Region: Asia–Pacific

Card Manufacturers—Part 2

Payment card shipments in 2022 by manufacturer were published in issue 1251.

Marqeta BNPL Partnerships

The ability to provide virtual card payments for BNPL transactions has opened a new opportunity for card account processors. Increasingly, online and in-store retailers feel compelled to provide their customers with real-time credit decisioning so they can deliver instant approval for a BNPL transaction at the time of purchase, even when they’ve had no prior relationship with the consumer.

Superlogic’s Blockchain Loyalty SaaS

Superlogic’s software can be used by card issuers, airlines, hotels, restaurants, retailers and others to make managing their loyalty programs more efficient.

Global Brand Cards Worldwide — Midyear 2023

There were 16.99 billion global general purpose cards in circulation on June 30, 2023. This was up 5.2% from June 30, 2022.

Largest 150 Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide

Issuers from the US held a 42.4% market share among the largest portfolios, followed by issuers from China with a 35.6% share.

NewPOS’s 9310 Terminal

Shenzhen, China-based NewPOS shipped 8,965,372 POS terminals in 2022 and expects to ship more than 9 million units in 2023.

POS Device Manufacturers

Of the 14.7 million devices shown here that were shipped in 2022, 75.19% were QR code terminals, 12.80% were PIN pads, 6.44% were ECRs…

POS Terminals Shipped Worldwide

Point-of-sale terminal shipments worldwide reached 148.3 million in 2022, up 4.5% over 2021. POS terminals counted include countertop, multilane, tablet and handheld devices with integrated chip and/or magnetic stripe card readers, unattended devices, terminals that can read QR codes and also accept cards and those that can read a biometric identifier and then facilitate a […]

The Largest Merchant Acquirers Worldwide

Acquirers from two countries hit the 1 billion transaction mark for the first time: Akbank (Turkey) and Alfa Bank (Russia).

Asia–Pacific’s 36 Largest Merchant Acquirers

Mastercard and Visa transactions processed by the 36 largest acquirers reached 19.94 billion, up 5% from 2021.