Kurt Schmid discusses digital payment trends and strategies for issuers. He outlines the growth of digital wallets and proximity payments. Tokenization securely digitizes cards and scales payments by using scheme token services. Wallets offer issuers opportunities to build brands and relationships through additional services beyond payments. While third party wallets control interfaces, issuers can deploy their own wallets and enable Apple Pay to retain customer touchpoints. Tokenization also benefits e-commerce by replacing stored card data with tokens to reduce fraud while maintaining security. Issuers should view digital payment investments strategically rather than just financial returns due to benefits like increased customer loyalty and transactions.