Worldwide Card Acceptance Locations for Global Brands

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Worldwide Card Acceptance Locations for Global Brands — 2025

Merchant locations worldwide that accept payments from cards that carry the global network brands—Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, UnionPay, JCB and Diners Club—continue to show steady growth. Some of that growth is tied to bank clients of the global network cards that leverage branch-based sales teams to sign new merchants. For the complete data set, log in and download Issue 1298. However, the global network brands have benefited more significantly in recent years by way of payment facilitators (payfac...

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Nilson Report

1298

December 2025

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Payment Card Fraud Worldwide (2010 through 2030)

Global Fraud Losses—US vs Outside the US

Fraud Losses by Type of Card (in Billions in 2024 with Change vs. 2023)

Card Fraud Losses Projected

Global Card Acceptance Locations (2019 through September 30, 2025)

Merchant Acceptance Locations

Commercial Card Products (US Visa & Mastercard Purchase Volume 2024)

Purchase Volume on US Commercial & Consumer Cards 2024

Market Share of Consumer Cards of Total Purchase Volume 2024

Largest Credit Card Issuers Worldwide (Ranked by Purchase Volume in 2024)

Global Brand General Purpose Cards (Midyear 2025 with Change vs. Midyear 2024)

Investments & Acquisitions (November 2025)

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Worldwide Card Acceptance Locations for Global Brands — 2025

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