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

Published: Aug, 2015 | Pages: 74 | Publisher: Timetric
Industry: Financial Services | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)

Synopsis
Timetric's 'The Cards and Payments Industry in South Korea: Emerging Trends and Opportunities to 2019' report provides detailed analysis of market trends in South Korea's cards and payments industry. It provides values and volumes for a number of key performance indicators in the industry, including check payments, credit transfers, direct debits, payment cards and cash transactions 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, card fraud statistics, and profiles of card issuers operating in the country.
Summary
Timetric's 'The Cards and Payments Industry in South Korea: Emerging Trends and Opportunities to 2019' report provides top-level market analysis, information and insights into South Korea's cards and payments industry, including:

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

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

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

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

Comprehensive analysis of consumer attitudes and buying preferences for cards.

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

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

It details the different economic, infrastructural and business drivers affecting South Korea'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.

It profiles major banks in South Korea's cards and payments industry.
Reasons To Buy
Make strategic business decisions, using top-level historic and forecast market data, related to South Korea's cards and payments industry and each market within it.

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

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

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

Gain insights into key regulations governing South Korea's cards and payments industry.
Key Highlights
Mobile payments (m-payments) are gaining prominence in South Korea, with banks, non-banks and telecoms companies competing with each other to gain market share. Banks such as Kookmin Bank, Hana Bank and Shinhan Bank have offered m-payment services since 2012, and non-banks such as Naver and Daum Kakao launched m-payment services in the ensuing years. To capitalize on this trend, Samsung is planning to launch its m-payment Samsung Pay in South Korea in the second half of 2015, creating competition in m-payments.

The South Korean banking industry will block the use of magnetic stripe plastic cards in all of the country's 125,888 ATMs from May 2015. Announcing the policy, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) cited the need for enhanced security and fraud prevention at ATMs. The shift to a chip-card-only policy began in March 2015, following successful trials of chip cards for cash advances and credit card loans at ATMs.

An increase in household debt prompted the South Korean government to introduce measures to discourage credit card spending. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) increased the daily purchase limit on debit card use from US$2,847 (KRW3 million) to US$5,659 (KRW6 million) from January 2014. The move promoted more frequent use of debit cards at POS terminals, driving transaction values.

 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 Naver Pay
4.2.2 Samsung Pay
4.2.3 QuickPass
4.2.4 BankWalletKakao
5 Regulation 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 and New Product Launches
7.1 Market Segmentation and Targeting
7.1.1 Consumer cards
7.1.2 Commercial cards
7.2 New Product Launches
8 Payment Cards
8.1 Payment Card Analysis
8.1.1 Volume and value of payment card transactions by type
8.1.2 Personal vs commercial cards
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 shares in terms of number of cards in circulation and transaction value
9.1.3 Debit cards issuers' market shares
9.1.4 Debit cards comparison
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 shares in terms of number of cards in circulation and transaction values
10.1.3 Credit cards issuers' market shares
10.1.4 Credit card comparisons
11 Charge Cards
11.1 Charge Card Market Analysis
11.1.1 Charge card transaction volumes and values by channel
11.1.2 Charge card scheme shares in terms of number of cards in circulation and transaction values
12 Commercial Cards
12.1 Commercial Card Market Analysis
12.1.1 Commercial card comparisons
13 Card Fraud Statistics
13.1 Card Fraud Analysis
14 Card Issuers
14.1 Shinhan Bank
14.2 KB Kookmin Card
14.3 Samsung Card
14.4 Nonghyup Bank
14.5 Woori Bank
15 Prepaid Cards
15.1 Prepaid Card Market Analysis
15.1.1 Prepaid cards comparison
16 Appendix
16.1 Tables
16.2 Contact Timetric
16.3 About Timetric
16.4 Timetric's Services
16.5 Disclaimer

