50 Largest Card Issuers — 2024 Middle East and Africa Region

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50 Largest Card Issuers — 2024 Middle East and Africa Region

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region’s 50 largest issuers of global brand and domestic-market-only brand general purpose credit, debit and prepaid cards are ranked on pages 10 and 11 based on purchase volume in 2024. Collectively, the top 50 issued 223.1 million consumer and commercial cards in 49 countries. For the ranking, log in and download Issue 1290. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, UnionPay and JCB global brand cards are issued in M...

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1290

July 2025

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