| Statistics for Smart Cards
Although Asia's
card market still lacks multi-application cards, great potential
exists for specialized applications. Over time, smart cards will
be most used with set-top boxes and mobile phones and not PCs as
originally envisioned.
Global Smart
Card Market By Industry, 2001 - 2003
| Market (millions of
units) |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
Growth Forecast
2003 vs 2002 |
| |
| Mobile Comms |
400 |
450 |
550 |
22% |
| |
| Banking |
145 |
181 |
220 |
22% |
| |
| eGov, IT, PayTV &
transit |
196 |
263 |
357 |
36% |
| |
| By Region |
|
|
|
Share of Total |
| |
| EMEA |
883 |
923 |
974 |
46% |
| |
| Asia-Pacific |
558 |
597 |
656 |
31% |
| |
| Latin America |
322 |
346 |
402 |
19% |
| |
| North America |
38 |
58 |
85 |
4% |
Source: SchlumbergerSema, March 2002
Regional
Breakdown of Financial Smart Cards, 1999 - 2004
| Year |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| |
| Asia-Pacific % |
6.61 |
7.78 |
12.63 |
21.85 |
26.46 |
25.17 |
| |
| European Union % |
90.82 |
84.09 |
73.92 |
59.85 |
49.49 |
43.82 |
| |
| North America % |
0.37 |
4.59 |
8.31 |
11.79 |
14.64 |
19.5 |
| |
| Latin America % |
1.84 |
2.69 |
3.67 |
4.79 |
7.79 |
9.81 |
| |
| Rest of World % |
0.37 |
0.85 |
1.47 |
1.72 |
1.65 |
1.70 |
Source: Frost & Sullivan, using 2000 as base
year

Financial
Smart Cards In The Asia-Pacific, 1999 - 2004
| Year |
Units (million) |
| |
| 1999 |
5 |
| |
| 2000 |
8 |
| |
| 2001 |
11 |
| |
| 2002 |
41 |
| |
| 2003 |
67 |
| |
| 2004 |
79 |
Source: Frost & Sullivan, using 2000 as base
year

Bank Smart
Card Percentages By World Region, 2001
| Region |
Percentage |
| |
| Europe |
84% |
| |
| Other |
6% |
| |
| Asia-Pacific |
5% |
| |
| USA |
5% |
| |
| Total
number of bank smart cards: 233 million |
| |
Source: Celent Communications , November 2001

Scope
for Smart Cards Within eCommerce (in millions)
| Year |
PC |
Set-Top Box |
Mobile Phone |
| |
| 1998 |
- |
3,016 |
- |
| |
| 1999 |
108 |
5,628 |
636 |
| |
| 2000 |
471 |
8,700 |
4,044 |
| |
| 2001 |
1,056 |
11,815 |
10,435 |
| |
| 2002 |
1,891 |
15,031 |
19,877 |
| |
| 2003 |
3,287 |
18,662 |
32,344 |
Source: Datamonitor 

Number of
Card-Based e-Money Products in Brazil, 1999
| Name of System |
Type |
No of Cards Issued/
No of Home PC users |
Volume of Daily
Payments |
Volume of Daily
Purchases |
Average Value of
Payments |
| |
| Visa Cash |
Card |
95,000 |
334 |
$1,477 |
$4.42 |
| |
| SIBS |
Card |
40,100 |
960 |
$3,073 |
$3.20 |
Source: eMarketer 

Number
of Smart Cards Issued in Asia
| Country |
Number |
|
Primary Uses |
| |
| Australia |
10 million |
|
Phone, POS, ticketing |
| |
| Cambodia |
8.5 million |
|
National ID |
| |
| China |
3 million |
|
eCash, utilities, tolls |
| |
| Hong Kong |
5 million |
|
Transit, eCash, parking |
| |
| Malaysia |
2 million |
|
eCash, ID, tolls |
| |
| Philippines |
35 million |
|
Social security |
| |
| Singapore |
0.7 million |
|
Tolls, transit, eCash, |
| |
| South Korea |
9 million |
|
Transit, eCash |
| |
| Taiwan |
n/a |
|
Transit, eCash |
| |
| Thailand |
n/a |
|
eCash, loyalty |
| |
| Number of smart cards
in Asia: 70 million |
Projected
card statistics for 2002:
- Asian
share of global sales = 30.1%
- Value of
global market: USD 6.8 per annum
- Global
CAG: 37.8%
Source: International Data Corporation (May 07 1999) 

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