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Issue 1280

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Newsletter
February 2025
Featured Article

Stablecoins for Cross-Border B2B Payments

Cedar Money’s technology connects blockchains with banking rails. Financial institutions dealing with a blockchain get the same KYC (know your customer) and AML (anti-money laundering) regulatory compliance safeguards they have when operating within correspondent banking channels.
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Message from the Publisher

The content in this issue — rankings of top US credit card issuers, feature articles about next-generation card and merchant account processing, stablecoins used for cross-border B2B payments, loyalty programs for digital-only retailers and BLPL for debit cards — is an excellent representation of the breadth of subjects that Nilson Report subscribers receive issue after issue. This combination of data-based metrics on the performance of established payment card issuers, and information on opportunities available from technology providers epitomizes our value. We replicate this combination 22 times a year. Tell your colleagues about it

David Robertson, Publisher
February 28, 2025

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Top US Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards in the US

Market Share of General Purpose Credit Card Issuers 2024 vs. 2019

The 30 Largest US Credit Card Issuers — 2024

Top 15 Visa and Mastercard Credit Card Issuers in the US

Top 50 Visa and Mastercard Credit Card Issuers in the US — Ranked by Outstandings in 2024

 

FEATURED STATISTICS

Top 50 US Visa and Mastercard Credit Card Issuers – 2024

The 50 largest US issuers of Visa and Mastercard credit cards are ranked on pages 10 and 11. The five largest based on the number of cards issued are shown here.

JPMorgan Chase
197.4 million
Capital One
116 million
Citi
88.4 million
Bank of America
56.4 million
Synchrony
31.2 million
Full access to data on purchase and transaction volume for Visa and Mastercard in 3Q24 is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.

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