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Top 50 Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa — 2021

Issuers from 49 countries are ranked on pages 8 and 9. These are the 50 largest issuers of credit, debit and prepaid general purpose and domestic-market-only cards in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. The top 50 combined issued 215.4 million consumer and commercial cards. Those cards generated $413.19 billion in purchase volume for goods and services in 2021. Global brand cards—Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, UnionPay and Maestro are included along with eight domestic-market-only brands—Verve, Mada, Al Amil, CMI, Meeza, PayPak, BCI Empresas Servico pos and Multic...

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