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Issue 1248

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Newsletter
September 2023
Featured Article

US Card Networks at Midyear 2023

From January 1 through June 30, 2023, American Express, Discover, Visa and Mastercard credit, debit and prepaid cards combined generated 73.00 billion transactions for purchases of goods and services. There were 5.40 billion more purchase transactions in the first six months of 2023 than the first six months of 2022, an increase of 8.0%.
Featured Chart

Results for US Card Networks at Midyear—2023

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa credit, debit and prepaid cards generated 73.00 billion purchase transactions from January 1 through June 30, 2023, up 8.0%.

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David Robertson, Publisher
September 15, 2023

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Results for US Card Networks at Midyear—2023

US General Purpose Cards—Midyear 2023 vs Midyear 2022

US Card Networks at Midyear 2023—Purchase Volume with Market Share

US Card Networks at Midyear 2023—Change in Purchase Volume

Top 10 Acquirers of General Purpose Cards in Latin America

Latin America’s 48 Largest Merchant Acquirers—Ranked by Mastercard and Visa Transactions in 2022

Spending, Transactions and Cards by Global Brand in Middle East and Africa 2022

Investments & Acquisitions—August 2023

Publicly Traded Companies in Payments

FEATURED STATISTICS

Spending, Transactions and Cards by Global Brand in Middle East and Africa 2022

Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Diners Club cards issued in the Middle East and Africa region generated $925.65 billion in purchase volume in 2022. Figures for the card networks are shown here.

Visa

$512.67 billion purchase volume

Mastercard

$383.58 billion purchase volume

American Express

$19.00 billion purchase volume

Diners Club

$10.40 billion purchase volume

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