Russia, Georgia and CIS Payment Cards Yearbook Synopsis

 

Russia and the countries of Central Asia are one of the worldÕs fastest-growing card markets, showing rates of growth similar to those of Central and Eastern Europe 15 years ago. Cards are firmly embedded as the retail payment of choice and are a strategic area of development for banks and governments across the region.

Though the regionÕs leading countries have made a good start, they still have a long way to go to catch up with EuropeÕs card infrastructure. Cards per capita are less than half the level in Europe, as are ATMs. Probably the biggest opportunity is in expanding POS terminal networks, which are currently only 13% of EuropeÕs in per capita terms.

Compared with Europe, Russia and Central Asia seem like bandit country to many people. To guide readers through this unfamiliar terrain, PCM has published the third edition of its Yearbook covering Russia, the CIS and Georgia, following the format of the long-established European Payment Cards Yearbook.

The rewards are great out in the Wild East - and your journey starts with this Yearbook.

The core of the Russia, Georgia and CIS Payment Cards Yearbook is the series of profiles of the card markets of the CIS country by country, which include information and data on the following subjects:

  • Key statistics;
  • The banking sector - size and ownership;
  • Recent M&A activity;
  • International expansion;
  • Market infrastructure;
  • Market size and dynamics;
  • Cards in issue and card usage;
  • Debit, delayed debit/charge and credit cards;
  • Major card issuers;
  • Cards in comparison to other cashless payments.

In addition to the country profiles, the Yearbook includes regional statistics:

  • Regional overview, covering banking trends, bank ownership, investment by western banks, cross-border investment by CIS banks, other private investment, multilateral banks and agencies, and CIS growth prospects.
  • Payment cards overview, including cards issued, number of payments per country, expenditure on cards by country and a variety of per capita figures.
  • Acquisition and acceptance, a section reviewing POS and ATM statistics.

Click here to order the entire Russia, Georgia and CIS Yearbook
priced at £595 (Û690).

Click here to purchase the Regional Overview priced at £125.00

Individual country profiles are available to purchase separately:
click a country below for summary and pricing

 

Russia and CIS Payment Cards Yearbook

 

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Individual Russian and CIS country profiles available to purchase separately: click a country below for summary and pricing
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