List of Tables
Table 1: Key Definitions
Table 2: Annual Average Exchange Rate
Table 3: South Korea - Key Facts, 2014
Table 4: Regional Benchmarking of South Korean Payment Cards, 2014
Table 5: South Korea - Mode of Entry of Foreign Banks
Table 6: South Korea - Cards for High-Income Consumers, 2015
Table 7: Cards for Travelers, 2015
Table 8: Cards for Students and the Young Population, 2015
Table 9: Cards for Female Population, 2015
Table 10: Cards for Shoppers, 2015
Table 11: Commercial Card Comparisons and Key Features, 2015
Table 12: South Korea - New Product Launches
Table 13: South Korea - Debit Card Comparisons and Key Features, 2015
Table 14: South Korea - Premium Credit Card Comparisons and Key Features, 2014
Table 15: South Korea - Commercial Card Comparisons and Key Features, 2015
Table 16: South Korea - Prepaid Card Comparisons and Key Features, 2015
Table 17: South Korea - Payment Instrument Transaction Values (KRW Trillion), 2010-2014
Table 18: South Korea - Payment Instrument Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2010-2014
Table 19: South Korea - Payment Instrument Transaction Volumes (Million), 2010-2014
Table 20: South Korea - Number of Payment Cards in Circulation by Type (Million), 2010-2019
Table 21: South Korea - Volume of Payment Card Transactions by Type (Million), 2010-2019
Table 22: South Korea - Value of Payment Card Transactions by Type (KRW Trillion), 2010-2019
Table 23: South Korea - Value of Payment Card Transactions by Type (US$ Billion), 2010-2019
Table 24: South Korea - Personal and Commercial Card Transaction Values (KRW Trillion), 2010-2019
Table 25: South Korea - Personal and Commercial Card Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2010-2019
Table 26: South Korea - Personal and Commercial Card Transaction Volumes (Million), 2010-2019
Table 27: South Korea - Number of Debit Cards in Circulation (Million), 2010-2019
Table 28: South Korea - Debit Card Transaction Volumes and Frequency by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 29: South Korea - Debit Card Total and Average Transaction Values by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 30: South Korea - Debit Card Total and Average Transaction Values by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 31: South Korea - Number of Debit Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Million), 2010-2014
Table 32: South Korea - Debit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (KRW Trillion), 2010-2014
Table 33: South Korea - Debit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Billion), 2010-2014
Table 34: South Korea - Debit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (KRW Trillion), 2010-2014
Table 35: South Korea - Debit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (US$ Billion), 2010-2014
Table 36: South Korea - Number of Credit Cards in Circulation (Million), 2010-2019
Table 37: South Korea - Credit Card Transaction Volumes and Frequency by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 38: South Korea - Credit Card Total and Average Transaction Values by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 39: South Korea - Credit Card Total and Average Transaction Values by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 40: South Korea - Number of Credit Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Million), 2010-2014
Table 41: South Korea - Credit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (KRW Trillion), 2010-2014
Table 42: South Korea - Credit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Billion), 2010-2014
Table 43: South Korea - Credit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (KRW Trillion), 2010-2014
Table 44: South Korea - Credit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (US$ Billion), 2010-2014
Table 45: South Korea - Credit Card Balances Outstanding by Issuer (KRW Trillion), 2010-2014
Table 46: South Korea - Credit Card Balances Outstanding by Issuer (US$ Billion), 2010-2014
Table 47: South Korea - Number of Charge Cards in Circulation (Thousand), 2010-2019
Table 48: South Korea - Charge Card Transaction Volumes and Frequency by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 49: South Korea - Charge Card Total and Average Transaction Values by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 50: South Korea - Charge Card Total and Average Transaction Values by Channel, 2010-2019
Table 51: South Korea - Number of Charge Cards in Circulation By Scheme (Thousand), 2010-2014
Table 52: South Korea - Charge Card Transaction Values By Scheme (KRW Trillion), 2010-2014
Table 53: South Korea - Charge Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Billion), 2010-2014
Table 54: South Korea - Number of Commercial Cards in Circulation (Million), 2010-2019
Table 55: South Korea - Commercial Card Transaction Values (KRW Trillion), 2010-2019
Table 56: South Korea - Commercial Card Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2010-2019
Table 57: South Korea - Card Fraud (KRW Billion), 2010-2014
Table 58: South Korea - Card Fraud (US$ Million), 2010-2014
Table 59: South Korea - Number of Prepaid Cards in Circulation (Million), 2010-2019
Table 60: South Korea - Prepaid Card Transaction Values (KRW Billion), 2010-2019
Table 61: South Korea - Prepaid Card Transaction Values (US$ Million), 2010-2019