Top 30 Issuers of Mastercard and Visa Consumer Card Products in the US 2026

The largest US issuers of Mastercard and Visa consumer credit and consumer debit (and prepaid) card products are ranked in issue 1310 based on purchase volume in 2025. For the complete ranking, log in and download Issue 1310. The Consumer Purchase Volume columns exclude spending for goods and services tied to small business, corporate, purchasing […]

Visa and Brale’s Stablecoin Proof of Concept on the Canton Network

The Canton Network provides transactionlevel privacy not found on other public blockchains, such as Ethereum, Solana, Cardano and Polygon, which are decentralized and open source. On the Canton Network, only parties that are part of the transaction can see its details. Multiple parties can transact using different private ledgers.

Real-Time Risk Intelligence Fights Synthetic Fraud

The ability to spot anomalies in information submitted in applications for new accounts is key to fighting synthetic identity fraud. Organizations need the ability to determine if identity data, such as name, date of birth, and social security number (SSN); connected signals, such as phone number, email address and digital footprint; and location data are […]

American Express and Delta SkyMiles Co-Branded Cards

American Express and Delta Air Lines have been co-branded credit card partners for 30 years. There are seven million Delta American Express consumer and business co-branded cardholders—about one-third of all members in Delta’s SkyMiles loyalty program. Last year, co-branded American Express cards generated $8.20 billion in revenue for Delta, an amount that exceeded its operating income tied to flights.

US Debit Card Issuers Ranked 51st through 100th Largest — 2025

Commercial and consumer debit and prepaid cards issued by financial institutions that were the 100 largest in the US generated $3.233 trillion in purchase volume in 2025, an increase of 3.7% from 2024. For the complete ranking, log in and download Issue 1309. That purchase volume includes domestic debit networks, such as Star, Pulse, Nyce […]

Merchant Litigation Settlement Finalized

The settlement was reached only after a major concession by the card networks—they dropped their decades-long honor all cards rules. In principle, merchants can now deny a cardholder from using a particular card product. Candidates for that treatment by merchants would be those cards that charge higher interchange fees.

Cash App Targets Gen Z Spending with Payment Wand

Cash App is adding a proprietary line of near field communication (NFC) accessories linked to its Cash App Visa Card. The first Cash App Tags device is a wand. Cash App and Square are business units of parent company Block. The wand is designed to be kept in the open. It can be clipped to […]

CoinZoom Crypto Debit Card

CoinZoom’s blockchain-based trading platform makes an immediate crypto-to-fiat currency exchange on those transactions. The company maintains SOC 2 Type II enterprise-level data security.

Lydian Stablecoin Processing for Merchants

Acquirers need only one link to Lydian to gain access to more than 300 digital assets and 860 million consumers with crypto wallets (MetaMask, Binance, Trust Wallet, etc.). Lydian provides a checkout user interface SDK and a suite of APIs and unified merchant reporting. There is no operational overhead tied to crypto wallet management or treasury management. No new workflows are required.