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www.cardsinternational.com Issue 565 / march 2019 RETAIL THERAPY ARE GIFT CARDS COMING TO THE UK HIGH STREET’S RESCUE? TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT COUNTRY SNAPSHOTS SumUp’s strategy to meet How SCA is the biggest Key market data and demand as society becomes shake-up in payment analysis for Brazil, increasingly cashless security since chip and PIN Indonesia and Mexico CI March 2019 565.indd 1 22/03/2019 14:34:39 contents this month COVER STORY NEWS 14 05 / EDITOR’S LETTER 06 / DIGEST • Contactless set to explode in Poland as limit increases • Barclaycard partners UnionPay for card acceptance • ShoCard, Alhamrani Universal develop biometric ATM • US credit card and DDA fraud losses to reach $2.7bn by 2020 • Curve customer protection covers claims up to £100,000 • Experian calls off ClearScore deal • Nets renews and extends DNB and Eika deals • Barclaycard Presicionpay to integrate with Amadeus • Fingerprint Cards biometric software platform goes live GIFT CARDS 06 Editor: Group Editorial Director: Director of Events: Douglas Blakey Ana Gyorkos Ray Giddings +44 (0)20 7406 6523 +44 (0)20 7406 6707 +44 (0)20 3096 2585 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Senior Reporter: Sub-editor: Head of Subscriptions: Patrick Brusnahan Nick Midgley Alex Aubrey +44 (0)20 7406 6526 +44 (0)161 359 5829 +44 (0)20 3096 2603 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Junior Reporter: Publishing Assistant: Sales Executive: Briony Richter Asena Değirmenci Jamie Baker +44 (0)20 7406 6701 +44 (0)20 7406 6592 +44 203 096 2622 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Customer Services: +44 (0)20 3096 2603 or +44 (0)20 3096 2636, [email protected] Financial News Publishing, 2012. 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It accounted for 98.3% of the total transaction volume in 2018, mainly as a result of the high unbanked population 20 / MEXICO The model operated in the Mexican banking and payments system differs from those of the country’s peers, with banks and other financial institutions partnering with convenience stores to provide services TECHNOLOGY FEATURES 10 / WEARABLES 12 / PREPAID Payment technology continues to reshape Prepaid can be one of the more neglected areas the financial industry; however, that is not of the payments sector, but it is making strong the only sector where it is making an impact. strides. Briony Richter speaks to Prepaid Briony Richter looks at how wearables are International Forum commercial director transforming the world of fashion Diane Brocklebank and chair Paul Swinton 11 / SUMUP 14 / GIFT CARDS With consumers now expecting to pay through Two trend predictions are common in the UK multiple channels, demand for fast, convenient market: the fall of the high street and the rise and often contactless options is growing. of mobile payments. However, the gift card Marc-Alexander Christ explains to Briony looks as like if it could buck – or at least delay Richter how SumUp meets those demands – both of these. 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F overtakes Fiserv to become the largest processing Worldpay’s reward solutions for cards and payments may and payments company. complement FIS’ banking software to offer enhanced loyalty Fiserv’s deal to snap up First Data for $22bn in January programmes in multiple channels. FIS will now be able to offer lasted a mere two months as the biggest-ever payments e-commerce services that are not currently part of its offering. deal. FIS’ acquisition of Worldpay values the latter at around As for savings following the two megadeals, Fiserv and First $43bn, including its net debt of almost $8bn. FIS shareholders Data forecast $900m in run-rate cost savings, and at least will own around 53% of the combined group, with Worldpay $500m in “revenue synergies” over a five-year period. FIS and shareholders owning the remainder. Worldpay’s forecast savings are of the same order, estimating The premium paid by FIS is not quite as large as the initial $500m of annual revenue synergies by the end of year three, press reports suggested. The purchase price represents a 13% with a further $400m in annual cost savings. premium compared to the Worldpay share price pre-deal. The press release confirming FIS’ acquisition correctly states Scale matters that there is a risk that the integration of FIS and Worldpay The Fiserv/First Data combination provides the impetus for will be more difficult, time-consuming or expensive than consolidation in a fragmented market. As FIS chair, president anticipated. It adds the predictable caveat that “there is a risk and CEO Gary Norcross says: “Scale matters in our rapidly of customer loss or other business disruption in connection changing industry.” FIS/Worldpay will have pro forma 2018 with the transaction”. annual revenue and adjusted EBITDA of approximately FIS will be acutely aware that, as issuer-processing $12.3bn and $4.9bn respectively. contracts come up for renewal, there remain a number of In the main, analyst comment is positive. As my colleague live competitors in the sector. No financial institution, from Bhavika Shah, payments analyst at GlobalData, says: “The the largest tier one to the smallest credit union, can credibly merger of FIS with Worldpay, originally acquired by Vantiv, suggest that this year’s two megadeals are anti-competitive. represents full value at $43bn. Future possible M&As: players to watch “Worldpay, as of year-end 2018, held a 21% share of the US Attention will inevitably turn to other major players in the merchant acquiring market by value of acquired transactions, sector, and it is a long list. Is there a better-performing player according to GlobalData’s Merchant Acquiring Analytics, in the past year than Adyen? Its annual results, released on 28 making it the largest player in the US, in addition to its February, beat analyst forecasts. In the second half of 2018, international presence in 146 countries.” Adyen’s net revenue in North America almost doubled, and FIS, Worldpay: proven management Asia-Pacific revenue rose by over 120%. Adyen shares are Executing deals of this size successfully can never be taken up by close to 200% since its IPO last June. Others to watch for granted, but to be fair, senior management at both FIS and include Global Payments, Jack Henry, Wirecard and TSYS. Worldpay have successful M&A track records.