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Issue 1031 | Dec 2013
U.S. Consumer Payment Systems
Visa & MasterCard Outside the U.S. Through 3Q 2013
Payfont Online Fraud Fighting Technology
Citi Rewards Points for Online Purchases
PushPoint Location-Based Marketing
NCR Buys Digital Insight and Alaric Systems
Merchant Litigation Settlement Approved
IntelCrawler Identifies POS Botnets
AnywhereCommerce Chip and PIN Reader
Mobile Payments for Emerging Markets
Equens Merges Merchant Payment Processors
Consumer Payment Systems in the U.S.
Visa & MasterCard Worldwide - Thru 3Q 2013 vs. 3Q 2012
Payment System Market Shares
U.S. Consumer Payment Systems 2007, 2012, and 2017 Projected
Personal Consumption Expenditures in the U.S.
Issue 1030 | Dec 2013
Top Credit Card Issuers Worldwide
Top Maestro Issuers Worldwide
Amex Mobile App Redeems Rewards
Visa/i2C Global Prepaid Alliance
Gasoline Cards
Alliance Data Expands Loyalty Business
Microsoft/FreedomPay Big Data Analytics
U.S. Bank to Issue Amex Cards
Spectra Technologies Contactless Reader
Interchange Litigation Update
Nationwide Rollout for Isis
Card Volume at U.S. Gas Stations 2012
Oil Company Proprietary Credit Cards 2012
Largest Maestro Issuers Worldwide 2012
Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide by Country 2012
Issue 1029 | Nov 2013
Top Acquirers Worldwide
U.S. General Purpose Cards Through 3Q '13
Payment Cards Projected Worldwide
First Data Tablet Platform
Deloitte Payments Industry Consulting
EVO Payments Expands in Europe
FICO Fights False Positive Fraud
M&A and Corporate Financing - September 2013
Miura Chip & Pin Device
U.S. Bank's New Prepaid Card
Wirecard Supports Visa/Orange NFC Partnership
CardLinx Association Formed
Wex Fuel Card Joint Venture in Europe
U.S. General Purpose Cards YTD 3Q
Payment Industry M&A September 2013
Top 150 Acquirers Worldwide 2012
Issue 1028 | Oct 2013
All U.S. Payment Cards Projected
Federal Reserve Appeals Debit Card Decision
Magnetic Induction for Mobile Payments
Six to Buy PayLife’s Merchant Business
Tinkoff Credit Systems’ IPO
U.S. Credit Cards Projected
U.S. Debit Cards Projected
M&A and Corporate Financing - August 2013
Spire Payments POS Terminal
Unicredit/First Data Mobile Partnership
Payment Cards in the U.S.
Payment Industry Acquisitions & Investments - August 2013
All U.S. Payment Cards - Purchase Volume 2007, 2012, 2017
All U.S. Payment Cards - Purchase Transactions 2007, 2012, 2017
Credit Card Purchase Volume Market Shares 2007, 2012, 2017
U.S. Credit Card Outstandings 2012 and 2017 Projected
U.S. Debit Card Purchase Volume Market Shares 2007, 2012, 2017
Cardholders 2012 and 2017 Projected
Cards 2012 and 2017 Projected
Accounts 2012 and 2017 Projected
Total Volume 2012 and 2017 Projected
Total Transactions 2012 and 2017 Projected
Issue 1027 | Oct 2013
POS Terminal Shipments Worldwide
Top Card Issuers in Asia/Pacific
Proposed Standards for Mobile & Online Payments
Experian to Acquire 41st Parameter
CaixaBank & Global Payments JV in Brazil
Heartland Invests $20 Million in Tablet Commerce
Western Union’s NGO GlobalPay
FICO and ERN Partnership
American Express Joint Venture for Business Travel
Shipments of POS Terminals by Region - 2012
POS Terminal Shipments Worldwide - 2012
POS Terminal Shipments by Region and Manufacturer - 2012
Top Debit Card Issuers in Asia/Pacific
Top Credit Card Issuers in Asia/Pacific
Top General Purpose/Visa/MasterCard Card Issuers in Asia/Pacific
Issue 1026 | Sep 2013
U.S. Commercial Cards - Part 3
Top Card Issuers in Latin America
Global General Purpose Cards - Midyear 2013
Braintree Acquired by EBay for $800 Million
Kount Online-Mobile Fraud Prevention
Alternative Risk Score for Emerging Markets
Edo Portal for Card-Linked Offers
M&A and Corporate Financing - July 2013
Debt Collection Consent Order
Final Interchange Fee Settlement Hearing
U.S. Purchase Volume - Consumer vs. Commercial Cards
U.S. General Purpose Spending
