PayTech 2023-24 IIMS

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Digital

Payments /
PayTech
Dr. Neeraj Amarnani
Financial Services Framework

Payment Savings & Risk


Credit
Systems Investments Management

Decision Support

Infrastructure

Legal framework
Financial Services Framework - Payments

Payment Savings & Risk


Credit
Systems Investments Management

Decision Support

Infrastructure

Legal framework
Money has three fundamental
and complementary roles.
• As a unit of account: a yardstick that
eases comparison of prices across
Essence of things that we buy and promises
that we make.
Money • A medium of exchange: that is
universally acceptable
• A store of value: enabling users to
transfer purchasing power to the
future.
Use Cases of Money
• Immediate payments:
• Cash and Access to cash whenever needed – remember, ATMs weren’t always
around. In fact first ATM introduced in 1967
• Cards (Credit, much later Debit) – they weren’t always around either! 1950/’58
• Online Payments
• Purchase for goods and services online PayPal, AliPay, Paytm
• International Transfers
• Remittances SWIFT, Stripe, Wise, Payoneer
• Physical Goods payments (not in cash)
• Point of Sales Square (Block), Mobikwik
• Mobile payments PayTM, Google Pay
• P2P mPesa, Venmo, GPay, PhonePe, Paytm
Currency
Taxonomy
Four-way Classification
• Central Bank Issued / or
privately circulated
• Peer-to-peer or only for
institutions / central bank
• Electronic or Physical
• Universally accessible or
limited circulation
Money Flower with eg.

PokeCoins

E-gold
mPesa, CADcoin
Venmo, PayTM

Dinero Electronico, BerkShares,


Bristol Pounds
Fedcoin,
DCEP, Sand Utility Settlement Coin
Dollars, (Fnality)
eNaira,
Bitcoins
eRupee
Precious Metal Coins
The Evolution of Modern
Payment Systems
Extract from Capgemini World Payments Reports, 2021 & 2022
• PAYMENTS 2.0: Payments as a
Differentiator : Kicked off about 15
years ago by a few payment
pioneers. Fast Pay became key
differentiator

• PAYMENTS 1.0: Payments as a


Commodity : at this stage
payments are a non-core service and
packaged into a core banking
concept; handled in-house

The Initial Stages


Source: Capgemini World Payments Report 2021
The Contemporary
Evolution
• PAYMENTS 4.0: Payments as an Ecosystem Play
: Firms offer Invisible Pay services, especially to
customers in collaboration with
Fintechs/Paytechs, other stakeholders.
• Focus shifts from payments as a product to
a tool for customer reach and engagement.
• BigTechs have edge, build payments-related
value-added services on top of their core
assets (customers, technology, data and
deep pockets)

• PAYMENTS 3.0: Payments as Information :


Data became king, facilitates Easy Pay. Banks
invest in AI/ML, BDA, Data Lakes | Data
becomes an asset to improve risk analysis,
speed up credit decisions and anticipate
customer needs. The advent of PSD2.
Source: Capgemini World Payments Report 2021
Payments Emerging Scenario:
Payments 4.X: Embedded
Payments

• Firms extensively share infrastructure and


data via platforms, leading to payments
becoming embedded, invisible, and an
enabling function in a collaborative
environment to boost customer experience.
• Payments costs go down as data
digitalisation empowers banks to
understand and service customers and
manage risk.
• Network effects become high-
impact success factors.

Source: Capgemini World Payments Report 2021


Payment Trends
Across the World and in India
Source:
Capgemini World
Payments Report,
2023
Source: World
Payments
Report, 2021:
Capgemini
Select Distributed Payment companies

• Block (Square)

• Fampay

• Mswipe

• Open.Money
Select B2B Paytech companies
• Coupa
• Combined payments and cash management service
• Business Spend Management
• Stripe
• Internet payments infrastructure
• Fraud mitigation, sending invoices, Issue virtual and physical cards, Checkout friction
reduction, Finance for business, Business spend management
• EVO Payments
• Integrated global payments systems
• 150+ transaction currencies; Partnerships with prominent banks
• PineLabs
• POS payment systems | Payment Gateway facilities
Global Payment Trends
Some Country Insights
Source: FIS
Global Payments
Report, 2023
Source: FIS Global
Payments Report, 2021
Select Key Trends
• A2A (Account to Account) payments – drastic increase
• Driven by Real time payment rails, and seeing very large contributions from global
developments such as UPI in India
• Credit Card usage remains strong
• Resurgence in discretionary spending, travel and back-end linkages to BNPL
• Digital wallets: leading payment method globally both in e-com and POS
• become major e-com payment method in Europe and US too
• Cash continues to decline, but still relevant
• BNPL evolves into next stage, Sustained by consumer interest in alternative
credit
• Challenges from inflation, higher interest rates and regulators
The Indian
Context

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India’s Payment Systems: A fast evolving one

Source: Payment and Settlement Systems in India, RBI 2021


Source:
Payment and
Settlement
Systems in
India, RBI 2021
Source:
Payment and
Settlement
Systems in
India, RBI 2021
Source:
Payment and
Settlement
Systems in
India, RBI 2021
Source:
Payment and
Settlement
Systems in
India, RBI 2021
Source: Press
Information
Bureau, GOI,
2022
Source:
Payment and
Settlement
Systems in
India, RBI 2021
• Paytm
• Mobile recharges to Payments
Bank to Super App?
Some • Razorpay
Landmark • Payment Gateway to Revenue
Development Management to SME Bank?
s and Entities • IMPS, UPI & UPI 2.0
• Pioneering real time payments,
from instant payments to
investment transactions
• The digital payments ecosystem has made substantial progress on
the supply or the issuance side.
• On the issuance side, a wide range of payment services offered
through

RBI report on • bank accounts, bank branches, business correspondents, cards,


mobile phone and related devices, backed by robust and
resilient payments infrastructure including
Deepening • RTGS, NEFT, IMPS, BHIM UPI, Card Networks, POS, BQR, ATMs,
NACH, ECS, Mobile Wallets, APBS and AEPS.
Digital • Needed now: an improvement on the demand or acceptance side of
the ecosystem.
Payments • high cost structures, including interchange fees, as well as
limited financial service offerings impede merchants from
accepting digital payments.
• Cash - with its ease of usage, universal availability and
acceptance, low cost to consumer, and no requirement of KYC –
continues to play a significant role in payments.
Period RBI-DPI
RBI Digital March 2018 (base) 100.00
Payments Index March 2019 153.47
RBI, in January 2021 September 2019 173.49
launched a composite Digital
Payments Index, combining March 2020 207.84
six parameters (and multiple
sub-parameters): Payment
September 2020 217.74
enablers, Payment March 2021 270.59
Infrastructure – Demand and
Supply side, Payment September 2021 304.06
performance, and Consumer
Centricity. March 2022 349.30
September 2022 377.46
March 2023 395.57
Challenges in the Indian context

• Weaning away from cash


• Digital Financial Awareness and Digital Financial Literacy
• Digital payment Products for users across the spectrum
• Need more options for non-smartphone users
• Customer Protection and Security of Digital Payments
• Cost and Connectivity
Emerging Global Trends

• Embedded Payments causing Embedded Disruptions


• Sweeping Impact of Super Apps
• Cryptocurrencies and CBDCs – encrypted Impact
• Financial Inclusion imperatives
• Real time Payments – a revolution where India is a leading light
Thank you
Dr. Neeraj Amarnani

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