Companies featured in this issue include:

Global Brand Cards in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mastercard Supports Sustainable Payment Cards

Second 50 US Mastercard and Visa Credit Card Issuers

Acquisitions and Financing Deals in Payment Cards—2022

Kount 360 Payments, Identity and Compliance

Digital Currency Update

Credit Card Issuance and Management from Tallied

Paze Wallet for Ecommerce Transactions

Latin America’s Global General Purpose Cards—Purchase Transactions in 2022 vs. 2021

Spending, Transactions and Cards by Brand in Latin America

Purchase Transactions on General Purpose Cards in Latin America and the Caribbean—2018 through 2022

Second 50 Largest Mastercard/Visa Credit Card Issuers—Ranked by Outstandings at Year-End 2022

Acquisitions and Investments in Payments Cards—5 Largest Deals in 2022

Acquisitions and Investments in Payment Cards—2022 Annual Totals by Category

Acquisitions and Investments in Payment Cards—2022

Investments & Acquisitions—March 2023

There were 54 acquisitions and corporate financing deals in payment cards in 2022, including consumer and commercial products and processing platforms. The combined monetary value of the deals was $5.92 billion. The 3 largest are listed here.

Consumer Credit Cards
$2,783.6 million
Commercial Cards
$1,406.3 million
Prepaid Cards
$1,115.7 million

There were 54 acquisitions and financing deals involving credit, debit and prepaid cards in 2022, including consumer and commercial products. Those transactions, which occurred in 13 countries, also included 4 deals that involved companies that specialized in card account processing and related support for issuers.