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Investments in Merchant Processing, Acquiring—2025

There were 91 seed, venture, strategic, private placement and private equity funding rounds in the merchant processing and acquiring sector of the payment card industry in 33 countries in 2025. For the complete listing, log in and download Issue 1300. Those 91 investments were previously identified in the Investments & Acquisitions tables published monthly in the Nilson Report over the last year. You can review those issues at the Archive page on our website to find further details about the companies mak...

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Projected Cards in Circulation 2020, 2025, 2030 (with 5-Year Change)

Largest Investments in Merchant Processing, Acquiring—2025

Merchant Processing and Acquiring Investments by Region

Publicly Traded Card Networks Market Capitalization Change 2025 vs. 2024

Publicly Traded Card Issuers—Market Capitalization Change

Visa & Mastercard Worldwide thru 3Q25

Publicly Traded Companies in Payments