Global Network Card Results Worldwide — 2024
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Region: Middle East and Africa
Xoxoday Loyalty & Rewards for Customer Engagement
Visa, Mastercard, JCB and American Express are among more than 5,000 organizations worldwide that tap into Xoxoday’s comprehensive expertise in customer engagement channels.
Middle East and Africa’s Largest Merchant Acquirers — 2024
When measuring the number of Mastercard and Visa card transactions processed for purchases of goods and services in 2024, the 36 largest merchant acquirers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region are ranked on page 13.
Digital Asset Infrastructure for PSPs and Acquirers
Utila’s digital asset adoption technology is enterprise-grade and was designed for the high-speed operations needed by payment service providers, payment gateways, issuers of stablecoin products, neobanks and others.
Mastercard One Credential
Cardholders, particularly younger people who pay for retail purchases predominantly by using mobile phones, are the target consumer segment for Mastercard One Credential, a service from card issuers that lets buyers preset or switch their payment product preferences.
Stablecoins for Cross-Border B2B Payments
Cedar Money’s technology connects blockchains with banking rails. Financial institutions dealing with a blockchain get the same KYC (know your customer) and AML (anti-money laundering) regulatory compliance safeguards they have when operating within correspondent banking channels.
Investments in Merchant Processing, Acquiring—2024
In 2024, the value of 67 investment transactions for which the monetary value was announced amounted to $5.51 billion. This compares to 85 deals with announced values totaling $8.90 billion in 2023.
Payment Cards Projected Worldwide 2024—2029
General purpose and private label credit, debit and prepaid cards in circulation worldwide are projected to reach 31.13 billion by December 31, 2029. At year-end 2024 that figure was 27.76 billion.
Market Cap Performances by Payment Processors in 2024
Combined, they held a market capitalization of $447.25 billion as of December 31, 2024.
Worldpay and Mastercard Virtual Cards for Travel Agents
More than 130 airlines are Worldpay customers.