Asia-Pacific’s 50 Largest Payment Card Issuers—2024

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Asia-Pacific’s 50 Largest Payment Card Issuers—2024

The top 50 issuers of UnionPay, Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, JCB, Diners Club, American Express and domestic-only credit, debit and prepaid cards in the Asia–Pacific (APAC) region are ranked on pages 12 and 13. That group issued 7.15 billion consumer and commercial general purpose payment cards that generated purchase volume of $9.705 trillion in 2024. For the complete ranking, log in and download Issue 1296. China placed 15 issuers among the top 50. Those 15 issuers had combined purchase volume of $7.635 trillion generated by 6.27 billi...

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Nilson Report

1296

November 2025

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US Credit, Debit and Prepaid Cards Projected through 2029

US Credit/Debit Purchase Volume Projected in Trillions with Percentage Change—2019 vs 2029

US Outstandings Projected in Billions with Percentage Change 2019 vs 2029

US Cards Projected — 2029

US Purchase Transactions Projected — 2029

US Purchase Volume Projected — 2029

US Total Transactions Projected — 2029

US Total Volume Projected — 2029

Market Shares of Purchase Volume for Asia Pacific Card Issuers in 2024

Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific — 2024

Top Credit Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific — 2024

Top Debit Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific — 2024

POS Terminals Shipped — 2024

POS Manufacturers’ Market Shares and Shipments — 2024

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Investments & Acquisitions in the Payment Card Industry — October 2025