EMV Migration in Canada: Opportunities & Challenges, 2007

Technology Strategies International
February 12, 2007
115 Pages - SKU: TSI1470955
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Countries covered: Canada

EMV Migration in Canada: Opportunities & Challenges, 2007

 
The Canadian smart card market will get a huge boost from the migration of credit and debit cards to the EMV smart cards, but there are likely to be some tough times ahead for issuers, merchants and acquirers alike. EMV Migration in Canada: Opportunities and Challenges, 2007, is the most comprehensive and authoritative independent strategic analysis and forecast available on the Canada's EMV migration program. It includes a detailed analysis of the Canadian payments landscape and establishes the payment context in which EMV migration will take place. The 115 page report analyses the most important opportunities and threats facing EMV migration in Canada, and identifies the key challenges that will need to be addressed by issuers, acquirers and different classes of merchants for migration to be successful. Detailed forecasts are presented for the migration of credit and debit cards, POS terminals, ABMs and automatic fuel dispensers to EMV. Based on interviews with more than 55 key executives in the industry, as well as extensive secondary research, this detailed report is an essential reference document for organizations both within Canada and around the world involved in planning, implementing, or supplying goods or services to EMV migration programs.

Market summary
  • The investment required to migrate to EMV will exceed $1 billion
  • By 2010, the date set by Visa Canada for the liability shift between issuers and acquirers in Canada, only 36% of all credit cards in Canada will have migrated to EMV-compliant smart cards
  • There are a number of important opportunities for convergence with EMV-based payment applications emerging on the Canadian market
  • There is significant potential for credit card payments to be displaced by debit card payments as a result of the introduction of chip and PIN payments in Canada
  • Most retailers have not been engaged in the EMV migration planning process and are likely to resist migration when the cost and business process implications of migration become clearer to them
  • Petroleum product retailers will have to incur substantial costs in order to upgrade their automatic fuel dispensers to accept chip and PIN debit and credit card payments
  • The introduction of chip and PIN for credit cards will have some significant implications for consumers and is likely to reduce the number of payment options that consumers use on a regular basis
  • White-label ABM owners will have to incur substantial costs in order to upgrade their equipment to accept EMV-compliant payment or banking cards.
  • EMV migration will be slower than anticipated because of the numerous challenges facing issuers, acquirers, merchants and white-label ABM owners
  • Wireless payments is an important growth area that may overtake the planned rollout of EMV contact smart cards


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