Embedded Finance Revolutionising Cross-Border Transaction

November 2023

Global cross-border transaction market is projected to exceed USD40 trillion in 2028, largely driven by trading. Fast, low cost and secure became the three key service requirements of embedded cross-border transaction solutions, while local penetration in key markets globally is one of the key differentiators. FinTechs have been winning digital wallets, digital banks and other digital services, while incumbent operators expand to digital solutions to enhance partnerships with banks.

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Key findings

Pandemic boosted e-commerce, while border reopening stimulates travel/ migration

Cross-border retail e-commerce witnessed more than 25% year-on-year growth, thanks to border restrictions during the pandemic.

From 2022 to 2023, along with scrapping of travel restrictions, travel and migration have been recovering, motivating financial institutions to roll out new travel and remittance products.   

Trade wars and real wars disrupting trading and investment

International supply chain and FDI have been greatly impacted by the trade wars and conflicts, especially between the two superpowers, increasing the complexity and expense.

In an era with increasing uncertainties, investors demand profit growth trajectories, while investment has been increasingly concentrated within the top 10 markets.

Card operators expanding to digital solutions

Card operators such as Visa, Mastercard and UnionPay have been offering personal and commercial cards, enabling banks to issue cards for cross-border transaction.

They have been stretching to digital payments (fast transaction and QR payment, etc), to capture embedded finance opportunities with banks and remittance firms.

Digital challengers targeting underserved and unbanked

Challenging incumbents, FinTechs including Ant Group, Wise and Stripe have been focusing on agile and low-cost digital cross-border transaction solutions.

They focus on digital banks and digital wallets, which in turn target long-tail consumers and businesses, requiring highly automated solutions involving a few incumbent banks and operators.

Scope
Key findings of embedded cross-border transaction
Key demand scenarios for cross-border transaction
Global cross-border transaction market projected to exceed USD40 trillion in 2028
Why relevant for regulators, financial services, non-financial services and manufacturers?
Travel, e-commerce and remittances driving growth of cross-border C2C and B2C payments
Cross-border transaction breakthrough required to support travel, remittances and e-commerce
Majority of key markets yet to recover to pre-COVID levels for % foreign spend of credit cards
Intra-regional travel gaining traction in pursuit of value for money
Asian developed market residents tight on shopping while Indians show the opposite
Western European markets and US lead in attracting international visitors globally
Key source markets for leading tourism destinations
Overseas Chinese largely driving inbound tourism to China visiting friends and relatives
Significant opportunities to convert cash to cards in Western markets for cross-border travel
Cross-border transaction and transport critical to drive travel recovery in Asia Pacific
China simplifying Visa application and improving merchant acceptance of overseas cards
Ongoing development of bullet train network in China likely to facilitate cross-border travel
Shopping drives inbound tourism spending recovery in Asia Pacific
Low-cost carriers benefiting travel recovery while train price hikes increase the risk
Expansion of QR digital wallets for conversion of cash to drive financial inclusion
Key source markets for key Asian destinations
Foreign brand quality goods and relatively lower prices drive cross-border e-commerce
Singapore leads in cross-border retail e-commerce driven by high prices
Variety of logistics options supporting cross-border e-commerce growth in Singapore
Immigrants in developed markets and GCC countries sustain remittances outflows
Migration of students and workers picking up after the pandemic
Global trading disrupted by trade wars, real wars and COVID-19 pandemic
US and China reducing trading reliance, while Germany maintains stable ties with neighbours
Getting FDI is tougher than ever before
Concentrating FDI into top 10 markets for both outflows and inflows
E mbedded cross-border transaction solutions: An increasingly competitive playing field
Embedded cross-border QR payment: Enabling partners’ clients to pay locally just like locals
Market landscape of Alipay+ cross-border QR payment partners in Asia Pacific
Tactical-level collaboration enabled by strategic equity investment
Touch ‘n Go Malaysia leverages Alipay+ to serve Malaysians using China railways
China UnionPay’s cross-border QR payment collaboration extended from card partnership
UnionPay empowers partners to serve cross-border travellers
OCBC partners with UnionPay to offer cross-border QR payment to 47 markets
Central banks’ teamwork to enable inter-operability of cross-border QR payment
Global expansion of fast payment services gaining traction - 70+ markets in Q3 2023
SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) standardised fast cross-border transfer in Europe
Collaboration on cross-border fast payment
Vocalink facilitated cross-border fast payment between Singapore and Thailand
BCS and NPCI enable cross-border fast payment between PayNow and UPI
NETS enables usage of foreign QR digital wallets and cards on its networks in Singapore
Visa Direct powers Western Union, MoneyGram and Remitly for cross-border fast remittances
Wise powers digital banks and digital wallets for lower cost and faster remittance
Wise recorded 60 clients for embedded remittances in 2022 - mainly in Western markets
Visa B2B Connect enables blockchain-based commercial cross-border transactions
Ant Group’s blockchain “ Trusple ” system powers banks to serve SMEs for cross-border trading
UnionPay International (UPI) B2B business targets cross-border B2B trading firms
Increasing criminal risk in fraud, scams and laundering amid growing cross-border transactions
Security and partnership critical to differentiate in embedded cross-border transaction market
China UnionPay’s cross-border QR payment collaboration
Euromonitor definition

Consumer Finance

This is the aggregation of ATM, charge, credit, debit, e-purse and retail cards. Note that smart cards are not included in financial cards.

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