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Issue 1312

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July 2026

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Featured Article

Amex Deploys Bottomline’s Paymode B2B Network

Customers in 92 countries use Bottomline, including in the UK where organizations leverage the company’s technology to send and receive payments through the Bacs (Bankers’ Automated Clearing Services) network.
Featured Chart

Global Brand Network Cards in the Asia–Pacific Region—2025

Featured Companies

Message from the Publisher

Proprietary statistical information available only from the Nilson Report is a feature of four articles in this issue. We add to that mix, which covers the US, Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Africa, articles about metal cards, B2B payment networks, Visa’s new travel platform and the new co-branded card program uniting Samsung Electronics America and Barclays. Those articles are based on interviews with top executives at the companies mentioned. We round out the editorial content in issue 1312 with 21 brief news items in our First Look section and our monthly presentation of the stock market performances of more than 120 companies that impact the payment card industry. All in all, more than 200 companies are mentioned in these 18 pages.

David Robertson, Publisher
July 31, 2026

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

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Global Brand Network Cards in the Asia–Pacific Region 2025

Asia—Pacific Region Spending, Transactions and Cards by Global Brand

Asia—Pacific Region Market Shares of Purchase Transactions 2025

Cards in Circulation, Asia—Pacific Region, 2025

Market Shares of Visa and Mastercard Transactions (Bil.) for the Top 35 Acquirers 2025

Merchant Acquirers in the Middle East and Africa (Ranked by Visa and Mastercard Transactions in 2025)

First Quarter US Card Network Results

Investments & Acquisitions in Issuance and Processing (January through June 2026)

Payment Companies Traded on Stock Markets

 

 

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