Purchase Transactions on Global General Purchase Cards Midyear 2013
Global General Purpose Cards - Midyear 2013 vs. Midyear 2012
Payment Industry Acquisitions & Investments - July 2013
Credit Card Issuers in Latin America 2012
Debit Card Issuers in Latin America 2012
Top General Purpose/Visa/MasterCard Card Issuers in Latin America 2012
Issue 1025 | Sep 2013
Europe General Purpose Cards
U.S. Visa & MasterCard Credit Cards - Midyear
Europe’s Largest Card Issuers
Bluetooth Low Energy Mobile Commerce
Xero Accounting Software
Delta Air Mobile POS
MasterCard Adds Qantas Frequent Flyers
Monitise in Handful of New Deals
Europe Purchase Transactions in 2012 and 2012 vs. 2017
Europe General Purpose Cards 2012 vs. 2011
Purchase Volume in Europe 2007 vs. 2017
Credit Cards Issuers in Europe 2012
Debit Card Issuers in Europe 2012
Top General Purpose/Visa/MasterCard Card Issuers in Europe 2012
Top U.S. Visa/MasterCard Credit Card Issuers - Outstandings Midyear 2013
Top U.S. Visa/MasterCard Credit Card Issuers - Volume Midyear 2013
Issue 1024 | Aug 2013
General Purpose Cards in the Middle East and Africa
Asia-Pacific’s Largest Acquirers
Top Issuers in the Middle East and Africa
Bayesian Predictive Analysis for CNP Fraud
Top U.S. Consumer Credit & Debit Issuers
Bluebird Mobile Card Reader
Debit Card Fee Update
Skrill Acquired by Private Equity Firm
ADP Payroll Card
Middle East and Africa Share of Purchase Transactions 2012
Largest U.S. Issuers of Consumer Visa and MasterCard Cards 2012
Top Merchant Acquirers in Asia-Pacific 2012
Top Asia-Pacific Acquirers Ranked by All Transactions 2012
Purchase Volume in the Middle East and Africa
Middle East and Africa General Purpose Cards 2012 vs. 2011
Credit Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa
Debit Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa
Top General Purpose/Visa/MasterCard Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa
Issue 1023 | Aug 2013
Asia/Pacific General Purpose Cards
Global Card Fraud Losses Reach $11.27 Billion
Alliance Data/PayPal Partnership
Cloud-Based NFC Payments in Canada
U.S. Commercial Bank Cards - Part 2
Wells Fargo/American Express Card Partners
U.S. General Purpose Cards - Midyear 2013
M&A and Corporate Financing - 2nd Quarter 2013
Court Cuts Debit Fees
Merchant Card Fees in the U.S.
Global Card Fraud
U.S. General Purpose Cards Midyear 2013 vs. Midyear 2012
Third-Party Issuers of American Express in the U.S.
Purchase Volume in Asia/Pacific 2007 vs. 2017
Asia/Pacific General Purpose Cards 2012 vs. 2011
Payment Industry Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Financing - Second Quarter 2013
U.S. Visa & MasterCard Commercial Cards
Issue 1022 | Jul 2013
Top U.S. Commercial Card Issuers
Latin America’s 40 Top Acquirers
Jusp Mobile Processing for Micromerchants
European Union Wants to Regulate Interchange
Merchant Processing Fees Down in the U.S.
FTC Payment Processor Lawsuits
Mobile Cash Withdrawals at ATMs
MasterCard MasterPass Progress
Capital Services Credit Card Support
AmeriMerchant Funding for Small Businesses
Top Issuers of Commercial Cards
Largest Merchant Acquirers in Latin America 2012
Merchant Card Fees 2012
U.S. Visa & MasterCard Commercial Card Issuers 2012
Issuers of Fleet, Small Business (Credit & Debit), Purchasing, Commercial Prepaid, and Corporate Cards
Issue 1021 | Jul 2013
Card Manufacturer Shipments
Another Interchange Opt-Out Lawsuit
Kalixa Group Issuing and Acquiring
Chip Card Manufacturers
Capital One’s New Cash Back Cards
Chicago Transit Dual Account Contactless Cards
GE Buys Phillips/Conoco/76 Portfolio
Foregenix Information Security
Shipments of Payment Cards Market Shares in 2012
Telephone, Prepaid & Nonpayment Card Shipments 2012
Total Payment Card Shipments by Manufacturer 2012
Payment Card Shipments by Type of Card 2012
Total Chip Card Shipments 2012
Chip Card Shipments by Type of Card 2012
Payment Cards with Chips vs. Magnetic Stripes Only
