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Issue 1167

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Newsletter
January 2020
Featured Chart

Card Transactions Projected Worldwide

General purpose payment cards with global brands are projected to generate 853.90 billion purchase transactions in 2028. The increase of 131.50% versus 2018 amounts to a 13.2% compound annual growth rate.

Featured Companies

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Purchase Transactions Worldwide through 2028

Investments & Acquisitions—December 2019

Visa & Mastercard Worldwide through 3rd Quarter 2019

Chip Card Shipments by Category & Type of Card 2018

M&A Deals in Merchant Acquiring & Processing—2019

Market Shares of Purchase Transactions by Region—2018 vs. 2028

FEATURED STATISTICS

M&A Deals in Merchant Acquiring & Processing—2019

The table on pages 10 and 11 includes 78 merger and acquisition deals in the merchant acquiring/processing sector of the card industry in 2019. The five largest are shown here.

1. Worldpay acquired by FIS
Purchase amount $43.00 billion
2. First Data acquired by Fiserv
Purchase amount $22.00 billion
3. TSYS acquired by Global Payments
Purchase amount $21.50 billion
4. Equian acquired by United Health
Purchase amount $3.20 billion
5. Nets Corporate Services acquired by Mastercard
Purchase amount $3.19 billion

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