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De Nederlandsche Bank Eurosysteem

Efficiency and innovations in retail payment systems

Thijs Kettenis

Third Macedonian Conference on Payment and Securities

Settlement Systems

Ohrid, 29 June 2010

De Nederlandsche Bank

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Agenda

Efficiency and costs of retail payments: Dutch example and European perspective

Incentives to enhance efficiency

Innovations: POS

Innovations: remote

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Efficiency?

Confusing efficiency debates

Users’ perspective: mainly low prices

Banks’ perspective: low costs

Society’s perspective: low social costs,

but also focus on security and accessibility

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Efficiency: No Free Lunch

Main results:

Social costs POS payments 0.65% gdp

per POS transaction: € 0.35

per € sales: 2.4% per household per

annum: € 400

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Variable costs of cash, debit card, e-purse

0.00

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0 5 10 15 20 25

transaction amount

E-purse

cost per transaction

Cash

11.63

Debit card

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Efficiency: the banking sector

Exhibit 1

Overview of result for banks from payment services€ million

-779Cash transactions

-101Debit card transactions

-18E-purse transactions

-329

75Other*

Balance-related income

-23Result before tax

-105Cost of invested capital

Direct debits

Economic profit

Giro slips

Current accounts

-94

-159Cross-border payments

-44

Credit transfers

-128

Result per main group

POS payments

Transfers

Balance-related income

Current accounts

Main group

-898

-467

-1,215

* Credit cards (+69) and result from other revenues (+6)Source: Payment Services Analysis

2,6412,641

-1,215

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Efficiency: Merchants’ report

Retail business

Cash € 0.18

Debitcard (PIN)

€ 0.20

e-Money (Chipknip)

€ 0.14

Creditcard € 2.70

Retail 2001:

Cash € 0.17

Debitcard € 0.27

Average costs per transaction

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Main policy theme

Substitution paper-based by electronic payments

POS payments: cash → debit card

Remote payments: paper transfers →

internet banking, e-invoicing, direct debit

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Trends in payments in the EU

Source: ECB

Payment transactions in the euro area (billions)

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2

4

6

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10

12

14

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18

20

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

debit and credit cards credit transfers direct debits cheques E-money cards

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Efficiency: Room for improvement?

Value of banknotes and coins as a % of GDP

Source ECB SDW,NBU,IMF,HNB

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2

4

6

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Euro area Euro area(excl. 200 &

500 euro)

Bulgaria CzechRepulic

Macedonia Romenia Ukraine Albania Croatia

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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Efficiency: Room for improvement?

Number of card payments as a % of national payments

Source: ECB SDW

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Euro Area Bulgaria CzechRepublic

Hungary Romania Slovenia Poland TheNetherlands

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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Efficiency: Room for improvement?

Number of POS terminals per million inhabitants

Source ECB SDW,NBU Note: Data Ukraine and Macedonia excl imprinters

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

Euro area Bulgaria Hungary Macedonia Romenia Ukraine Slovenia Poland TheNetherlands

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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Agenda

Efficiency and costs of retail payments: Dutch example and European perspective

Incentives to enhance efficiency

Innovations: POS

Innovations: remote

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Incentives to stimulate efficiency

Financial incentives

Non-financial incentives

Positive incentives

Negative incentives

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Financial incentives (1)

Currently costs are covered via:

• Retailers (direct and related to actual use)

• Consumers (indirect, hidden, not linked to actual use)

Overuse of inefficient payment instruments

NEED FOR TRANSPARANT TARIFF STRUCTURE

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Financial incentives (2)

+ Rewarding efficient behaviour

- Penalising inefficient behaviour

by transaction tariff or merchant surcharge First-mover dilemma Competition dilemma Ensuring accessibility

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Non-financial incentives (1)

1) Changing consumer perception

and creating trust

→ 1 clear message needed!

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Non-financial incentives (2)

2) Increasing acceptance of efficient instruments

• Increasing number of POS-terminals

• Improving visibility of POS-terminals

• Increasing coverage of e-invoicing, iDEAL etc.

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Non-financial incentives (3)

3) Innovation and competition

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Role of DNB

Role of DNBCatalyst and facilitator of national discussionsActive contribution in European discussions Research on payment patterns and

underlying motives

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Agenda

Efficiency and costs of retail payments: Dutch example and European perspective

Incentives to enhance efficiency

Innovations: POS

Innovations: remote

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Overview of innovations: POS

Time

Technology

Cash

Mag-stripe

EMV-chip

Contactless

Mobile/NFCBiometrics ?

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Mag-stripe cards

Number of transactions and acceptance network development per inhabitant, 2001-2006

(Source: World Payments Report 2008, CapGemini)

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EMV-chip

EMV compliance progress December 2009

0%10%20%

30%40%50%60%70%

80%90%

100%

FR IE LU BE AT FI CY IT SI NL PT DE EL MT ES SK Euroarea

Debitcards POS ATM

(Source: European Payments Council)

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Contactless card Payments

EU: public transport• London (Oyster card)• Netherlands (“OV

Chipcard)

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Mobile Payments

Expected number of NFC mobiles: 2010: 300 million 2013: 600 million

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Biometrics Security

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Agenda

Efficiency and costs of retail payments: Dutch example and European perspective

Incentives to enhance efficiency

Innovations: POS

Innovations: remote

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Overview of innovations

Technology

Paper-based

Online payments& EBPP

2-factor Authentication

Mobile/ SMS

TV?

Time

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Internet banking (1)

Percentage of households having internet access (Eurostat, Dec. 2009)

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Internet banking (2)

Percentage of households having internet access (Eurostat, Dec. 2009)

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30

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60

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90

100

EU27

Albania

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Rep.

Hungary

Macedonia

Montenegro

Netherlands

Poland

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Srpska

Turkey

2007 2008 2009

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Internet banking (3)

Individuals using the internet for internet banking in the last three months (Eurostat, Dec. 2009)

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Individuals using the internet for internet banking in the last three months (Eurostat, Dec. 2009)

Internet banking (4)

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40

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60

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80

EU27

Albania

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Rep.

Hungary

Macedonia

Montenegro

Netherlands

Poland

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Srpska

Turkey

2007 2008 2009

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Online shopping (1)

Individuals having bought goods online in the last three months (Eurostat, Dec. 2009)

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Online shopping (2)

Individuals having bought goods online in the last three months (Eurostat, Dec. 2009)

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10

20

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40

50

60

EU27Bulgaria

Czech Rep.

Hungary

Netherlands

Romania

Slovenia

Croatia

Macedonia

Serbia

Albania

Poland

Montenegro

Srpska

Slovakia

Turkey

2007 2008 2009

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iDEAL: Dutch standard for online banking based electronic payments

Launched in October 2005

Three major banks in the

Netherlands (market share > 90%)

Existing internet banking interfaces used for authentication and authorization

Additional banks

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iDEAL: advantages

Customer:• Easy to use (pre-filled transaction form; familiarity with

electronic banking and security)• Safe and trusted payments

Merchant:• Guaranteed payment (no charge-backs)• Low cost• Large potential customer base

Bank:• Further usage of electronic banking systems• Further reduction of “paper based payments”

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iDEAL: transactions

iDEAL transactions

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Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment

New way of receiving and paying bills

Step 1:Customer receives a link to new billby e-mail or in internet banking environment

Step 2:After review, customer can click “I want to pay” button

Step 3:Customer is directed to internet banking application of “his” bank

Remainder of the process is similar to iDEAL

Estimation: potentially € 50 - € 100 billion yearly efficiency gains in European Union

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Questions?