Visa Tokens and Cards

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Virtual numbers (tokens) are used as a substitute for a cardholder’s primary account number (PAN) in payment wallets (in phones and watches) and when stored at a merchant’s data center (to handle recurring purchases) as well as in nonpayment applications to replace personally identifiable information (PII). At midyear 2022, the Visa Token Vault had issued more than 4.00 billion virtual numbers. By comparison, there were 3.94 billion physical Visa cards in circulation worldwide. The number of cards in circulation will continue to grow over the next decade. However, the number of virtu...

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Nilson Report

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October 2022

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