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The Greek financial card and payments market experienced robust growth in 2022, fuelled by post-pandemic recovery and the impact of inflation. This growth trend persists into 2023, albeit at a slower pace, attributed to the positive economic outlook…
Financial cards continues its progress in 2023, however, with mixed results. Global inflation continues to create an uncertain economic climate and an increasing price-sensitivity around sales of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs), leading to…
In terms of financial cards, Denmark is a saturated market and the number of cards in circulation is not expected to increase significantly across debit, credit, pre-paid or store cards.
Edible oils in the UK has still been experiencing various challenges in 2023, including inflation, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions. While there has been a slight improvement, persistently high unit prices continue to pose difficulties for…
Sales of edible oils have continued to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, driven in part by a further steep increase in retail prices. Price rises and the drop in demand is the result of several factors including the adverse effects of the…
Olive oil is an important part of the traditional Italian diet but the category has continued to see declining sales in retail volume terms in 2023, although elevated inflation and a sharp rise in prices has ensured the category has continued to see…
Edible oils is enjoying a recovery back to normalisation in 2023, following the turbulence caused by the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war. Indeed, in 2022, it was strongly noted how reliant France was on imports for its edible oils and, moreover,…
The COVD-19 pandemic hampered the use of cash in Turkey, with consumers also opting to use a debit card over credit cards in 2023. The availability of contactless debit cards encouraged consumers to use their debit cards for small purchases, while…
Contactless payments, whether using a debit card or a mobile device linked to a debit card, have become an increasingly popular method of payment at physical merchant locations in the United Kingdom. This surge in popularity can be attributed to the…
Debit cards remain the most popular type of financial card in Sweden in 2023 in terms of the number of cards in circulation, and current value and volume transactions. The popularity of debit cards is attributable to the high share of digital…