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.
Region: Asia–Pacific
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 […]
Payment Card Manufacturer Shipments—2024
The manufacturers listed in Issue 1295 shipped 4.10 billion payment cards in 2024, including 3.62 billion chip cards and 472.2 million magnetic-stripe-only cards. For the complete ranking, log in and download Issue 1295. These companies also shipped 12.5 million cards that used barcodes, scratch-off panels or other means to initiate transactions but did not carry […]
150 Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide—2024
The 150 largest portfolios of outstanding receivables tied to Visa, UnionPay, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, Discover, Diners Club and domestic-market-only credit cards as of December 31, 2024, are ranked on page 6. Issuers from the US held a 46.8% market share among owners of the 150 largest portfolios. China-based issuers were second largest with a 32.2% share.
Top 150 Merchant Acquirers Worldwide — 2024
Among the 150 largest acquirers of general purpose credit, debit and prepaid card payments, 75 processed over 1 billion card transactions.
Asia–Pacific’s 37 Largest Merchant Acquirers-2024
The 37 largest merchant acquirers listed in Issue 1293 processed $4.230 trillion in payment card purchase volume in 2024 from 43.1 million merchant outlets in the Asia–Pacific (APAC) region. That spending for goods and services was tied to 58.17 billion transactions from cards that carried 6 global brands and 10 domestic-only brands.
Nexgo Card Payment Speaker
Devices that provide audio messages at the point of sale are deployed widely in China at small and midsized merchants that offer QR code-based payments. They are gaining popularity in other markets, including India.
Pax A77 MiniPOS Terminal
Pax Technology’s A77 Android-based MiniPOS terminal shown here is the first POS terminal worldwide to receive PCI PTS 7 certification.
Visa’s Deal with Japan’s FTC
Under a voluntary plan, Visa will not leverage its position in the market to insist that acquirers use its authorization service to connect with issuers for credit card transactions.