Market Trends and Applications of Electronic Stored Value Cards and Strategies of Five Major Asian Vendors
As the electronic stored value card market has gradually become saturated and mobile payment providers have started to enter the transport sector, traditional electronic stored card vendors who mostly earn profits by selling physical cards will be threatened. For this reason, they will need to find new strategies to maintain or expand their profits. This report outlines the market development of electronic stored value cards, also known as smart cards, and examines strategies of five major Asian electronic stored value card vendors, including T-money, SPTC (Shanghai Public Transport Card Co.), Suica, Octopus Card, and EZ-Link, and further analyzes their cross-sector applications.
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Definition of Stored Value Cards
1.2 Market Environment
2. DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES OF FIVE MAJOR ASIAN VENDORS
2.1 T-money
2.1.1 Physical and Virtual Cards to Meet User Demand
2.1.2 Special Cards for Tourists
2.1.3 Mobile Payment Apps in Cooperation with Transport Operators, Integrating Member Points
2.2 SPTC (Shanghai Public Transport Card Co.)
2.2.1 Three Mobile Payment Methods
2.2.2 Physical Cards as Memorabilia
2.2.3 Integrating Transit Applications
2.3 Suica
2.3.1 Exclusive Cards for Overseas Tourists
2.3.2 Three Development Stages
2.3.3 Cooperation with Other Transport Operators
2.4 Octopus Card
2.4.1 Joint Cross-border Cards
2.4.2 Diversified Services Through O! ePay
2.4.3 New Channels
2.5 EZ-Link
2.5.1 EZ-Pay Mobile Payments and Wearables
2.5.2 New Channels and Applications
2.5.3 Multi-currency E-wallets
2.5.4 Cooperation with Malaysia on E-wallets
3 THREE MAJOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS
4.CROSS-SECTOR APPLICATION CASES
4.1 Retail
4.2 Entertainment
4.3 Construction
5. MIC PERSPECTIVE
Appendix
Glossary of Terms
List of Companies
1.1 Definition of Stored Value Cards
1.2 Market Environment
2. DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES OF FIVE MAJOR ASIAN VENDORS
2.1 T-money
2.1.1 Physical and Virtual Cards to Meet User Demand
2.1.2 Special Cards for Tourists
2.1.3 Mobile Payment Apps in Cooperation with Transport Operators, Integrating Member Points
2.2 SPTC (Shanghai Public Transport Card Co.)
2.2.1 Three Mobile Payment Methods
2.2.2 Physical Cards as Memorabilia
2.2.3 Integrating Transit Applications
2.3 Suica
2.3.1 Exclusive Cards for Overseas Tourists
2.3.2 Three Development Stages
2.3.3 Cooperation with Other Transport Operators
2.4 Octopus Card
2.4.1 Joint Cross-border Cards
2.4.2 Diversified Services Through O! ePay
2.4.3 New Channels
2.5 EZ-Link
2.5.1 EZ-Pay Mobile Payments and Wearables
2.5.2 New Channels and Applications
2.5.3 Multi-currency E-wallets
2.5.4 Cooperation with Malaysia on E-wallets
3 THREE MAJOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS
4.CROSS-SECTOR APPLICATION CASES
4.1 Retail
4.2 Entertainment
4.3 Construction
5. MIC PERSPECTIVE
Appendix
Glossary of Terms
List of Companies
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Development Direction of T-money, SPTC, Suica, Octopus, and EZ-Link
Table 1: Development Direction of T-money, SPTC, Suica, Octopus, and EZ-Link
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Electronic Payment Types and Their Regulatory Authorities in Taiwan
Figure 2: Revenue Model of Stored Value Card Vendors
Figure 1: Electronic Payment Types and Their Regulatory Authorities in Taiwan
Figure 2: Revenue Model of Stored Value Card Vendors
