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Issue 1231 | Nov 2022
Top 150 Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide—2021
Walmart Offers Pay with Points through FIS
Card Manufacturer Shipments—Part 2
Global Brand Cards Midyear 2022
Nium and UATP are Virtual Card Partners
POS Device Manufacturers—Part 2
Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide 2021—Ranked by Outstandings
Market Shares for the Top Issuing Countries Ranked by Outstandings
Outstandings Worldwide Ranked by Region—2011 through 2021
Top 150 Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide
Card Manufacturers 2021—Part 2
Global Brand General Purpose Cards—Midyear 2022 vs. Midyear 2021
POS Device Manufacturers—Other Devices Shipped in 2021
Investments & Acquisitions—October 2022
Issue 1230 | Nov 2022
Payment Cards in the US Projected through 2026
The 50 Largest Payment Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
Visa Direct Adds Digital Wallets with Thunes
US Payment Cards Projected through 2026
US Payment Cards Projected—Purchase Transactions
US Payment Cards Purchase Volume—2021 vs. 2026
US Payment Cards Projected—Purchase Volume
US Payment Cards Projected—Cards
US Payment Cards Projected—Outstandings
US Payment Cards Projected—Cardholders
US Payment Cards Projected—Total Transactions
US Payment Cards Projected—Total Volume
US Outstandings in 2021
Top 50 General Purpose Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
Top 50 Credit Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Issue 1229 | Oct 2022
The Largest Merchant Acquirers Worldwide
Shopper Cash Reward Visa Card from U.S. Bank
Card Manufacturers—Part 1: Payment Card Shipments Worldwide in 2021
Paying with Points at Checkout
Top Card Issuers in Latin America
Ravelin and Mastercard Partner to Fight Quick-Commerce Fraud
Largest Merchant Acquiring Portfolios Worldwide
Largest 150 Merchant Acquirers Worldwide
Top Manufacturers of Payment Cards Ranked by Shipments in 2021
Payment Card Shipments by Manufacturer—2021
Card Manufacturers of Payment Cards—Other High Security
Card Manufacturers of Payment Cards—Visa and Mastercard
Card Manufacturers of Payment Cards—UnionPay
Card Manufacturers of Payment Cards—Other Payment
Top 10 Issuers in Latin America Ranked by Purchase Volume
Top 50 General Purpose Card Issuers in Latin America
Top 50 Credit Card Issuers in Latin America
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in Latin America
Issue 1228 | Oct 2022
POS Terminals Shipped Worldwide—2021
Asia–Pacific’s Largest Merchant Acquirers in 2021
M&A Activity in Merchant Processing and Acquiring—Midyear 2022
Targeting Sports Fans for Loyalty Offers
POS Terminals Worldwide—Market Shares of Top Regions in 2021
Worldwide Terminal Shipments by Type of Device with Market Shares
POS Terminal Manufacturers’ Market Shares—2021 vs. 2020
Worldwide Manufacturers of POS Terminals Shipped in 2021—by Region
Asia–Pacific’s 5 Largest Merchant Acquirers—Ranked by Visa and Mastercard Transactions in 2021
Top 10 Acquirers of General Purpose Cards in Asia–Pacific 2021
Asia–Pacific’s 36 Largest Merchant Acquirers
10 Largest Transactions of M&A Activity in Merchant Processing and Acquiring MY 2022
M&A Activity in Merchant Processing and Acquiring Mid Year 2022—by Region
Investments & Acquisitions—September 2022
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Issue 1227 | Sep 2022
Latin America’s 45 Largest Acquirers
Bango Buys NTT Docomo Carrier Billing Business
Household Debt and Credit Cards in the US
US Visa/Mastercard Credit Card Issuers–Midyear 2022
Payment Firms Prototype UI for Digital Euro
US General Purpose Credit Card Issuers at Midyear
Worldline Offers Local Payments in South Korea
Top 7 Merchant Acquirers in Latin America 2021 vs. 2020
Top 10 Acquirers of General Purpose Cards in Latin America
45 Largest Merchant Acquirers in Latin America—Ranked by Mastercard and Visa Transactions
US Credit Card Debit and Consumer Credit—1981 through 2021
US Card Debt as a Percentage of Total Household Debt—2007 through 2021
US Debt as a Percentage of Credit—1981 through 2021
Top 10 Issuers of Visa and Mastercard Credit Cards in the US at Midyear 2022
Purchase Volume and Total Volume Midyear 2022—US Mastercard/Visa Credit Card Issuers
Outstandings & Cards Midyear 2022—US Mastercard/Visa Credit Card Issuers
25 Top Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards in the US
Issue 1226 | Sep 2022
US Card Networks at Midyear 2022
Adyen Launches Android POS Devices
Middle East and Africa Global Network Cards
