The 30 largest merchant card acquirers in the Middle East/Africa region are ranked on page 11. Collectively this group, with acquirers based in 12 countries, processed $164.33 billion in purchase volume from 2.38 billion Visa and MasterCard transactions in 2014. These acquirers processed another 27.5 million American Express, UnionPay, Diners Club, and JCB transactions valued at $3.14 billion. Not shown are 17.5 million domestic debit card transactions that generated $2.39 billion in purchase volume. Domestic-only brands included eBucks in South Africa, Al-Amil and KNET in Kuwait, eCASH in ...