World Market for Consumer Finance

October 2023

The world market for consumer finance continues to see card and electronic payment value grow for consumers around the world as consumer confidence strengthens. Card payment value growth over the forecast period is expected to be driven by credit card functions while the Asia Pacific region generates the majority of card payment value. Investment in fintech is bringing a range of new players into payments.

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Key Findings

Credit growth continues to outpace debit

An additional USD17.7 trillion is expected to be processed on financial cards by 2028 with credit accounting for 54% of additional value. Despite projected growth, debit continued to generate the most absolute payment value.

Asia Pacific drives global card payment value growth

56% of all consumer card payments came from the Asia Pacific region in 2023. This is expected to accelerate to 61% over the next five years, increasing the region’s position as the hub for financial card development and innovation.

M-commerce to top USD11.2 trillion by 2028

M-commerce continues to grow exponentially, benefiting from the continued migration of retail online and increased capabilities of mobile devices. The nearly universal adoption of smart devices enables consumers all over the world to make purchases from anywhere quickly, easily and securely.

Increased focus on B2B payments

With a greater portion of personal payments converted to financial cards or electronic channels, there has been a growing interest in converting B2B payments, of which only 2.7% took place on financial cards in 2023.

Consumer credit rises led by financial card lending

The total outstanding balance of consumer credit reached new highs in 2023 to reach USD17 trillion in outstanding balance. The single largest category in 2023 was financial card lending, accounting for 32%.

Scope
Examining five trends shaping the consumer finance industry
Card payment value to maintain strong growth
Transition away from paper payments
Card payment value by market
Largest regions by card payment value
Developing regions
B2B payment value breakdown
Consistent cash decline
Cash conversion opportunity in emerging market regions
China and US lead by payment value
Beyond the US and China
Network landscape
Leading global card networks (1)
Leading global card networks (2)
Issuing landscape (1)
Issuing landscape (2)
Issuing landscape (3)
Examining five trends shaping the consumer finance industry
Credit growth accelerating
Asia Pacific payments leader, but growth moderating
Mobile payment benefits from shifting retail format
B2B payment value opportunity
Consumer credit rapidly increasing
Global snapshot of card growth
Global snapshot of credit
Global snapshot of debit
Global snapshot of charge
Global snapshot of open-loop pre-paid
Regional snapshot: Asia Pacific
Regional snapshot: Asia Pacific
Regional snapshot: North America
Regional snapshot: North America
Regional snapshot: Latin America
Regional snapshot: Latin America
Regional snapshot: Western Europe
Regional snapshot: Western Europe
Regional snapshot: Middle East and Africa
Regional snapshot: Middle East and Africa
Regional snapshot: Eastern Europe
Regional snapshot: Eastern Europe
Regional snapshot: Australasia
Regional snapshot: Australasia
Definitions

Consumer Finance

This is the aggregation of ATM, charge, credit, debit, e-purse and retail cards. Note that smart cards are not included in financial cards.

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