Issue 1020 | Jun 2013
Latin America General Purpose Cards
U.S. Household Debt and Credit Cards
Middle East/Africa’s Largest Acquirers
Top 50 Prepaid Card Issuers
Visa/Ethoca Fraud Fighting Service
Swiff White Labels Mobile Payments
IntelCav to Inteligensa
Check Authorization - 2012
Chess Pay4You POS Terminal
NFC Patent Infringement Legislation
Debt Buyers Certification Program
Latin America Purchase Transactions 2007 vs. 2017
Credit Card Debt in the U.S. 1982-2012
Purchase Volume in Latin America 2007 vs. 2017
Latin America General Purpose Cards 2012 vs. 2011
Check Guarantee 2012
Check Verification 2012
Top Merchant Acquirers in Middle East/Africa 2012
Top U.S. Prepaid Card Issuers - 2012
Issue 1019 | Jun 2013
Store Cards in the U.S. 2012
Europe’s Largest Merchant Acquirers
Discover Buys Diners Italy
Citi Keeps American Airlines Co-Branded Contract
HP Partners with First Data
Monitise/Blackhawk Mobile Prepaid
Third 50 U.S. Credit Card Issuers
Third 50 U.S. Debit Card Issuers
Handpoint P2PE Mobile Point-of-Sale System
VeriFone Gateway Adds CardSpring
Patent Litigation Hits Card Issuers
Biometric/Contactless Payments Progress
Credit Card Debt Sales in 2012
Store Cards in the U.S. Purchase Volume in 2012 vs. 2002
U.S. Store Credit Cards 2012
Top Buyers of Credit Card Debt – 2012
Acquirers in Europe – 2012 Consolidated General Purpose Card Figures
Largest Merchant Acquirers in Europe 2012
Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers Third 50 - 2012
Top U.S. Debit Card Issuers Third 50 - 2012
Issue 1018 | May 2013
Purchase Transactions Worldwide by Card Type
Itau Unibanco Buys CrediCard from Citi
ACH Payments in the U.S. – 2012
Interchange in Europe
ClickTale Mobile Web Analytics
Counterfeit Cards Hit ATMs
More Merchant Litigation
Second 50 U.S. Debit Card Issuers
Latest iPad POS Systems
BlueSnap e-Commerce Payment Services
Fraud Oracle Risk Management
Sequent NFC Software
Purchase Transactions at Merchants Worldwide, Market Shares
Consumer ACH Transactions 2012
ATM Cybercrime Heist - $45 mil., 27 Countries, 2 Days
Purchase Transactions at Merchants Worldwide
Second 50 Largest Debit Card Issuers in the U.S. 2012
Issue 1017 | May 2013
U.S. Card Spending at Merchants
Computop Processing for Large Merchants
Prepaid Card Litigation
Virtual PIN Pad for Mobile/Online
Social Network Marketing for Custom Cards
UnionPay’s First U.S. Card
PayPal Point-of-Sale Update
MasterCard Inside Nigeria’s National ID Card
Equinox Payments’ Apollo Platform
First Quarter Card Results - U.S.
U.S. General Purpose Cards – 1Q 2013 vs. 1Q 2012
Spending at Merchants on Cards Issued by Top U.S. Issuers 2012
Purchase Volume at U.S. Merchants – General Purpose Credit, Debit & Prepaid Cards
Issue 1016 | Apr 2013
Top 50 U.S. Debit Card Issuers
Klarna Credit for e-Commerce Merchants
Leaf Cloud-Based Commerce for Tablets
Global Payments Supports Merchant Offers
ID Analytics’ Complementary Credit Score
Fiserv’s Accel Debit Network
American Express Corporate EMV Cards in the U.S.
M&A and Corporate Financing – 1st Quarter 2013
Billtrust Adds QR Codes
Evertec IPO Raises $506 Million
Payment Industry Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Financing – First Quarter 2013
Debit Products Market Shares for Top 50 Issuers
Top U.S. Debit Issuers – 2012
Top 50 Largest Debit Card Issuers in the U.S. Ranked by Purchase Volume - 2012
Issue 1015 | Apr 2013
Canada Cards
France/Canada Merchant Processing Partnership
Approving False-Positive Transactions
IZettle Mobile Payments
Self Checkout App for Restaurants and Bars
Malware Threatens ATMs and POS Terminals
Class Action Update
Second 50 U.S. Bank Credit Card Issuers
Canada General Purpose Cards 2012 vs. 2011
Canada Purchase Volume ($CAN), 2012 vs. 2007
General Purpose Credit Card Issuers in Canada 2012
Canada Market Shares of Purchases 2012 vs. 2011
Second 50 Largest Visa & MasterCard Credit Card Issuers in the U.S.
