Credit Cards in Switzerland

April 2012 | 36 pages | ID: C41DED284D4EN
Euromonitor International Ltd

Abstracts

Swiss consumers, having grown increasingly comfortable with their use, continued to use credit cards on a more regular basis over the review period; a trend that was accentuated by several factors. Firstly, although the increase in credit card use preceded the increasingly liberal borrowing culture in Switzerland, this new attitude regarding consumer credit led many more to accept credit cards as an everyday product. Other factors accelerating the trend towards credit cards include wider...

Euromonitor International's Credit Card Transactions in Switzerland report establishes the size and structure of the market for ATMs cards, smart cards, credit cards, debit cards, charge cards, pre-paid cards and store cards. It looks at key players in the market (issuers and operators), number of cards in circulation, numbers transactions and value of transactions. It offers strategic analysis of sector forecasts and trends to watch.

Product coverage: Commercial Credit Card Transactions, Personal Credit Card Transactions.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

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• Get a detailed picture of the Credit Card Transactions market;
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• Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

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Contents

Headlines
Trends
Competitive Landscape
Prospects
Category Data
  Table 1 Credit Cards Category Performance: 2006-2011
  Table 2 Credit Cards Category Performance: Number of Cards in Circulation 2006-2011
  Table 3 Credit Cards Category Performance: % Growth 2006-2011
  Table 4 Credit Cards in Circulation Category Performance: % Growth 2006-2011
  Table 5 Personal Credit Cards Category Performance: 2006-2011
  Table 6 Personal Credit Cards Category Performance: Number of Cards in Circulation 2006-2011
  Table 7 Personal Credit Cards Category Performance: % Growth 2006-2011
  Table 8 Personal Credit Cards in Circulation Category Performance: % Growth 2006-2011
  Table 9 Commercial Credit Cards Category Performance: 2006-2011
  Table 10 Commercial Credit Cards Category Performance: Number of Cards in Circulation 2006-2011
  Table 11 Commercial Credit Cards Category Performance: % Growth 2006-2011
  Table 12 Commercial Credit Cards in Circulation Category Performance: % Growth 2006-2011
  Table 13 Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2006-2010
  Table 14 Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2006-2010
  Table 15 Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Issuer 2006-2010
  Table 16 Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Operator 2006-2010
  Table 17 Personal Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2006-2010
  Table 18 Personal Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2006-2010
  Table 19 Personal Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Issuer 2006-2010
  Table 20 Personal Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Operator 2006-2010
  Table 21 Commercial Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2006-2010
  Table 22 Commercial Credit Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2006-2010
  Table 23 Commercial Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Issuer 2006-2010
  Table 24 Commercial Credit Cards Payment Transaction Value by Operator 2006-2010
  Table 25 Credit Cards Forecast Category Performance: 2011-2016
  Table 26 Credit Cards Forecast Category Performance: Number of Cards in Circulation 2011-2016
  Table 27 Credit Cards Forecast Category Performance: % Growth 2011-2016
  Table 28 Credit Cards in Circulation Forecast Category Performance: % Growth 2011-2016
  Table 29 Personal Credit Cards Forecast Category Performance: 2011-2016
  Table 30 Personal Credit Cards Forecast Category Performance: Number of Cards in Circulation 2011-2016
  Table 31 Personal Credit Cards Forecast Category Performance: % Growth 2011-2016
  Table 32 Personal Credit Cards in Circulation Forecast Category Performance: % Growth 2011-2016
  Table 33 Commercial Credit Cards Forecast Category Performance: 2011-2016
  Table 34 Commercial Credit Cards Forecast Category Performance: Number of Cards in Circulation 2011-2016
  Table 35 Commercial Credit Cards Forecast Category Performance: % Growth 2011-2016
  Table 36 Commercial Credit Cards in Circulation Forecast Category Performance: % Growth 2011-2016
Cornèr Banca in Financial Cards and Payments (switzerland)
Strategic Direction
Key Facts
  Summary 1 Cornèr Banca: Key Facts
  Summary 2 Cornèr Banca: Operational Indicators
Company Background
Competitive Positioning
  Summary 3 Cornèr Banca: Competitive Position 2010
Postfinance in Financial Cards and Payments (switzerland)
Strategic Direction
Key Facts
  Summary 4 PostFinance: Key Facts
  Summary 5 PostFinance: Operational Indicators
Company Background
Competitive Positioning
  Summary 6 PostFinance: Competitive Position 2010
Executive Summary
Financial Cards and Payments Performs Well, With Credit Cards Performing Best
Swiss Remain Faithful To Cash Despite Proliferation of Financial Cards
Young Consumers Are Key Demographic for Financial Cards
M-commerce Contactless Technology
Financial Cards Growth
Key Trends and Developments
Swiss Consumers Maintain Appetite for Cash Despite Growth in Financial Cards
Current Impact
Outlook
Future Impact
After Further Delays, V Pay Card Announced for Mid-2012 With Raiffeisen Bank
Current Impact
Outlook
Future Impact
M-commerce Slowly Gaining Momentum in Switzerland
Current Impact
Outlook
Future Impact
Competition Commission Begins Targeting Debit Cards in 2011
Current Impact
Outlook
Future Impact
Contactless Cards Slowly Gaining Ground in Switzerland
Market Indicators
  Table 37 Number of POS Terminals 2006-2011
  Table 38 Number of ATMs 2006-2011
  Table 39 Value Lost to Fraud 2006-2011
  Table 40 Card Expenditure by Location 2011
  Table 41 Card Expenditure by Category 2011
  Table 42 Financial Cards in Circulation by Type: % Number of Cards 2006-2011
  Table 43 Domestic versus Foreign Spend 2011
Market Data
  Table 44 Consumer Payments: Value 2006-2011
  Table 45 Consumer Payments: Number of Transactions 2006-2011
  Table 46 Financial Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation 2006-2011
  Table 47 Financial Cards Transactions: Value 2006-2011
  Table 48 Financial Cards: Number of Transactions 2006-2011
  Table 49 Financial Cards: Number of Accounts 2006-2011
  Table 50 Financial Cards: Number of Cards by Issuer 2006-2010
  Table 51 Financial Cards: Number of Cards by Operator 2006-2010
  Table 52 Financial Cards: Card Payment Transaction Value by Operator 2006-2010
  Table 53 Financial Cards: Card Payment Transaction Value by Issuer 2006-2010
  Table 54 Consumer Payments Forecast: Value 2011-2016
  Table 55 Consumer Payments Forecast: Number of Transactions 2011-2016
  Table 56 Financial Cards Forecast: Number of Cards in Circulation 2011-2016
  Table 57 Financial Cards Forecast: Value 2011-2016
  Table 58 Financial Cards Forecast: Number of Transactions 2011-2016
  Table 59 Financial Cards Forecast: Number of Accounts 2011-2016
Definitions
Atm Function
Debit Function
Credit Function
Commercial Credit Cards
Charge Card Function
Commercial Charge Cards
Open Loop Pre-paid Function
Closed Loop Pre-paid Function
Store Cards
Pre-paid
Contactless Smart Card
Card Expenditure by Location
Card Expenditure by Sector
Domestic Versus Foreign
Value Lost To Fraud
Sources
  Summary 7 Research Sources