This study is based on a census of startups focusing on innovative payments. This analysis is needed to understand the evolving world of payments, where every final customer and/or businesses choose new ways to pay over the traditional methods. Innovative payments refer to the vast part of those systems that allow a consumer to make a payment by using new technologies, such as a smartphone, a smartwatch, by waving it over the POS or by saying out loud a “command”. Most of the time the big changes in the market are not brought by incumbent companies, but by startups, so it’s important to consider them when analyzing the world of payments, both from an economical and academic point of view. With the support of the Innovative Payments Observatory of Politecnico di Milano, the entire analysis was drafted into four parts. The first one, which corresponds to Chapter 1, is based on the literature about innovative and digital payments and the ecosystem of startups. Here there are seven groups of innovative payments that are described, along with their advantages and disadvantages, in order to unveil trends that have been going on in the recent years and possible future developments. Then the focus is shifted towards startups, why they are important to study and analyze and how they can be kept alive and thrive thanks to the different ways of fundings. The second chapter explains how all the data needed for the analysis has been obtained, which were the sources used, and the categories and subcategories in which the startups will be placed for a correct examination. The third chapter describes all the data analyzed, which are current and possible future trends, which are the categories on which most startups focus on, the categories on which funders prefer to invest on, the geographical location of the different startups and a brief focus on Italian startups. Finally, the last chapter sums up the entire work, explaining the main findings, the limitations emerged during the analysis, and some suggestions to keep in mind when doing a similar work for the next years.
Questo studio si basa su un censimento delle startup focalizzate sui pagamenti innovativi, necessario per comprendere il mondo in evoluzione dei pagamenti, dove ogni cliente finale e/o azienda sceglie nuovi modi di pagare rispetto ai metodi tradizionali. I pagamenti innovativi si riferiscono alla vasta parte di quei sistemi che consentono a un consumatore di effettuare un pagamento utilizzando nuove tecnologie, come uno smartphone, uno smartwatch, muovendolo sopra il POS o pronunciando ad alta voce un "comando". Molte volte i grandi cambiamenti nel mercato non sono portati avanti dalle aziende consolidate, ma dalle startup, quindi è importante considerarle quando si analizza il mondo dei pagamenti, sia da un punto di vista economico che accademico. Con il supporto dell'Osservatorio Innovative Payments del Politecnico di Milano, l'intera analisi è stata redatta in quattro parti. La prima, corrispondente al capitolo 1, si basa sulla letteratura riguardante i pagamenti innovativi e digitali e l'ecosistema delle startup. Qui sono descritti sette gruppi di pagamenti innovativi, insieme ai loro vantaggi e svantaggi, al fine di rivelare le tendenze che si sono sviluppate negli ultimi anni e possibili tendenze future. Successivamente, l'attenzione si sposta sulle startup, sul perché sia importante studiarle e analizzarle, e su come queste possano essere mantenute in vita e prosperare grazie alle diverse modalità di finanziamento. Il secondo capitolo spiega come sono stati ottenuti tutti i dati necessari per l'analisi, quali siti web sono stati utilizzati e le categorie e sottocategorie in cui saranno collocate le startup per un’analisi corretta. Il terzo capitolo descrive tutti i dati analizzati, che comprendono le tendenze attuali e future, le categorie su cui si concentrano maggiormente la maggior parte delle startup, le categorie su cui i finanziatori preferiscono investire, la posizione geografica delle diverse startup e un breve approfondimento sulle startup italiane. Infine, l'ultimo capitolo riassume l'intero lavoro, spiegando le conclusioni e quali sono stati i limiti incontrati durante l'analisi, fornendo inoltre alcuni suggerimenti da tenere in considerazione quando si svolgerà un lavoro simile nei prossimi anni.
The role of startups in the innovative payments' ecosystem
Garbi, Tommaso
2023/2024
Abstract
This study is based on a census of startups focusing on innovative payments. This analysis is needed to understand the evolving world of payments, where every final customer and/or businesses choose new ways to pay over the traditional methods. Innovative payments refer to the vast part of those systems that allow a consumer to make a payment by using new technologies, such as a smartphone, a smartwatch, by waving it over the POS or by saying out loud a “command”. Most of the time the big changes in the market are not brought by incumbent companies, but by startups, so it’s important to consider them when analyzing the world of payments, both from an economical and academic point of view. With the support of the Innovative Payments Observatory of Politecnico di Milano, the entire analysis was drafted into four parts. The first one, which corresponds to Chapter 1, is based on the literature about innovative and digital payments and the ecosystem of startups. Here there are seven groups of innovative payments that are described, along with their advantages and disadvantages, in order to unveil trends that have been going on in the recent years and possible future developments. Then the focus is shifted towards startups, why they are important to study and analyze and how they can be kept alive and thrive thanks to the different ways of fundings. The second chapter explains how all the data needed for the analysis has been obtained, which were the sources used, and the categories and subcategories in which the startups will be placed for a correct examination. The third chapter describes all the data analyzed, which are current and possible future trends, which are the categories on which most startups focus on, the categories on which funders prefer to invest on, the geographical location of the different startups and a brief focus on Italian startups. Finally, the last chapter sums up the entire work, explaining the main findings, the limitations emerged during the analysis, and some suggestions to keep in mind when doing a similar work for the next years.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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