Payment Organisation
SIX Group, the Swiss interbank organisation.
Aduno Group – interbank organisation of the Swiss regional banks
Domestic Card Brand
PostFinance debit cards, CardDirect, some co-badged.
Mobile payment app TWINT.
Market Structure
Swiss banks mainly issue Maestro debit cards, PostFinance, the banking arm of Swiss Post, issues its own PostFinance debit cards. Also, V PAY cards and Debit Mastercard cards are issued.
Decentralised infrastructure, composed of ten major issuer banks, four major acquirers, three processors, two ATM networks (Bankomat, Postomat), three POS network hubs.
SIX Banking Services is the business unit of SIX Group for Swiss payments. Worldline SIX Payment Services is a leading European payment processor and acquirer.
Two Swiss banks are global players: UBS, Crédit Suisse.
Emerging Open Banking ecosystem.
Notable Market Trends
Contactless rollout: cards, POS terminals, Apple Pay, Google Pay,
QR-Codes, mobile banking apps combined with payments, TWINT.
STATISTICAL KEY FIGURES FOR 2019 PROVIDED IN THIS PROFILE
• UPDATED: tables with card business data 2015-2019; 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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Version 1.1 - last updated Friday 15th January 2021