From January 1 to June 30, 2021, Visa, UnionPay, Mastercard, JCB, Diners Club/Discover and American Express brand credit, debit and prepaid cards collectively generated 259.47 billion purchase transactions for goods and services worldwide. This was up 31.9% from the same period in 2020. UnionPay restated downward its midyear 2020 figures from those that we published in issue #1187. Based on total credit, debit and prepaid card purchase transactions, Visa maintained its position as the most widely used global brand with a market share of 40.25%. However, this was a decline from 43.94% in ...