The 36 largest merchant acquirers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region based on the number of Visa and Mastercard purchase transactions each handled in 2021 are ranked in the table on page 6. Collectively, those acquirers, which represented 16 countries, processed $221.55 billion in purchase volume from 5.09 billion Visa and Mastercard transactions. Those acquirers, which handled transactions from 885,618 active merchant outlets in the MEA region, also processed 27.5 million American Express, Diners Club, JCB and UnionPay purchase transactions valued at $3.00 billion. The table on pag...