Middle East and Africa Global Brand Network Cards—2025
Purchase volume for goods and services combined with cash advances and cash withdrawals comprises total volume.
Area of Interest: Payment Card Issuing
Latin America’s 50 Largest Credit and Debit Card Issuers—2025
The 50 largest issuers were headquartered in 20 countries. Brazil accounted for 12 issuers. Chile and Mexico had 8 each. Colombia had 6 issuers, and there were 3 each from Costa Rica and Peru. Argentina, Ecuador and Puerto Rico each had 2.
Splitit’s BNPL and Embedded Finance Platform
Splitit has created an orchestration layer to connect to debit card processing platforms.
Mastercard’s Wallet Pay to Connect Domestic Wallets
There are between 4.0 and 4.5 million digital wallets (NFC, QR code, online) worldwide, including those that facilitate global brand card payments such as Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.
US General Purpose Credit Card Issuers at Midyear 2026
JPMorganChase, Amex, Capital One, Citi and Bank of America, the five largest issuers, accounted for 71.17% of the US industry total for purchase volume for the first six months of 2026.
US Visa/Mastercard Credit Card Issuers–Midyear 2026
Based on outstandings on June 30, 2026, new issuers among the top 100 included MUFG Bank Ltd., Space Coast Credit Union, CommunityAmerica Federal Credit Union, Langley Federal Credit Union and Gesa Credit Union.
Citi Buys Kard, Launches Commerce Media Platform
Working with cardholders and merchants enabled Kard Financial to develop the rewards personalization algorithm Citi will use for its commerce media network. Citi will enhance the algorithm with data gathered from its Mastercard, Visa and American Express co-branded and private label customers.
WasabiCard Card Issuing with Stablecoin Financing
WasabiCard provides clients with proprietary branding and card designs, configurable funding, spending limits and transaction controls.
Top 20 US Visa, Mastercard and Discover Prepaid Issuers—2025
Purchase volume from the 20 largest US issuers of Mastercard, Visa and Discover brand prepaid cards totaled $194.40 billion in 2025.
Pex Commercial Cards for SMBs
Prepaid and credit purchase volume tied to cards processed by Pex has topped $11.70 billion since its inception. The Bancorp Bank is the BIN sponsor for Pex prepaid cards and credit cards. Fifth Third Bank is another BIN sponsor for prepaid cards.