Ranked on pages 8 and 9 are the 50 largest issuers of credit, debit and prepaid general purpose cards in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Issuers from 49 countries are included. Collectively, they issued 167.0 million consumer and commercial cards that generated $313.55 billion in purchase volume for goods and services in 2020. Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Diners Club cards are counted here as well as UnionPay and Maestro debit cards and domestic-market only debit card brands. There were nine domestic-market only brands issued by banks included here. New to the top 50 was Ban...