Xpate Instant Settlement for SME Merchants
Under-the-Skin Implants for NFC Payments
Results for US Card Networks at Midyear–2022
US General Purpose Cards Midyear with change vs. 2021
US General Purpose Cards at Midyear Purchase Volume—Credit vs. Debit
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions at Midyear
Spending, Transactions and Cards by Global Brand in Middle East and Africa
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions in Middle East and Africa—2001 through 2021
Store Card Spending in the US—Purchase Volume and Market Share
US Store Credit Cards 2021 with change vs. 2020
Investments & Acquisitions—August 2022
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Issue 1225 | Aug 2022
Asia-Pacific Global Network Cards
Top 50 Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa
Rêv Worldwide to Buy Netspend Consumer Cards
Mastercard Prepares for Quantum Computing with D-Wave
Amex’s Global Pay for Cross-Border B2B
Nexi and Microsoft are Partners
BP Card to First National Bank of Omaha
Visa and Mastercard Halt Payments for Adult Content
Asia-Pacific Global Network Cards Market Shares in 2021
Spending, Transactions and Cards by Global Brand in Asia-Pacific
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions in Asia-Pacific 2011-2021
Top 5 Mastercard and Visa Issuers in Middle East and Africa 2011 vs. 2021
Top Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa–2021
Top 50 Credit Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa–2021
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa–2021
Investments & Acquisitions–July 2022
Issue 1224 | Jul 2022
Global Network Card Results in 2021
FIS Guarantees eCommerce Purchases with Signifyd
Prepaid Cards in the US
Paystand Adds DeFi Card to Blockchain-Based AR
Token.io Premium A2A Payments in Europe
SumUp Books $602 Million in New Financing
Global Network Cards–Purchase Transactions with Market Shares
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions on Global Network Cards
Global Debit & Prepaid Cards
Debit vs. Credit Market Shares of Purchase Transactions
Global Credit Cards
Global Network Cards in Circulation with Market Shares
Global Network Cards
Purchase Volume by Product on Global Network Cards
Top 25 US Issuers of Prepaid Cards
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Issue 1223 | Jul 2022
Europe’s Top 50 Credit and Debit Card Issuers
Enfuce Card Processing and Management
Top US Issuers of Mastercard and Visa Consumer Cards
Top US Banks in Mastercard Send and Visa Direct
Europe’s Top Issuers of Credit and Debit Cards–General Purpose Purchase Volume
Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Europe 2021
Top 50 Credit Card Issuers in Europe 2021
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in Europe 2021
Largest Consumer Credit and Debit Card Issuers 2021
US Visa Direct and Mastercard Send Funds Transfers
Investments & Acquisitions—June 2022
Issue 1222 | Jun 2022
Middle East and Africa’s Top Merchant Acquirers
US Card Spending at Merchants—2021
US Debit Card Issuers—Part 2
Mastercard’s CipherTrace Technology
Merchant Acquirers in the Middle East and Africa—Top 9 Ranked by Purchase Transactions
Top General Purchase Acquirers in Middle East and Africa—Ranked by Purchase Transactions
Top Merchant Acquirers in the Middle East and Arica—Ranked by Visa and Mastercard Transactions
Purchase Volume on US General Purpose Cards—2016 through 2021
Purchase Volume at Merchants 2021—US General Purpose Credit, Debit and Prepaid Cards
US Debit Card Issuers Ranked 51st to 100th
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Issue 1221 | Jun 2022
Facial Biometric Payment Service
Commercial Bank Credit Cards in Canada
Worldline Payments in the Metaverse
MFS Africa Buys US-Based Prepaid Card Platform
CNP Fraud Fighting for Issuers
Early Warning Services’ Verify Identity
Europe’s Global Network Cards—Market Shares in 2021
Europe Global Network Cards—2021 with change vs. 2020
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions 2001-2021
Commercial Bank Credit Cards in Canada—Visa and Mastercard
Commercial Bank Credit Cards in Canada—Cards by Product
Investments & Acquisitions—May 2022
Issue 1220 | May 2022
U.S. Issuers of Commercial Credit & Debit Cards
Mastercard’s Biometric Checkout Program
Gr4vy Payment Orchestration Platform
Top Eight Issuers of Commercial Cards in the United States
Purchase Volume on U.S. Commercial Cards by Type—Market Shares and Change in Purchase Volume
U.S. Mastercard & Visa Commercial Card Issuers—Ranked by Purchase Volume in 2021
Corporate Cards in the U.S.
