Domestic-Only Credit and Debit Cards Worldwide
Purchase volume generated by debit cards from the 150 largest issuers combined reached $11.375 trillion in 2023.
POS Terminal Manufacturer Shipments Worldwide
Shipments of point-of-sale terminals worldwide that have been assessed and validated according to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard totaled 121.8 million in 2023. Included in that number are Android-based and traditional mains-powered and battery-powered terminals. These devices included portable and desktop models manufactured with or without built-in printers. Also included here are […]
The 50 Largest Payment Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
The Asia–Pacific (APAC) region’s top 50 issuers of UnionPay, Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, JCB, Diners Club and American Express as well as domestic-only credit, debit and prepaid cards are included in charts on pages 12 and 13. Those 50 issued 7.12 billion consumer and commercial general purpose payment cards that generated purchase volume of $11.232 trillion […]
Card Manufacturers in 2023— Part 2
Manufacturers of barcode and scratch card products that don’t have chips or magstripes were led by Inkript Cards with 979.2 million, Trasna (formerly Workz Media) with 864.7 million and KL Hi-Tech Secure Print with 180.0 million.
150 Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide — 2023
Credit card issuers from the US held a 44.9% market share among the top 150. Issuers from China followed with 33.0%.
Payment Card Manufacturer Shipments — 2023
Payment cards shipped by the manufacturers listed here totaled 4.52 billion in 2023. Included in the 2023 shipment figures were 4.00 billion chip cards and 476.4 million magnetic-stripe-only cards.
The Largest Merchant Acquirers Worldwide — 2023
Among the 150 largest acquirers, 71 processed over 1 billion transactions.
Asia–Pacific’s 38 Largest Merchant Acquirers — 2023
Spending was initiated by 54.28 billion transactions by the 6 global brand and 10 domestic-only card brands processed by these acquirers.
Aisino Q161 Pro by Vanstone
The Q161 Pro is an upgrade to the Q161 soundbox POS device. It accepts EMV chip and contactless payments.
Marqeta Supports Visa Flexible Credential Program
Marqeta received certification from Visa in May of this year, 100 days after writing the first lines of new code needed to support Visa Flexible Credential.