Asia–Pacific Global Network Cards —2023
Total volume—which is a combination of purchase volume and cash volume—reached $19.998 trillion, up 1.4%. Purchase volume accounted for 95.31% of total volume in 2023 versus 95.26% in 2022.
Region: Asia–Pacific
Asia–Pacific Global Network Cards — 2023
Among the domestic-market-only brands in the top 50 were Verve, Mada, Al Amil, CMI, Meeza, PayPak and Multicaixa.
Swiipr Prepaid Cards for Airlines
More than 500 million passengers a year experience air travel disruptions including delays, diverted flights and last-minute cancellations.
Openway Implements CBDC Bank Cards
Payment software specialist Openway, which has operated in Kazakhstan for more than 20 years, recently partnered with three card issuing clients, as well as with Visa and Mastercard.
Private Label Cards to Operate on VisaNet
All Karta card transactions will be initiated from a consumer’s mobile wallet.
Global Network Card Results Worldwide — 2023
p6 Visa, UnionPay, Mastercard, American Express, JCB and Discover/Diners Club credit, debit and prepaid cards generated 687.19 billion purchase transactions worldwide for goods and services in 2023, up 9.9% over 2022. Included in those purchase transactions on the global card networks were consumer, small business and commercial card products. When debit card figures are mentioned […]
Quantum-Safe Cryptography Group in Asia
The working group is focused on maintaining the integrity of payment systems in a post-quantum world, including governance and security matters that will be impacted by the intersection of AI, quantum computing and real-time settlement.
Mastercard’s Scam Protect
Scam Protect’s machine learning and AI are used to identify the signals of a victim who is being defrauded using device intelligence and behavioral biometrics. Those signals could include hesitation while typing on a website or in an app— sometimes because the victim is being coached over the phone by a criminal.
Bolt Adds Checkout.com as Latest Processor Partner
Last month, the company became the exclusive accelerated checkout provider to full stack payment platform provider Checkout.com, which operates on six continents.
JCB Card Acceptance Expands in Europe
Among JCB partners in Europe are 9 of the top 10 merchant acquirers. Payment facilitator partners in Europe include Stripe and SumUp.