Purchase Volume on Corporate, Purchasing and Fleet Cards in the U.S.
Small Business Credit Cards in the U.S.
Small Business Debit Cards in the U.S.
Purchasing & Fleet Cards in the U.S.
Commercial Prepaid Cards in the U.S.
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Issue 1219 | May 2022
Top 45 Merchant Acquirers in Europe
Inetco Real-Time Fraud Fighting
U.S. Card Network Results First Quarter 2022
Largest U.S. Credit Card Issuers—First Quarter 2022
Cellulant Payment Processing in Africa
OLB Adds Crypto to Software and Processing
Pismo Global Payment and Banking Platform
Third 50 Largest U.S. Credit Card Issuers
Europe’s Top Merchant Acquirers–Global vs. Domestic
Europe’s Top Acquirers of Domestic Debit and Credit Cards in 2021
Top Merchant Acquirers in Europe–Ranked by Visa/Mastercard Transactions
Europe’s Top Acquirers of Web Transactions
First Quarter Card Network Results
Largest U.S. Credit Card Issuers–1Q 2022
Visa & Mastercard Outstandings, Shares by Groups of 50
Third 50 Largest Visa/Mastercard Credit Card Issuers
Investment & Acquisitions–April 2022
Issue 1218 | Apr 2022
The 50 Largest U.S. Debit Card Issuers
Deserve Adds Commercial Cards to Its CCaaS Platform
Digital Dollar Project’s Tests
Wells Fargo Mastercard with Bilt Rewards
Top U.S. Debit Card Issuers—Ranked by Purchase Volume in 2021
Top U.S. Debit Card Issuers–Purchase Transactions 2011-2021
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in the U.S.
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in the U.S.–Purchase Volume per Card
Market Shares of Debit Products Among Top 50 U.S. Issuers
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Issue 1217 | Apr 2022
Global Brand Cards in Latin America and the Caribbean
NoFraud Protects SMB eCommerce Merchants
Second 50 U.S. Mastercard and Visa Credit Cards
Supply Problems Continue for Chip Payment Cards
Latin America’s Global General Purpose Cards Reach 1 Billion
Latin America Spending, Transactions and Cards by Brand
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions in Latin America 2001-2021
Second 50 Largest Visa/Mastercard Credit Card Issuers
BNPL Deals Since January 2021—Mergers & Acquisitions
BNPL Deals Since January 2021—Corporate Financing
Investments & Acquisitions—March 2022
Issue 1216 | Mar 2022
Canada Card Networks and Issuers
Merchant Processing Fees in the U.S.—2021
Zeta and Mastercard are Card Issuing Partners
Microsoft Partners with Chargebacks911
Canada Card Networks and Issuers—Purchase Transactions
Canada Market Shares of Visa and Mastercard Outstandings at Year-End 2021
Canada Spending, Transactions and Card by Brand
Largest Credit Card Issuers in Canada—Ranked by Outstandings
Merchant Processing Fees in the U.S as a Percent of Card Sales
Fees Paid by Merchants in the U.S. with Purchase Volume
U.S. Consumer ACH Transactions—2021
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Issue 1215 | Mar 2022
Vyne A2A Payments for eCommerce Merchants
CIBC Re-Enters Merchant Acquiring with Pollinate
Visa Installments for Buy Now, Pay Later
Mastercard Installments for Buy Now, Pay Later
Justt Automates Chargeback Processing
Top 7 U.S. Merchant Acquirers—Ranked by Transactions in 2021
Top 20 U.S. Merchant Acquirers—Ranked by Purchase Volume and Purchase Transactions
62 Largest U.S. Merchant Acquirers—Ranked by Visa/Mastercard Volume
Top 40 U.S. Card Not Present (CNP) Acquiring
Visa/Mastercard Share of Purchase Volume at Top Acquirers
Investments & Acquisitions—February 2022
Issue 1214 | Feb 2022
Top U.S. General Purpose Credit Cards
Top 50 U.S. Mastercard and Visa Credit Card Issuers
Global Brand Cards—Midyear 2021
BIM Networks and Discover to Promote A2A Payments
White-Label Buy Now, Pay Later Platform
UnionPay International and Fiserv are Global Partners
Worldline to Sell POS Terminal Business
Top Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards in the U.S.
