Payment cards shipped by the manufacturers listed here totaled 4.47 billion in 2021. Included in the 2021 shipment figures were 3.73 billion chip cards and 638.9 million magnetic-stripe-only cards. These manufacturers shipped another 94.5 million cards that used barcodes, scratch-off or other means to initiate transactions but which lacked either chips or magstripes. The top six manufacturers combined shipped 3.05 billion payment cards in 2021, a decline of 0.9% from 2020. Their shipments included 2.50 billion chip cards and 483.0 million magstripe cards. Chip cards accounted for 82.04% ...