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Issue 1178

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Message from the Publisher

In our next issue, we will publish a comparison of results for UnionPay, Visa,
Mastercard, JCB, American Express, and Diners Club in Asia-Pacific in 2019.
Issue #1179 will also feature buy now, pay later companies that operate in the
U.S. as well as our monthly presentation of investments & acquisitions.

David Robertson, Publisher
June 30, 2020

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Global Network Cards in 2019—Purchase Transactions

Global Network Cards 2019—Purchase Volume by Product

Global Debit and Prepaid Cards 2019

Global Credit Cards 2019

Global Network Cards in Circulation—with Market Shares

Global Network Cards 2019 vs. 2018

Market Share of Purchase Transactions on Global Network Cards

Largest Merchant Acquirers in Middle East and Africa—Ranked by General Purpose Transactions

Merchant Acquirers in Middle East and Africa—Ranked by Visa and Mastercard Transactions

FEATURED STATISTICS

Largest Merchant Acquirers in Middle East and Africa—Ranked by General Purpose Transactions

The five largest merchant acquirers in the Middle East and Africa region are based in Iran. All transactions handled by these companies are domestic-only Shaparak network card payments.

1. Behpardakht Mellat
5.68 billion purchase transactions
2. Saman e-Pay
4.82 billion purchase transactions
3. Parsian e-Commerce
3.80 billion purchase transactions
4. Asan Pardakht Persian
3.69 billion purchase transactions
5. Iran Kish Credit Card
2.37 billion purchase transactions

Full access to the Largest Merchant Acquirers—Ranked by General Purpose Transactions results in Middle East and Africa in 2019 is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.

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