Market Shares of Outstandings for Top U.S. Issuers in 2021
Top 20 U.S. Credit Cards Issuers—Ranked by Outstandings, Purchase Volume, Purchase Transactions and Cards 2021
U.S. Mastercard and Visa Credit Card Issuers—Purchase Transactions
Top 50 Mastercard & Visa Credit Card Issuers in the U.S.
Global Brand General Purpose Cards
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Issue 1213 | Feb 2022
General Purpose Cards—U.S. 2021
Mastercard and Visa in the U.S.—2021
Amex Offers Design Options to Platinum Cardholders
Payment Industry Investments—2021, Illustrated
Santander’s Buy Now, Pay Later Platform
Samsung’s All-in-One Chip for Biometric Cards
Experian’s Specialty Credit Bureau for BNPL
U.S. General Purpose Brands—Purchase Volume
U.S. General Purpose Cards—2021 with change vs. 2020
Market Shares of Purchase Volume on General Purpose Cards in the U.S.—2021
U.S. Credit Card Outstandings
General Purpose Credit Cards in the U.S.—2021 with change vs. 2020
Purchase Volume on Mastercard and Visa Credit and Debit Cards in the U.S.
Mastercard and Visa Cards in Circulation in the U.S.—2011 through 2021
Mastercard and Visa Credit, Debit & Prepaid Cards in the U.S.
Mastercard and Visa Debit and Prepaid Cards in the U.S.
Payment Industry Investments—2021
Investments & Acquisitions—January 2022
Issue 1212 | Jan 2022
Outstandings on U.S. Credit Cards
Investments in Merchant Acquiring/Processing—2021
American Express Card Results Worldwide
Discover Financial Services Results—2021
SaltPay Merges Its Card Processor Acquisitions
Profits for the Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers in 2021
Credit Cards in the U.S.—Outstandings and Purchase Volume 1991-2026
Market Shares of U.S. Credit Card Outstandings in 2021
Investments in Merchant Acquiring/Processing by Region
Top M&A Transactions in 2021
American Express Cards 2021 vs. 2020
Discover Card 2021 vs. 2020
Income at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers in 2021
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Issue 1211 | Jan 2022
Payment Card Transactions Projected Worldwide
Visa and Mastercard Worldwide for First Nine Months of 2021
M&A Activity in Merchant Processing and Acquiring—2021
Protecting Acquirers from Fraudulent Merchants
Adyen Adds Android POS Terminals
Diners Club Virtual Cards for the Travel Industry
Purchase Transactions Projected Worldwide
Five-Year Changes in Market Shares for Purchase Transactions—2021 vs. 2026
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions by Region in 2026
Twenty-Year Growth in Purchase Transactions—2001 through 2021
Visa & Mastercard Worldwide thru 3Q21
M&A Activity in Merchant Processing and Acquiring 2021 by Region
Investments & Acquisitions—December 2021
