Card Issuance and Account Processing Transactions January through June 2025
In the first half of this year there were 26 acquisitions and corporate investment deals in companies that issue commercial and consumer credit, debit and prepaid cards and companies which provide card issuance processing and related support. Those transactions occurred in 16 jurisdictions. There were 10 financing deals involving commercial cards, 8 card issuance platform […]
Top 30 Issuers of Visa and Mastercard Consumer Card Products in the US — 2024
The largest US issuers of Visa and Mastercard consumer credit and consumer debit/prepaid card products are ranked below based on purchase volume for goods and services in 2024. The Consumer Purchase Volume columns exclude purchase volume tied to small business, corporate, purchasing and fleet commercial credit, debit and prepaid cards. The All Purchase Volume columns […]
US Debit Card Issuers Ranked 51st through 100th Largest — 2024
Consumer and commercial debit and prepaid cards issued by financial institutions that were the 100 largest in the US generated $3.118 trillion in purchase volume in 2024, up 2.6% from 2023. That purchase volume includes Visa and Mastercard networks as well as the domestic debit networks, including Star, Pulse, Nyce and Accel. For the ranking, […]
Card Industry Litigation Updates in the US and UK
The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled unanimously that Visa and Mastercard rules pertaining to default multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) violate competition laws in the UK and Ireland.
Global Network Card Results Worldwide — 2024
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Xoxoday Loyalty & Rewards for Customer Engagement
Visa, Mastercard, JCB and American Express are among more than 5,000 organizations worldwide that tap into Xoxoday’s comprehensive expertise in customer engagement channels.
Highnote Stablecoin Funding for Commercial Cards
BVNK provides digital wallets that businesses use to hold US dollar-denominated stablecoin assets. Highnote provides cloud-based card account processing to businesses with commercial card products. The companies have become partners. Businesses use Highnote for fleet, corporate and prepaid commercial card products. All spending tied to cards on the Highnote platform is prefunded. Businesses use the […]
Middle East and Africa’s Largest Merchant Acquirers — 2024
When measuring the number of Mastercard and Visa card transactions processed for purchases of goods and services in 2024, the 36 largest merchant acquirers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region are ranked on page 13.
Card Payments in Europe
Other factors that motivate the move to sovereignty these days include stricter European standards for the protection of commercial and personal data, using tougher European protocols to secure card transactions and the desire to impose lower interchange and network fees for transactions that occur between a cardholder and merchant from different countries within Europe.
Deutsche Bank Partners with Silverflow for Merchant Processing
Silverflow’s support for Deutsche Bank includes enabling the bank’s large retailer clients, such as Bolt, to operate many merchant services independently, including using dedicated BINs to help with expansion into new markets.