Global Brand Card Transactions Projected Worldwide — 2030
Asia–Pacific is the top region for global network cards. Purchase transactions are projected to reach 518.56 billion in 2030, up 35.4% from 2025.
Region: Asia–Pacific
Global Brand Cards Worldwide — Midyear 2025
When measuring all purchase transactions on the global networks for the first six months of 2025, debit cards accounted for 65.45%, up 22 basis points (bps) versus the first six months of 2024.
Top 150 Credit Card Issuers — 2024
The 10 largest issuers accounted for 44.5% of purchase volume among the 150 largest.
Card Manufacturers — Part 2
The first part of our annual ranking of card manufacturers was published in Issue 1295. That article focused exclusively on payment cards shipped in 2024.
POS Device Shipments—Part 2
There are 36.9 million devices featured in this issue. Of that amount, 63.35% were QR code readers, 24.48% were dongles, 7.90% were multilane and PIN entry or contactless-only PIN pads, 2.40% were non-PCI-certified devices and 1.87% were ECRs.
Domestic-Only Debit and Credit Cards Worldwide — 2024
There are more than 90 general purpose card brands worldwide that are domestic only and general purpose. Collectively, they generated $1.163 trillion in purchase volume in 2024.
Top 150 Debit Card Issuers Worldwide — 2024
The 10 largest issuers among the top 150 accounted for 54.8% of purchase volume in 2024.
POS Terminal Manufacturer Shipments Worldwide — 2024
Newland Payment Technology was the largest manufacturer in 2024. Its global total included 3.5 million portable battery-powered and 22,000 desktop Android terminals.
Asia-Pacific’s 50 Largest Payment Card Issuers—2024
The highest average annual spending per card was $8,290 in Australia, which was followed by South Korea at $3,881, Japan at $3,532 and China at $1,218.
Blockchain Wallet as a Service from Fireblocks
Stablecoin transfer volumes are projected to reach $46 trillion in 2025. However, the actual payment activity, most of which is cross-border business-to-business transactions, will be between $4 trillion and $5 trillion. By comparison, payments for goods and services tied to all general purpose and private label credit, debit and prepaid cards worldwide will be in […]