Credit, debit, and prepaid global general purpose cards carrying American Express, Diners Club/Discover, Mastercard, and Visa brands issued in Latin America and the Caribbean (LA&C) generated $599.27 billion in purchase volume of goods and services at merchants in 2016, an increase of 14.0%. Purchase transactions for goods and services reached 18.77 billion, up 11.1%. Combined Mastercard and Visa purchase transactions totaled 18.25 billion and accounted for 97.22% of the LA&C total. The other 2.78% or 0.48 billion purchase transactions were generated by American Express and Diner...