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.

TerraPay Building Global Digital Wallet Coalition

The Wallet Interoperability Council has launched with five digital wallet operator members: M-Pesa, Airtel Money, Sama Money, Nequi and bKash. Digital wallets from these companies are held by consumers and businesses in Bangladesh, Colombia, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda.

Swiipr Prepaid Cards for Airlines

More than 500 million passengers a year experience air travel disruptions including delays, diverted flights and last-minute cancellations.

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 […]