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Efficiency and innovations in retail payment systems
Thijs Kettenis
Third Macedonian Conference on Payment and Securities
Settlement Systems
Ohrid, 29 June 2010
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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)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
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
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
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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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
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)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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)
0
10
20
30
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?