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Issue 1054 | Dec 2014
U.S. Consumer Payment Systems
Visa & MasterCard Outside the U.S. Through 3Q 2014
Chargeback Prevention/Recovery Service
Citi’s Private Label Card Business
Adyen Receives $250 Million in Funding
Vesta Prepaid Fraud Protection
Carrier-Based Billing from Net Mobile
Investments & Acquisitions - November 2014
Fraud Protection for Automated Contact Centers
Monitise Adds New Investors
Consumer Payment Systems in the U.S. 2013 vs. 2018
Investments & Acquisitions - November 2014
Visa & MasterCard Worldwide Through 3Q 2014 vs. 3Q 2013
U.S. Consumer Payment Systems in 2008, 2013, and 2018
U.S. Consumer Payment Systems - Paper, Cards, and Electronic
Personal Consumption Expenditures in the United States
Issue 1053 | Nov 2014
Top Credit Card Issuers Worldwide
Top Maestro Issuers Worldwide
Lease to Own for e-Commerce
Pulse Sues Visa Over Debit Cards
Skrill Progress in the U.S.
Rippleshot Fraud Detection Analytics
Cardlytics Raises $70 Million in Equity Funding
Investments & Acquisitions - October 2014
Spire Payments’ Mobile POS Device
In-Store Merchandise Pickups
In-Location Engagement with NFC/Beacon
Top 20 Issuers of Credit Cards Worldwide - 2013
Markets Shares of Debit Card Transactions in the U.S.
Investments & Acquisitions - October 2014
Largest Maestro Issuers Worldwide - 2013
Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide - 2013
Issue 1052 | Nov 2014
Cards Projected Worldwide
Top Card Issuers in Latin America - 2013
American Express Token Service
Installment Payments for Web Purchases
U.S. General Purpose Cards Through 3Q 2014
SIA’s P2P Money Transfer Service
Brazil’s APPI Payment Platform
Digital River Acquired by Siris Capital
Poynt’s Tablet POS Terminal
SafetyNet from MasterCard
Payment Cards Projected Worldwide
U.S. General Purpose Cards YTD 3Q 2014 vs. YTD 3Q 2013
Largest Payment Card Issuers by Product 2013
Largest Debit Card Issuers in Latin America 2013
Largest Credit Card Issuers in Latin America 2013
Top General Purpose/Visa/MasterCard Card Issuers in Latin America 2013
Issue 1051 | Oct 2014
All U.S. Payment Cards Projected
Biometrics for Payment Cards
Dynamic Codes for Web Payments
Spendgo Loyalty Technology
Twitter Money Transfers/Payments
U.S. Credit Cards Projected
U.S. Debit Cards Projected
Investments & Acquisitions - September 2014
Card-Not-Present Fraud Fighting
Payment Cards in the U.S.
Investments & Acquisitions - September 2014
U.S. Credit and Debit Cards Purchase Volume Projected
U.S. Credit and Debit Cards Purchase Transactions Projected
U.S. Credit Card Purchase Volume Market Shares
U.S. Credit Card Outstandings
U.S. Debit Card Purchase Volume Market Shares
U.S. Credit and Debit Cardholders
U.S. Credit and Debit Cards
U.S. Credit and Debit Card Accounts
U.S. Credit and Debit Card Total Volume
U.S. Credit and Debit Card Total Transactions
Issue 1050 | Oct 2014
Top Card Issuers in Asia-Pacific
PayItSimple USA Installment Payments
Rabobank Mobile Wallet
Carrier Biller Boku Expands
Visa Europe Card-Linked Offers
TransFirst Acquired by Private Equity Firm
Heartland’s “Out of Scope” Acquiring
Gemalto Offers Global TSM Service
Leather Wallet for iPhone 6
Top Issuers in Asia-Pacific - 2013
Top Debit Card Issuers in Asia-Pacific - 2013
Top Credit Card Issuers in Asia-Pacific - 2013
Top General Purpose/Visa/MasterCard Card Issuers in Asia-Pacific - 2013
Issue 1049 | Sep 2014
Top 150 Acquirers Worldwide
Apple Pay Mobile Payment Service
Visa Token Service
InComm/Seamless are Prepaid Partners
Rede Buys MaxiPago in Brazil
Global General Purpose Cards - Midyear 2014
U.S. Commercial Cards - Part 3
Investments & Acquisitions - August 2014
Citi Offers Digital Wallet in the U.S.
