Issue 1273

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Newsletter

CPI Offers New Infineon Chip

A dual-interface chip that enables a greater degree of design options for credit and debit cards is now available from CPI, the largest US-based payment card manufacturer.

Featured Chart

Top 10 Credit Card Portfolios—2023

Credit card outstandings owned by the 10 largest issuers in the world at year-end 2023 totaled $1.207 trillion on December 31, 2023. That group included 6 US issuers and 4 from China.

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.

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ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Top 10 Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide Based on Outstandings

Market Share of Credit Card Outstandings by Region at Year-End 2023

Credit Card Outstandings by Country Year-End 2023

Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide Ranked by Outstanding Receivables—2023

Market Shares of Latin America Credit and Debit Card Issuers by Purchase Volume

Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Latin America

Top Credit Card and Debit Card Issuers in LA&C

Card Manufacturers Ranked by Cards Shipped in 2023—Part 2 (manufacturers of SIM cards, transportation/ticketing cards, private label prepaid cards, phone cards and nonpayment cards)

FEATURED STATISTICS

Latin America’s 50 Largest Credit and Debit Card Issuers
Latin America’s largest credit card and debit card issuers based on purchase volume in 2023 are ranked on page 11.
The five largest credit card issuers were:

Itau Unibanco (Brazil)
$148.25 billion

BBVA (Mexico)
$86.46 billion

Banco Bradesco (Brazil)
$83.43 billion

Caixa Economica (Brazil)
$81.82 billion

Banco Santander (Brazil)
$69.77 billion

Full access to data on Latin America’s card issuers in 2023 is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.

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