Issue 1249

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Newsletter

BMO Virtual Corporate Cards

The virtual card gives cardholders the opportunity to make purchases in a store, taxi or other physical location by using mobile wallets on their business or personal phone, either Apple or Android.

Featured Chart

Top US General Purpose Credit Card Issuers at Midyear 2023

The eight largest US issuers of Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover credit cards generated $2.249 trillion in purchase volume for the first six months of 2023, up 8.4% versus the first six months of 2022.

Featured Companies

The following companies are featured in this issue of the Nilson Report. News about companies appears in feature articles, as well as in the First Look and Management Changes sections of the newsletter. To submit general information about your company, or to share news with us, please contact us.

Message from the Publisher

We value your time. For that reason, we sift through dozens of press releases and other daily news updates from across the payment card industry and select only the most relevant to condense and feature on our website. Visit our Industry News section to discover which items affect your business. And while you are there, visit our Events section for the latest schedule of industry conferences.

David Robertson, Publisher
September 30, 2023

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Top US General Purpose Credit Card Issuers at Midyear

Ten Issuers with the Largest Percentage Increase in Credit Card Outstandings

Top Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards in the US—Ranked by Purchase Volume

Top Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards in the US—Ranked by Outstandings

Top 5 Visa and Mastercard Transactions in Asia–Pacific

Top 10 Acquirers of General Purpose Cards

Top 36 Merchant Acquirers in Asia–Pacific

Market Shares of Purchase Volume for US Visa and Mastercard Issuers for Midyear 2023

Purchase Volume and Total Volume Midyear 2023 for Top 100 US Mastercard and Visa Credit Card Issuers

Outstandings and Cards Midyear 2023 for Top 100 US Mastercard and Visa Credit Card Issuers

US Store Credit Cards 2022 with Change vs. 2021

FEATURED STATISTICS

Top 36 Merchant Acquirers in Asia–Pacific

The 36 largest merchant acquirers in the Asia-Pacific region statistics include transactions handled on global brand and domestic-only cards. The five largest acquirers are listed here based on general purpose card transactions processed in 2022.

1. China UMS, China
14.07 billion purchase transactions

2. BC Card, South Korea
6.03 billion purchase transactions

3. KB Kookmin, South Korea
3.61 billion purchase transactions

4. JCB, Japan
3.54 billion purchase transactions

5. Commonwealth Bank, Australia
2.18 billion purchase transactions

Full access to the Largest Merchant Acquirers results in Asia–Pacific is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.

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