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Our first issue of 2025 features an article on the market capitalization results for the 35 largest publicly traded processors handling card payments from merchants worldwide in 2024. We feature the stock prices for these companies and other publicly traded companies in the payment industry—more than 130—every month. Also included in this issue is a compilation of the investments and acquisitions that occurred in the global payment industry in December 2024—47 deals in 21 countries. This is another monthly feature of the Nilson Report.
Global Brand Card Purchase Transactions Projected Worldwide
Payment Card Transaction Growth — 2014 vs. 2024
Market Shares of Payment Card Transactions by Region — 2014 vs. 2024
Transactions Projected Worldwide 2014 — 2029
Regional Rankings for M&A in Merchant Processing and Acquiring — 2024
US General Purpose Card Brands through 3Q 2024
Changes in Market Capitalization for Publicly Traded Payment Processors
Processors by Market Cap at Year-End 2024
Processors Ranked 21–35 at Year-End 2024
Manufacturers of Payment Cards Ranked by Shipments in 2023
Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover card credit, debit and prepaid cards issued in the US generated $7.959 trillion in purchase volume from January 1 through September 30, 2024. Here is the data for purchase volume on credit cards alone.
Visa
$2.363 trillion
Mastercard
$1.125 trillion
Amex
$0.882 trillion
Discover
$0.157 trillion
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