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November 2016 Issue 353 www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com The Internet of Things Payments top the bill at IoT debate •Annual Prepaid Summit and Awards, Europe •Secco Aura: The future of monetary value and exchange •Comment: Chargeback fraud and seasonal sales •Surveys: Australia, Oman, Pakistan EPI 353.indd 1 30/11/2016 14:23:10 10TH ANNIVERSARY February 14-16, 2017 Berlin FestivalMPE introduces of European online payment methods: „Festival of European online payment methods“ the only conference putting together payment professionals from European merchants, online payment methods and providers to meet and exchange information and ideas RUSSIA NETHERLANDS GERMANY SWEDEN IRELAND UNITED KINGDOM POLAND SPAIN ITALY FRANCE TURKEY MPE 2017 in numbers: FRANCE NETHERLANDS SPAIN 82% CREDIT CARDS 55% IDEAL 91% VISA / MASTERCARD 40+ 15% PAYPAL 23% CREDIT CARDS 6% PAYPAL COUNTRIES 300+ 3% DOMESTIC CARTE BLEU 15% DIRECT DEBIT 3% AMERICAN EXPRESS C-LEVEL EXECS 7% PAYPAL GERMANY SWEDEN 38% ELV POLAND 37% CREDIT CARDS 25% VISA / MASTERCARD 45% CREDIT CARDS 35% ONLINE BANKING 16% PAYPAL 35% ONLINE BANKING 20% OPEN INVOICE 1000+ 15% SOFORT BANK 15% CASH BASED METHODS 8% PAYPAL ATTENDEES 6% GIROPAY 5% PAYPAL TURKEY IRELAND RUSSIA 87% CREDIT / DEBIT CARDS 85% VISA / MASTERCARD 35% CREDIT / DEBIT CARDS 7% PAYPAL 11% PAYPAL 25% QIWI 6% OTHER WALLETS 150+ 4% AMERICAN EXPRESS 20% WEBMONEY SPEAKERS 15% YANDEX UNITED KINGDOM ITALY 6% PAYPAL 77% VISA / MASTERCARD 300+ 83% VISA / MASTERCARD 10% PAYPAL FINTECH PEERS 15% PAYPAL 8% DEBIT CARDS 70+ 3% DOMESTIC CARTE BLEU 5% AMERICAN EXPRESS SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS Request agenda and register @ www.merchantpaymentsecosystem.com Untitled-1 1 01/12/2016 09:52 EDITOR’S LETTER NEWS CONTENTS Time for instant payments NEWS 2: NEWS ANALYSIS AND DIGEST FEATURE mall and medium sized banks may understate it- offputting, very much keeps costs not realise how affordable imple - down in the long run. 6: ANNUAL PREPAID SUMMIT EUROPE menting instant payments into The paper sets out different cost scenarios for One day, four sessions and multiple keynote speakers from leading European companies their systems can be, legacy sys - different types of banks and different strategies highlighted the healthy state of the growing S for implementation, as well as identifying the four tems in tow or not. prepaid market and its prospects. EPI reports Lipis Advisors and Icon Solutions have collated main cost categories, and it will likely some as a on the event’s key news, developments and presentations the experiences of banks who have gone through surprise to many that the hardware figure is the the process of integrating faster payments into lowest: 8: SECCO AURA From startup challenger bank to blockchain their systems. The study breaks down the cost innovation, Secco Aura’s offline payments structure of instant payments into different cat- • Hardware- 15% and ‘economics of value’ strategy could egories and apportions the rough cost percentage • Licensing- 25% pave the way for a future model of consumer per category, giving a clearer picture what is feasi- • Integration and customisation- 35% data ownership. Anna Milne meets CEO and co-founder Chris Gledhill ble in terms of affordability. • Maintenance- 25% This is particularly pertinent for small and 9: DIGITAL BANKING CLUB The DBC’s latest debate in London honed in medium sized banks that often fear a spiralling A targeted approach, meaning a modular inte- on the Internet of Things and how it could cost scenario should they decide to embark on gration that maximises the potential of any legacy aid financial services. The discussion covered such a project. system already in place is favoured by most banks. a number of key trends, including payments, Their fears are not without foundation. The It all depends on the provider chosen and the wearables and customer needs. Patrick Brusnahan reports implementation of instant payments can have strategy of implementation. Two strategies were unexpected costs linked to liquidity management identified: a modular integration that is both 12: SINGAPORE FINTECH FESTIVAL The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) practices, channel development, and interfaces cheaper, faster and of course makes the most of and the Association of Banks in Singapore with back office systems, meaning it can seem too the legacy system in situ and a more major, con- (ABS) organised the inaugural Fintech risky an undertaking for fear they will exhaust solidatory overhaul, to streamline the system and Festival. The event aimed to promote Singapore as a regional hub and facilitate funds before the work is complete. do away with siloes- in effect, ‘rip and replace’. collaboration in fintech The upshot and, hence, good news for smaller The fact is, instant payments aren’t a fad, a banks is that the cost is much less prohibitive than marketing ploy or a gimmick, they’re not going SURVEY many anticipate and hardware costs are not a anywhere and the sooner everybody gets on board substantial part of the overall spend in any of the the better- it can’t just be the domain of big banks. 13: AUSTRALIA solutions modelled, meaning the cost is cumula- Small businesses, individual consumers- there are 14: OMAN tive and spread over time rather than an upfront benefits to be gleaned all round from faster pay- 15: PAKISTAN outlay. ments and as Tom Hay, head of payments at Icon It turns out that cumulative costs over five years Solutions puts it “only when small and medium COMMENT can be as low as €500,000, according to Lipis. sized banks connect to national schemes willl con- And the five year cumulative cost for the larg- sumers and businesses across the world be able to 16: MONICA EATON-CARDONE, est, most complex projects was reported to be take full advantage of its benefits.”< CO-FOUNDER OF CHARGEBACKS911 less than €5m. 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T Observations were made about how cer- together senior-level executives to review industry developments in Singapore and tain challenges that are unique to Asia – such Hong Kong. as large unbanked populations, geographical This included initiatives undertaken by could stand to benefit from connecting and fragmentation and a relatively high reliance monetary authorities in both markets to co-locating with players outside the industry on mobile phones – have helped some mar- accelerate the growth of fintech companies, – be it merchants, telcos or banks. kets leapfrog the gradual progression often and also to assess whether banks would be Sharing examples of how open APIs have seen in more mature markets. disintermediated by these new players in the helped enable this, he says the increasing As Knuff commented: “With compa - near future. importance of a data-centric business model nies such as Alipay and Tencent growing Vice-president of Global Ecosystem John will only serve to amplify the magnitude of their market share in payments, the devel- Knuff from Equinix spoke about how com- interconnectivity