Issue 1270

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Newsletter
September 2024
Featured Article

Fighting Deep Fake Fraud

Au10tix, which has roots in border control and airport security, counts Google, Payoneer and PayU as customers that use its automated identity verification technology to fight payment fraud. In 2023, the company’s Serial Fraud Monitor, an engine that tracks organized, professional fraud attempts, uncovered a genAI-based attack by an organized crime gang that involved the simultaneous effort to open more than 22,000 accounts, each with the discreet use of PII.
Featured Chart

Europe’s Global Network Cards

Featured Companies

Message from the Publisher

Message from the Publisher,

In the coming days we will launch the 16th edition of our annual research publication. This document compiles a year of our published statistics and data, plus unpublished research on businesses that don’t rank among the largest card issuers and merchant acquirers. All tables are available in Excel format for download and analysis. The research publication is an exceptionally useful asset for anyone who needs an in-depth look at the payment industry, as well as an unmatched resource for companies that use our data to inform business decisions. For information on our research publication or to add it to your subscription, contact Lori Fulmer at lfulmer@nilsonreport.com.

David Robertson, Publisher
September 17, 2024

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Purchase Volume on Europe’s Global Brand General Purpose Cards

Europe’s Global Brand Network Cards Spending, Transactions and Cards in Circulation

US Mastercard Send/Visa Direct Debit Card Transfers — 2023

Top Acquirers of General Purpose Cards in LA&C

50 Largest Merchant Acquirers in Latin America

Investments & Acquisitions — August 2024

Publicly Traded Companies in Payments — September 2024

 

FEATURED STATISTICS

Latin America’s 50 Largest Merchant Acquirers

The 50 largest merchant acquirers in the Latin America & Caribbean region are ranked on pages 10 and 11. The 5 largest acquirers ranked by global brand and domestic-only brand card transactions processed in 2023 are shown here.

Cielo, Brazil
 7.80 billion
Getnet, Brazil
7.64 billion
Rede, Brazil
6.79 billion
PagSeguro, Brazil
4.45 billion
BBVA, Mexico
3.24 billion

Full Access to data on the 50 largest merchant acquirers in Latin America is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report

 

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