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Issue 1195

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Message from the Publisher

Our monthly investment and acquisitions section, which tracks mergers and
acquisitions as well as corporate financing deals across the industry, is getting larger. Including the transactions in March on page 15, there were 216 deals in 41 countries in the first quarter. Among those were large transactions involving Affirm, Klarna, Payoneer, Stripe and SumUp. Simply put, the payments business is growing as global economies rebound.

David Robertson, Publisher
April 16, 2021

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Canada Card Networks and Issuers

Canada’s Market Shares of Visa and Mastercard Outstandings 2020

Canada Spending, Transactions, and Cards by Brand

Credit Card Issuers in Canada – Ranked by Outstandings at Year-End 2020

Market Shares of Credit and Debit Card Purchase Transactions in Canada 2000-2020

U.S. Consumer ACH Transactions–2020

FEATURED STATISTICS

U.S. Consumer ACH Transactions–2020

Consumer ACH transactions handled by FedACH and EPN combined reached 22.22 billion last year, up 7.7%. Direct payments accounted for 14.20 billion, up 5.5%. The top 5 categories for direct payments are shown below.

1. Internet
8,051.0 million transactions, +13.2%
2. Lockbox Check Conversion
815.6 million transactions, -17.7%
3. Telephone
662.1 million transactions, +1.0%
4. Merchant Debit Cards
221.3 million transactions, -14.1%
5. POS Check Conversion
114.8 million transactions, -33.0%

Full access to the Consumer ACH Transactions 2020 results in the United States is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.

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