Issue 1162 | Oct 2019
Companies featured in this issue include:
Payment Cards in Circulation Worldwide—Projected
Top Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards in the U.S. Midyear 2019
mPOS Devices Shipped 2018
Largest Credit Card Issuers in Latin America
Largest Debit Card Issuers in Latin America
Top General Purpose/Visa/Mastercard Card Issuers in Latin America
Acceptance Locations for Global Brands
Top General Purpose/Visa/Mastercard Card Issuers in Latin America
The five largest payment card issuers in the Latin America and Caribbean region are listed here. The 50 largest appear on page 11 of our current issue.
1. Itau Unibanco, Brazil
$126.43 billion general purpose volume
2. Banco Bradesco, Brazil
$81.71 billion general purpose volume
3. Bando do Brasil, Brazil
$67.72 billion general purpose volume
4. Banco Santander, Brazil
$55.92 billion general purpose volume
5. Caixa Economica Federal, Brazil
$49.48 billion general purpose volume
Full access to the Top General Purpose/Visa/Mastercard Card Issuers in Latin America results is available when you subscribe to The Nilson Report.
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Payment Cards Projected Worldwide
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There were 22.11 billion credit, debit, and prepaid cards in circulation worldwide on December 31, 2018. This included 13.68 billion Visa, UnionPay, Mastercard, Maestro, JCB, Discover/Diners Club, and American Express cards—the global brand general purpose cards—and 7.45 billion cards with domestic-only general purpose...
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