Online payments 2012 Moving beyond the web 1 This report provides an overview of e-commerce payment methods and habits across the globe. It shows that we’re operating in a fascinating world that is diverse and full of developments but also one that has plenty of room for innovation to enable web retailers to sustain growth and offer their services increasingly across borders. Ulric Jerome – Pixmania.com, member of the Board Ecommerce Europe 2 Online payments 2012 Moving beyond the web Editors: Chiel Liezenberg, Douwe Lycklama Authors: Jip de Lange, Alessandro Longoni, Adriana Screpnic
[email protected] www.innopay.com Edition 2012 Version 1.2 – Ecommerce Europe edition May 2012 ISBN: 978-94-90587-08-6 Copyright © Innopay BV All rights reserved 3 Preface Ecommerce Europe Ecommerce Europe is proud to present, in cooperation with Innopay, this special edition of the Online payments 2012 report. Until now, there has been no structured collaboration directly involving e-commerce businesses. The European market is open and offers plenty of opportunities for online retailers. For that, Ecommerce Europe was launched in April 2012. Ecommerce Europe will focus primarily on reinforcing the success of web merchants and the right investment climate for web merchants. It will do this by robustly promoting their interests and by lobbying European institutions. For that, this report will be most helpful. We must shift towards European standards. Europe needs a broader variety of payment solutions, because a broad palette of payment solutions with mass adoption leads to more business for web retailers. This report provides an overview of e-commerce payment methods and habits across the globe.