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Table of Contents
Executive Summary
1.1. Market overview
1.2. Key facts
1.3. Top five industry events
2 Payment Instruments
2.1. Current payment environment
3 E-Commerce and Alternative Payments
3.1. E-Commerce market analysis
3.2. Alternative payment solutions
3.2.1. MySi
3.2.2. PayPal
3.2.3. Boku
3.2.4. Jiffy Pay
3.2.5. MasterPass
3.2.6. Vodafone Pay
3.2.7. e-Postpay
3.2.8. Paysafecard
3.2.9. Ukash
3.2.10. PAYGO
3.2.11. Seqr
4 Regulations in the Cards and Payments Industry
4.1. Regulatory framework
4.1.1. SEPA cards framework
4.1.2. Interchange fee regulations
4.2. Anti-money laundering
4.3. Foreign direct investment regulations
5 Analysis of Cards and Payments Industry Drivers
6 Payment Cards
7 Debit Cards
7.1. Debit cards market analysis
7.2. Competition in debit cards market
7.3. Debit cards comparison
8 Pay Later Cards
8.1. Pay later cards market analysis
8.2. Competition in pay later cards market
8.3. Pay later cards comparison
9 Prepaid Cards
10 Merchant Acquiring
11 Appendix
11.1. Abbreviations and acronyms
11.2. Supplementary data
11.3. Definitions
11.4. Common payment card features
11.5. Methodology
11.6. Bibliography
11.7. Further reading
List of Tables
Table 1: Italy, Key Facts, 2016
Table 2: Italy, Regional Benchmarking of Payment Cards, 2016
Table 3: Italy, Mode of Entry of Foreign Banks
Table 4: Italy, Debit Cards Comparison and Key Features, 2016
Table 5: Italy, Credit Cards Comparison and Key Features, 2016
Table 6: Italy, Charge Cards Comparison and Key Features, 2016
Table 7: Italy, Payment Instrument Transaction Values (EUR Billion), 2012-2016
Table 8: Italy, Payment Instrument Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 9: Italy, Payment Instrument Transaction Volumes (Million), 2012-2016
Table 10: Italy, Payment Cards in Circulation by Type (Million), 2012-2021
Table 11: Italy, Volume of Payment Card Transactions (Million), 2012-2021
Table 12: Italy, Value of Payment Card Transactions (EUR Billion), 2012-2021
Table 13: Italy, Value of Payment Card Transactions (US$ Billion), 2012-2021
Table 14: Italy, Debit Cards in Circulation (Million), 2012-2021
Table 15: Italy, Debit Card Transaction Volumes, 2012-2021
Table 16: Italy, Debit Card Transaction Values (EUR), 2012-2021
Table 17: Italy, Debit Card Transaction Values (US$), 2012-2021
Table 18: Italy, Debit Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Million), 2012-2016
Table 19: Italy, Debit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (EUR Billion), 2012-2016
Table 20: Italy, Debit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 21: Italy, Debit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (EUR Billion), 2012-2016
Table 22: Italy, Debit Card Transaction Values by Issuer (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 23: Italy, Pay Later Cards in Circulation (Million), 2012-2021
Table 24: Italy, Pay Later Card Transaction Volumes, 2012-2021
Table 25: Italy, Pay Later Card Transaction Values (EUR), 2012-2021
Table 26: Italy, Pay Later Card Transaction Values (US$), 2012-2021
Table 27: Italy, Pay Later Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Million), 2012-2016
Table 28: Italy, Pay Later Card Transaction Values by Scheme (EUR Billion), 2012-2016
Table 29: Italy, Pay Later Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 30: Italy, Pay Later Card Transaction Values by Issuer (EUR Billion), 2012-2016
Table 31: Italy, Pay Later Card Transaction Values by Issuer (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 32: Italy, Credit Cards in Circulation (Million), 2012-2021
Table 33: Italy, Credit Card Transaction Volumes, 2012-2021
Table 34: Italy, Credit Card Transaction Values (EUR), 2012-2021
Table 35: Italy, Credit Card Transaction Values (US$), 2012-2021
Table 36: Italy, Credit Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Thousand), 2012-2016
Table 37: Italy, Credit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (EUR Million), 2012-2016
Table 38: Italy, Credit Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Million), 2012-2016
Table 39: Italy, Charge Cards in Circulation (Million), 2012-2021
Table 40: Italy, Charge Card Transaction Volumes, 2012-2021
Table 41: Italy, Charge Card Transaction Values (EUR), 2012-2021
Table 42: Italy, Charge Card Transaction Values (US$), 2012-2021
Table 43: Italy, Charge Cards in Circulation by Scheme (Thousand), 2012-2016
Table 44: Italy, Charge Card Transaction Values by Scheme (EUR Billion), 2012-2016
Table 45: Italy, Charge Card Transaction Values by Scheme (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 46: Italy, Prepaid Cards in Circulation (Million), 2012-2021
Table 47: Italy, Prepaid Card Transaction Values (EUR Billion), 2012-2021
Table 48: Italy, Prepaid Card Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2012-2021
Table 49: Italy, Merchant Acquiring Transaction Volumes (Billion), 2011-2020
Table 50: Italy, Merchant Acquiring Transaction Values (EUR Billion), 2011-2020
Table 51: Italy, Merchant Acquiring Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2011-2020
Table 52: Italy, Acquirers’ Transaction Volumes (Million), 2011-2015
Table 53: Italy, Acquirers’ Transaction Values (EUR Billion), 2011-2015
Table 54: Italy, Acquirers’ Transaction Values (US$ Billion), 2011-2015
Table 55: Italy, Retail Outlets and Card Accepting Merchants (Million), 2011-2020
Table 56: Italy, Debit Card Average Interchange Fees (%), 2011-2015
Table 57: Italy, Debit Card Merchant Service Charge and Interchange Fee (%), 2011-2020
Table 58: Italy, Pay Later Card Average Interchange Fees (%), 2011-2015
Table 59: Italy, Pay Later Card Merchant Service Charge and Interchange Fee (%), 2011-2020
Table 60: Definitions of Commonly Used Terms
Table 61: Common Features of Payment Cards
Table 62: Annual Average Exchange Rate (EUR-US$), 2012-2021
List of Figures
Figure 1: Italy, Payment Instrument Shares by Transaction Value (%), 2012 vs 2016
Figure 2: Italy, Payment Instrument Shares by Transaction Volume (%), 2012 vs 2016
Figure 3: Italy, E-Commerce Value
Figure 4: Italy, Population and Economic Indicators
Figure 5: Italy, ATMs, POS Terminals and Household Consumption
Figure 6: Italy, Payment Cards Transaction Value and Cards in Circulation, 2012-2021
Figure 7: Italy, Debit Card Penetration and Turnover Per Card
Figure 8: Italy, Debit Cards Scheme and Issuer Transaction Value Share (%), 2016
Figure 9: Italy, Pay Later Card Penetration and Turnover Per Card
Figure 10: Italy, Pay Later Cards Scheme and Issuer Transaction Value Share (%), 2016
Figure 11: Italy, Prepaid Cards in Circulation and Transaction Value, 2012-2021
Figure 12: Italy, Merchant Acquiring Transaction Volume and Value, 2011-2020
Figure 13: Italy, Acquirers’ Market Share in Terms of Transaction Volume and Value (%), 2015
Figure 14: Italy, Average Merchant Service Charge and Interchange Fee (%), 2011-2020