald's and Pasha Bank, launched contactless payments for Azerbaijani consumers in September 2014. Consumers can tap Visa payWave-enabled cards at contactless readers to complete payments at McDonald's. MasterCard is also contemplating a rollout of contactless technology in Azerbaijan over the forecast period. These initiatives are anticipated to drive payment card transaction values and volumes.

 Table of Contents
1 Definitions and Methodology
1.1 Definitions
1.2 Methodology
2 Key Facts and Events
3 Executive Summary
4 Payment Instruments
4.1 Current Payments Environment
4.2 Alternative Payment Instruments
4.2.1 PayPal
5 Regulations in the Cards and Payments Industry
5.1 Regulatory Framework
5.2 Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
5.3 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Regulations
6 Analysis of Cards and Payments Industry Drivers
6.1 Demographic Drivers
6.2 Economic Drivers
6.3 Infrastructure Drivers
6.4 Business Drivers
7 Market Segmentation
7.1 Market Segmentation and Targeting
7.1.1 Consumer cards
7.1.2 Commercial cards
8 Payment Cards
8.1 Payment Card Analysis
8.1.1 Volume and value of payment card transactions by type
9 Debit Cards
9.1 Debit Card Market Analysis
9.1.1 Debit card transaction volumes and values by channel
9.1.2 Debit card scheme and issuer shares in terms of transaction value
10 Credit Cards
10.1 Credit Card Market Analysis
10.1.1 Credit card transaction volumes and values by channel
10.1.2 Credit card scheme and issuer shares in terms of transaction value
11 Commercial Cards
11.1 Commercial Card Market Analysis
12 Appendix
12.1 Tables
12.2 Contact Timetric
12.3 About Timetric
12.4 Timetric's Services
12.5 Disclaimer

List of Tables
Table 1: Key Definitions
Table 2: Annual Average Exchange Rate
Table 3: Azerbaijan - Key Facts, 2014
Table 4: Regional Benchmarking of Azerbaijan's Payment Cards, 2014
Table 5: Azerbaijan - Mode of Entry of Foreign Banks
Table 6: Azerbaijani Cards for High-Income Consumers, 2015
Table 7: Azerbaijani Cards for Online Shoppers, 2015
Table 8: Azerbaijani Cards for Retail Shoppers, 2015
Table 9: Azerbaijani Payroll Cards, 2015
Table 10: Azerbaijani Cards for Students and Youth Population, 2015
Table 11: Azerbaijani Commercial Cards Comparison and Key Features, 2015
Table 12: Azerbaijan - Payment Instrument Transaction Values (AZN Million), 2010-2014
Table 13: Azerbaijan - Payment Instrument Transaction Values (US$ Million), 2010-2014
Table 14: Azerbaijan - Payment Instrument Transaction Volumes (Thousand), 2010-2014
Table 15: Azerbaijan - Number of Payment Cards in Circulation by Type (Million), 2010-2019
Table 16: Azerbaijan - Volume of Payment Card Transactions by Type (Million), 2010-2019
Table 17: Azerbaijan - Value of Payment Card Transactions by Type (AZN Million), 2010-2019
Table 18: Azerbaijan - Value of Payment Card Transactions by Type (US$ Million), 2010-2019
Table 19: Azerbaijan - Personal and Commercial Card Transaction Volumes (Million), 2010-2019
Table 20: Azerbaijan - Personal and Commercial Card Transaction Values (AZN Million), 2010-2019
Table 21: Azerbaijan - Personal and Commercial Card Transaction Values (US$ Million), 2010-2019
Table 22: Azerbaijan - Number of Debit Cards in Circulation (Million), 2010-2019
Table 23: Azerbaijan - Debit Card Transaction Volumes and Frequency by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 24: Azerbaijan - Debit Card Total and Average Transaction Values by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 25: Azerbaijan - Debit Card Total and Average Transaction Values by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 26: Azerbaijan - Number of Debit Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Thousand), 2010-2014
Table 27: Azerbaijan - Debit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (AZN Million), 2010-2014
Table 28: Azerbaijan - Debit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Million), 2010-2014
Table 29: Azerbaijan - Debit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (AZN Million), 2010-2014
Table 30: Azerbaijan - Debit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (US$ Million), 2010-2014
Table 31: Azerbaijan - Number of Credit Cards in Circulation (Thousand), 2010-2019
Table 32: Azerbaijan - Credit Card Transaction Volumes and Frequency by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 33: Azerbaijan - Credit Card Total and Average Transaction Values by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 34: Azerbaijan - Credit Card Total and Average Transaction Values by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 35: Azerbaijan - Number of Credit Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Thousand), 2010-2014
Table 36: Azerbaijan - Credit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (AZN Million), 2010-2014
Table 37: Azerbaijan - Credit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Million), 2010-2014
Table 38: Azerbaijan - Credit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (AZN Million), 2010-2014
Table 39: Azerbaijan - Credit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (US$ Million), 2010-2014
Table 40: Azerbaijan - Number of Commercial Cards in Circulation (Thousand), 2010-2019
Table 41: Azerbaijan - Commercial Card Transaction Values (AZN Million), 2010-2019
Table 42: Azerbaijan - Commercial Card Transaction Values (US$ Million), 2010-2019