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Issue 1317

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Newsletter
October 2026
Featured Article

Merchants Can Fund Credit and Debit Card Declines

Kipp doesn’t need any real-time data from merchants, so there is no need to integrate with them. Merchants only need to be willing to collaborate with card issuers to approve select transactions and then agree to pay the issuer a premium above what issuers already earn from interchange.
Featured Chart

Top 150 Credit Card Issuers—2025

Featured Companies

Message from the Publisher

Since our first issue in September 1970, this publication has been the foundation upon which card industry executives build their market intelligence. Our proprietary datasets are unmatched, as are other aspects of our newsletter. But we are not content with the status quo. In the coming months we will introduce new features aimed at increasing our value to subscribers.

David Robertson, Publisher
October 30, 2026

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Top 150 Credit Card Issuers — 2025

Largest Credit Card Issuers (Ranked by Outstandings at Year-End 2025)

Largest Credit Card Countries (Ranked by Market Share of Outstandings at Year-End 2025)

Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide — 2025

Private Label US Store Credit Cards — 2025 with Change vs. 2024

US Credit Card Debt and Consumer Credit — 2025

Total Household and Credit Card Debt — 2025

Credit Card Debt as a Percentage of Consumer Credit — 1985-2025

Asia–Pacific’s 50 Largest Payment Card Issuers (Purchase Volume Among the Top 50 in 2025 by Brand and Product)

Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific — 2025 (UnionPay, Mastercard, Visa, JCB, Amex, Diners Club and Domestic-Only Cards)

Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific — 2025 (Top 50 Credit Card Issuers)

Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific — 2025 (Top 50 Debit Card Issuers)

US Mastercard Send/Visa Direct Debit Card Transfers — 2025

Payment Companies Traded on Global Stock Markets

 

 

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