Region: Latin America

Card Manufacturers—Part 2

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

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.

Latin America’s 50 Largest Credit and Debit Card Issuers

Visa and Mastercard cards issued by the 50 largest accounted for 73.7% of all Mastercard and Visa cards issued in LA&C.

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.

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).

Kushki Merchant Acquiring in Latin America

The company has grown at 200% annually over the last two years. It expects to process at least 100 million payments over the next 12 months.

Latin America’s Largest Merchant Acquirers

Owners of the 48 largest portfolios of merchant card processing contracts in Latin America and the Caribbean (LA&C) in 2022 are ranked on page 11. Collectively, these merchant acquirers processed 39.49 billion Mastercard and Visa card transactions, up 20.7% from 2021.