Issue 1014 | Mar 2013
EMV Data Preparation
Smartdisplayer Epaper Display Cards
Global Brands Card Acceptance Worldwide
Western Union Mobile Bill Payments
Trusteer E-Commerce Fraud Protection
Heartland Adds LevelUp As Mobile Partner
Debit Networks Pick Discover’s App For EMV
Global Cards – 2012
Vanstone Multimedia POS Terminal
Gemalto Mobile NFC in Canada
VantageScore Adds 30 Million People
Purchase Transactions on Global General Purpose Cards
Global Acceptance Locations: Visa & MasterCard, JCB, Discover/Diners, BC Card, UnionPay, American Express, Maestro
Global General Purpose Cards 2012, Total, Credit, and Debit: Total Volume, Purchases, Cash, Purchase Transactions, Cards
Issue 1013 | Mar 2013
Chase/Visa Network Partnership
First Data/Foursquare Partnership
Nomis Data Analytics Software & Consulting
Seamless QR Code Payments
Spire Payments Acquires Thyron Systems
Capital One to Promote ShopSavvy’s Mobile Wallet
Personetics Customer Service Analytics
Top U.S. Acquirers
Good Payment Practices Cards
Purchase Transactions at Top U.S. Acquirers: First Data, Bank of America, Vantiv, Chase Paymentech, Heartland, WorldPay, Elavon, Global Payments, Wells Fargo, TSYS
Purchase Volume on General Purpose Cards at Top Acquirers: 2012 vs. 2007
Merchant Acquirers in the U.S. 2012, Ranked by Visa/MasterCard Volume
Issue 1012 | Feb 2013
Top 50 U.S. Visa/MasterCard Credit Card Issuers
Citi to Acquire Best Buy Cards
Geospatial Services From Locaid
Sumup Payment Processing
TSYS Expands Prepaid With NetSpend
Visa Mobile Money Services Platform
American Express and Social Networks
Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers
Square Adds Hardware for iPads
Braintree Adds Wrapp as a Processing Client
Purchase Volume for Top U.S. Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards: American Express, Chase, Bank of America, Citi, Capital One, Discover, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, Barclaycard, USAA
Market Shares of Credit Card Outstandings 2012
50 Largest U.S. Visa & MasterCard Credit Card Issuers 2012: Outstandings, Total Volume, Purchase Volume, Cash Volume, Purchase Transactions, Total Accounts, Active Accounts, Credit Cards, Visa Cards, MasterCard Cards
Issue 1011 | Feb 2013
MasterCard and Visa — U.S. 2012
Mobile Payment at the Fuel Pump
EMV and The Durbin Amendment
India’s National Prepaid Banking Service
ACI Worldwide to Buy Online Resources
Adyen Payment Processing
Iovation Phone Verification
General Purpose Cards — U.S. 2012
Revel Systems' iPad Processing
Purchase Volume Market Shares for U.S. General Purpose Brands, 2007 through 2012
U.S. General Purpose Cards (Credit, Debit, Total): Total Volume, Purchase Volume, Cash Volume, Total Transactions, Purchase Transactions, Cards
U.S. Credit Card Outstandings: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover
U.S. Visa & MasterCard Debit & Prepaid Cards, U.S. Visa & MasterCard, Credit, Debit & Prepaid
Issue 1010 | Jan 2013
Ingenico Buys Payment Services Provider
American Express Results — U.S.
Profits at Top U.S. Card Issuers
Monitise Corporate Funding
Big Data For Stronger Loyalty
Payleven Smartphone Processing
WorldPay/PayPal/Discover Network Deal
Card Spending Projected
Atos Contactless Portable Terminal
Chase Buys Merchant Offers Company
FIS Acquires MFoundry
Shazam Adds Another Debit Card App
Microsoft-Ingenico Partnership
Purchase Volume Global Growth, 2011 to 2016: Latin America, United States, Canada, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Middle East/Africa
American Express U.S. Results: Issued Directly, Issued by Third Parties, Total: Cards, Accounts, Active Accounts, Transactions (Purchases, Cash), Volume (Purchases, Cash), Outstandings
Profits at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers, 2012 vs. 2011: Bank of America, Citi, Discover, JPMorgan Chase, American Express, Capital One, U.S. Bank
Issue 1009 | Jan 2013
Incomm Acquires Giftango Digital Prepaid
Discover Financial Services
M&A and Corporate Financing – 4th Quarter 2012
Planet Payment Merchant Processing
Voltage’s Secure Stateless Tokenization
Signifyd Online Fraud Protection
World Fuel Buys Multi Service Assets
Thyron Wireless PIN Pad
Mozido Buys Pagovision
Growth in Purchase Transactions Worldwide from 2011 to 2016: Latin America, United States, Canada, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Middle East/Africa
Largest Debit Card Issuers Worldwide, Purchase Volume 2011
Discover Results 2012 vs. 2011, Issued Directly, Issued by Third Parties, Total: Cards, Accounts, Active Accounts, Transactions (Purchases, Cash), Volume (Purchases, Cash), Outstandings
Payment Industry Acquisitions & Investments, October-December 2012: Company, Buyer/Investor, Amount, Region
