Asia–Pacific’s 50 Largest Payment Card Issuers

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Asia–Pacific’s 50 Largest Payment Card Issuers — 2025

The Asia–Pacific region’s 50 largest issuers of UnionPay, Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, JCB, Diners Club, American Express and domestic-only credit, debit and prepaid cards are presented in Issue 1317. For the complete ranking, log in and download Issue 1317. Collectively, the top 50 issued 7.23 billion consumer and commercial general purpose payment cards that generated $9.866 trillion in purchase volume in 2025. The 15 issuers from China issued 6.32 billion cards that generated $7.758 trillion in purchase vol...

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1317

October 2026

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Asia–Pacific’s 50 Largest Payment Card Issuers (Purchase Volume Among the Top 50 in 2025 by Brand and Product)

Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific — 2025 (UnionPay, Mastercard, Visa, JCB, Amex, Diners Club and Domestic-Only Cards)

Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific — 2025 (Top 50 Credit Card Issuers)

Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific — 2025 (Top 50 Debit Card Issuers)

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