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 […]

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.

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.

ACI and RS2 JV in Brazil

Since 2008, ACI Worldwide has been providing the authorization switch software for card transactions at POS terminals and ATMs in Brazil. RS2 has offered software to manage card issuing and acquiring in Brazil since 2013.