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Payment Card Manufacturer Shipments—2024

The manufacturers listed in Issue 1295 shipped 4.10 billion payment cards in 2024, including 3.62 billion chip cards and 472.2 million magnetic-stripe-only cards. For the complete ranking, log in and download Issue 1295. These companies also shipped 12.5 million cards that used barcodes, scratch-off panels or other means to initiate transactions but did not carry either a chip or a magstripe.

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