Issue 1164 | Nov 2019
Card Fraud Worldwide 2010–2027 Cents per $100 of Total Volume
Percentage of Fraud Occurring Inside vs. Outside the U.S.
Card Fraud Projected Worldwide
Fraud by Type of Card 2018
Global General Purpose Cards Midyear 2019 vs. Midyear 2018
Largest Credit Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
Largest Debit Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
Top General Purpose/Visa/Mastercard Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
The Largest Credit Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
The 50 largest credit & debit card issuers in the Asia–Pacific region are ranked on page 10 based on purchase volume in 2018. The 5 largest credit card issuers are ranked here.
1. China Merchants, China
$555.35 billion purchase volume
2. China Construction, China
$443.42 billion purchase volume
3. Bank of Communications
$442.20 billion purchase volume
4. ICBC, China
$437.84 billion purchase volume
5. China Everbright, China
$351.66 billion purchase volume
Full access to the Largest Credit and Debit Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific is available when you subscribe to The Nilson Report.
POSTED NOV 18, 2019 | PRINT
Global General Purpose Cards—Midyear 2019
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Credit, debit, and prepaid cards with Visa, UnionPay, Mastercard, JCB, Diners Club/Discover, and American Express brands initiated 202.37 billion purchase transactions for goods and services worldwide from January 1 to June 30, 2019, an increase of 17.7% over the same period in 2018. Purchase transactions by debit and prepaid cards...
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