TY - JOUR U1 - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel A1 - Hausladen, Iris A1 - Zipf, Torsten T1 - Competitive differentiation versus commoditisation: The role of Big Data in the European payments industry JF - Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems N2 - The European payments market is undergoing disruptive changes. The interplay between changes in regulatory, technology and consumer behaviour is driving ongoing transformation and reshaping the competitive eironment. With the opening of the European payment market to third-party providers, the industry faces the advent of unprecedented competition. This paper describes the phenomenon of payments commoditisation as a consequence of these changes and possible responses to achieve successful competitive differentiation. It acknowledges data and the outcome of respective analysis as one of the key assets to competitive differentiation through value-added services. The paper discusses opportunities to leverage the significant amounts of valuable data possessed by incumbent banks and payment providers in order to ensure future competitiveness. The reader will learn about the relevance of Big Data analytics in the payments industry and the need to put powerful IT at the centre of future business operations. With payments moving to the core of digital user experiences, incumbent banks and payment providers are advised to position themselves as digital partners in their customers’ lives beyond payment transaction processing. KW - Payment commoditization KW - Big Data analytics KW - Value-added services KW - Competitive differentiation KW - PSD2 KW - Open API Y1 - 2018 UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hsp/jpss/2018/00000012/00000003/art00007 SN - 1750-1806 SS - 1750-1806 VL - 12 IS - 3 (Autumn/Fall 2018) SP - 266 EP - 282 ER -