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Payment Organisations
German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) is the umbrella organisation of the German banks regarding payment services.
Domestic Card Brand
girocard debit cards; mostly co-badged Maestro, V PAY, Cirrus, Plus or (few) JCB. Electronic purse GeldKarte.
Market Structure
Decentralised infrastructure composed of more than 30 issuers, 15 active acquirers, eight card processors, 20 German specific POS network processors and four ATM networks.
Girocard debit acceptance is separate from credit card acquiring. German girocard debit cards compete with card-initiated ELV direct debits accepted by many retailers and at petrol stations. Use of credit cards and delayed debit cards in Germany is low compared with debit cards.
Digital challenger banks include N26, Fidor Bank, SolarisBank, and O2 Banking of mobile operator Telefónica. Emerging Open Banking ecosystem.
Notable Market Trends
Contactless rollout, SmartPOS terminals, instant payments,
Debit Mastercard cards, VISA Debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Open Banking payments, mobile HCE NFC girocard payments, cash-advance at POS terminals, consolidation of acquirers and PSPs.
Statistical Key Figures for 2018 provided in this profile:
• UPDATED: tables with card business data 2014-2018; growth rates: Y-o-Y, CAGR
• Population, Cards per Capita, Card Value per Capita
• Debit Cards, Credit/Delayed Debit Cards, Total Cards
• Card payments by number and by value, ATV per card, payments per card/year
• ATMs, POS terminals, ATMs/POS terminals per 1 million capita
• ATM withdrawals by number/by value, ATV per withdrawal, TXs per ATM/month
• POS payments by number/by value, ATV per POS payment, TXs per POS/month
• Internet Use, e-payment mix, B2C e-Commerce by value and growth rate
• Issued Card brands by individual major issuer bank
• Accepted card brands by individual major acquirer
• Drill down into the debit card use and credit cards use details
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1.1 last updated 13th January 2020
