Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Daniele Natalizi Author-X-Name-First: Daniele Author-X-Name-Last: Natalizi Author-Name: Vatsala Shreeti Author-X-Name-First: Vatsala Author-X-Name-Last: Shreeti Title: Competition in retail digital payments Abstract: Retail payments have digitalised rapidly in both advanced economies and emerging market and developing economies.Digitalisation has altered the competitive landscape, with new entrants (eg fintechs and big techs) and new technologies, yet incumbent banks and card networks retain their dominant position in key markets.In their role as operators, overseers and catalysts in payment systems, central banks support competition in diverse ways, depending on their mandates and institutional arrangements. Length: 8 pages Creation-Date: 2026-07-13 File-URL: https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull127.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Full PDF document File-URL: https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull127.htm File-Format: text/html Number: 127 Handle: RePEc:bis:bisblt:127