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SIBS

SIBS operates Portugal's Multibanco ATM and card network and the MB WAY mobile payments app.

Operating headquarters
Lisboa, PT🇵🇹
Founded
1983
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Contents

  1. 01Competitive Strengths
  2. 02Competitive Risks
  3. 03Customer Acquisition
  4. 04Market Outlook
  5. 05Products & Services
  1. 01Competitive Strengths
  2. 02Competitive Risks
  3. 03Customer Acquisition
  4. 04Market Outlook
  5. 05Products & Services

Competitive Advantages

Ownership by Portuguese banks aligns SIBS with the institutions that issue cards and hold accounts, embedding it in the national payment system. Operating MULTIBANCO since 1985 has built standing infrastructure wired into every bank, merchant terminal and cash machine in the market, and the MB WAY base of app users reinforces that domestic reach.

The company covers the whole payment stack on one platform, from card production and processing through acquiring, wallets, instant payments and fraud prevention. Its instant payments processor interoperates with TIPS for SEPA-wide reach, and the European Network for Payments joins its rails with BANCOMAT, Bizum, EPI/Wero and Vipps MobilePay behind a shared base of more than 150 million users across four continents.

Source: sibs.com

Competitive Disadvantages

Revenue remains concentrated in Portugal, with the wider European footprint spread across a limited set of markets such as Spain, France, Poland and Romania. International card schemes Visa and Mastercard, which SIBS itself accepts inside its acquiring platform, compete for the same card transactions that anchor the business.

Its European reach covers Portugal, Spain, France, Poland, Romania and the Netherlands, while ATM operations are narrower, reaching Portugal, Poland, France and Romania. Acceptance itself runs on external scheme brands including Visa, Mastercard, UPI and Diners alongside local methods such as BLIK, iDeal and Bancomat.

Source: sibs.com

Customer Acquisition

Merchants and corporate clients buy acceptance directly through one platform covering online, in-store and mobile payments. It takes international schemes including Visa, Mastercard, UPI and Diners alongside local methods such as BLIK and iDeal, settles in multiple currencies, and includes an omnichannel back office and 3-D Secure protection, while ATM value-added services handle state and transport payments.

Financial institutions such as banks, payment providers and fintechs buy processing, card issuing, scheme management, SWIFT messaging, instant payments, KYC utilities and fraud prevention as outsourced infrastructure. Ties to the bank shareholder base and long-running scheme relationships carry the go-to-market, with MB WAY and MULTIBANCO keeping consumers inside the same ecosystem that merchants and issuers join.

Source: sibs.com

Market Outlook

European processing keeps shifting toward real-time account-to-account payment. SIBS runs instant payment services in Portugal, Spain, France and Luxembourg, interoperable with TIPS for SEPA-wide coverage, and its instant payment processing volumes have risen year on year.

The European Network for Payments adds a shared interoperability layer with BANCOMAT, Bizum, EPI/Wero and Vipps MobilePay, spanning more than 150 million users on four continents, while the ITCARD acquisition extends ATM and processing scale into Poland. Digital asset solutions round out the platform as commerce adopts new payment formats.

Source: sibs.com

Product Overview

SIBS builds and operates payment infrastructure for banks, merchants and public bodies. Its MULTIBANCO network links automated teller machines and debit acceptance across Portugal, while the MB WAY wallet ties a mobile number to a bank card for payments in shops, online and between people, with more than six million users of its payment and authentication apps.

The platform extends to acquiring for point of sale, e-commerce and ATM transactions, card production, personalisation and processing, scheme management, account-to-account payments, open banking interfaces, online gateways, data analytics and machine-learning fraud prevention. Instant payments processing interoperable with TIPS, shared SWIFT services and digital asset solutions complete an offering active in more than 30 countries.

Source: sibs.com