European Statistical Payment Card Yearbook

Ireland - Summary

 

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Market Overview

  
Payment Organizations

IPSO; Laser Card Services.

   
Domestic Card Brand

Laser debit cards co-badged Maestro, Cirrus or Plus.

   
Market Structure

Historically a credit card market. Debit card POS use has grown through the domestic Laser scheme. Though an open market, card issuance and acquiring is dominated by the two large Irish banking groups, AIB and Bank of Ireland.

Stamp duty on debit and credit cards has held back development of the market. The Irish are among the heaviest users of cash and cheques in Europe.

Irish bank remove domestic Laser cards; issuance of VISA Debit cards and MasterCard Debit cards instead.

   
NEW: Notable Market Trends Removal of Laser cards; rollout of contactless cards.
   
Updated: Information about Major Issuers, Major Acquirers, Major Processors, Consumer Finance Indicator.
   

Statistical Key Figures 2011

  
  provided in this profile:
 
  • UPDATED: tables with card business data 2007-2011; 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, e-Commerce by value and growth rate
  • Drill down into the debit card use and credit cards use details
   
For more details about the structure of this country profile please refer to the country report sample.

 

 

 

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