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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.
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.
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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