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Visa and Mastercard Worldwide thru 3Q 2025

For the first nine months of 2025, debit, credit and prepaid cards in circulation worldwide with Visa and Mastercard brands generated $17.136 trillion in purchase volume. This was up 8.9% versus the first nine months of 2024. For the complete data set, log in and download Issue 1300. Cards issued outside the US accounted for 56.87% of the worldwide total of Visa and Mastercard purchase volume. This compared to 56.02% for the first nine months of 2024. Credit card purchase volume worldwide on Visa and Masterca...

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