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Issue 1287

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Newsletter
June 2025
Featured Article

Banked A2A Payments Network

US-based Banked is a payment company that has spent the last five years building A2A capabilities that leverage real-time banking rails in Australia (New Payments Platform), UK (Faster Payment System, Clearing House Automated Payment System) and the US (FedNow, Real-Time Payments, ACH).
Featured Chart

Europe’s Largest Merchant Acquirers—2024

The top 45 processed 141.05 billion Mastercard and Visa transactions in 2024, up 8.4% year over year. Purchase volume on Mastercard and Visa cards of $5.225 trillion grew 6.5%.

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ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Europe’s Largest Merchant Acquirers—2024

Top Acquirers of Domestic Credit and Debit Card Transactions in Europe—2024

Top Merchant Acquirers in Europe Ranked by Mastercard and Visa Transactions—2024

Top European Acquirers of Online Transactions—2024

Third 50 Largest Mastercard & Visa Credit Card Issuers—2024

Commercial Bank Credit Cards in Canada—2024

Investments & Acquisitions—May 2025

FEATURED STATISTICS

Europe’s 45 Largest Merchant Acquirers ranked by Visa and Mastercard transactions handled in 2024 are ranked on pages six and seven. The four largest acquirers based solely on card-not present transactions handled are listed here.

JP Morgan Payments……… 6.13 billion
Adyen………………………………6.10 billion
Sberbank…………………………5.01 billion
Worldpay………………………….3.91 billion
Fiserv……………………………….2.88 billion

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