In 2014, manufacturers shipped 5.76 billion payment cards, of which 3.91 billion were Visa and MasterCard credit, debit, and prepaid cards, up 8.7% versus 2013. Also included were 0.85 billion other high-security credit, debit, and prepaid cards — American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Maestro, UnionPay, and ATM and PIN-based cards, up 19.7%. Combined, these high-security payment card shipments totaled 4.76 billion, up 10.5% Also included were other credit and debit payment cards such as retail, oil, airline, fleet, etc. totaling 1.00 billion. In prior years, transportation/tick...