Kount Fraud Technology
Top Acquirers Worldwide - Ranked by Transactions on General Purpose Cards in 2013
Investments & Acquisitions - August 2014
Purchase Volume on U.S. Cards in 2013 - Commercial vs. Consumer
Purchase Transactions on Global General Purpose Cards - Midyear 2014
Global General Purpose Cards - Midyear 2014 vs. Midyear 2013
Largest 150 Acquirers Worldwide 2013
Issue 1048 | Sep 2014
Cards in the Middle East and Africa
U.S. Visa & MasterCard Credit Cards - Midyear
Europe’s Largest Card Issuers
Oberthur Acquires NagraID Security
Tipalti Mass Payment Platform
KICC Processing in Korea
Mobile Authentication for 3-D Secure
Top U.S. GP Credit Card Issuers at Midyear
FIS to Acquire Clear2Pay
Softcard Mobile Payments
Middle East and Africa Brand Market Share and Top Brands
Top U.S. General Purpose Credit Card Issuers Midyear 2014
Purchase Transactions on Cards Issued in Middle East/Africa
Middle East/Africa General Purpose Cards 2013 vs. 2012
Credit Card Issuers in Europe 2013
Debit Card Issuers in Europe 2013
Top General Purpose/Visa/MasterCard Card Issuers in Europe 2013
Outstandings Midyear 2014 - Top U.S. Visa/MasterCard Credit Card Issuers
Volume Midyear 2014 - Top U.S. Visa/MasterCard Credit Card Issuers
Issue 1047 | Aug 2014
Asia-Pacific General Purpose Cards
FleetCor to Acquire Comdata
Soft Space mPOS in Southeast Asia
Top U.S. Consumer Credit/Debit Issuers
U.S. Commercial Bank Cards - Part 2
Payoneer Global B2B Payments
First Data Acquiring in Brazil
Investments & Acquisitions - July 2014
TSYS’s Enterprise Tokenization
Distributing/Authenticating PINs via Smartphones
Card Manufacturer Shipments - Part 2
Syniverse’s Mobile Intelligence Portal
Asia-Pacific Brand Market Share and Purchase Volume 2012 vs. 2013
U.S. Visa & MasterCard Commercial Cards Purchase Volume 2013
Investments & Acquisitions - July 2014
Telephone, Prepaid & Nonpayment Card Shipments 2013
Largest U.S. Issuers of Consumer Visa and MasterCard Cards 2013
Purchase Transactions on Cards Issued in Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific General Purpose Cards 2013 vs. 2012
Issue 1046 | Aug 2014
Top U.S. Commercial Card Issuers
Asia-Pacific’s Largest Acquirers
U.S. General Purpose Cards - Midyear 2014
Blackhawk/Barclays Mobile Prepaid
IBM’s Financial Transaction Manager
Deloitte Corporate Finance
Synchrony Financial’s IPO
Charge Payment Processing Progress
Comerica/Vantiv Merchant Processing
Merchant Lawsuits Update
Top Issuers of Commercial Cards in the U.S. Ranked by Purchase Volume
Top Asia-Pacific Acquirers 2013
Merchant Acquirers in Asia-Pacific 2013
U.S. Visa & MasterCard Commercial Card Issuers 2013
Top U.S. Small Business Credit Cards
Top U.S. Fleet Cards
Top U.S. Purchasing Cards
Top Small Business Debit Cards
Top Prepaid Commercial Cards
Top Corporate Cards
U.S. General Purpose Cards Midyear 2014 vs. Midyear 2013
Issue 1045 | Jul 2014
Europe General Purpose Cards - 2013
Top Issuers in the Middle East and Africa - 2013
Twitter Adds Card-Linked Offers
Visa/MasterCard in Russia - Part 3
Visa Checkout Hits the Market
ACI Worldwide to Acquire ReD
Oberthur Technologies Payment Cards
Investments & Acquisitions - June 2014
Zooz Smart Routing for Merchants
Europe Brand Market Share and Top Brands Purchase Volume
Investments & Acquisitions - June 2014
Europe General Purpose Cards - 2013 vs. 2012
Purchase Transactions on Cards Issued in Europe
Credit Card Issuers in Middle East/Africa
Debit Card Issuers in Middle East/Africa
Top General Purpose/Visa/MasterCard Card Issuers in Middle East/Africa
Issue 1044 | Jul 2014
Card Manufacturer Shipments
Latin America’s Top Acquirers
Ingenico Group to Acquire GlobalCollect
Chip Card Manufacturers
Mozido’s Mobile Platform
Magtek’s DynaPro POS Terminal
Amex vs. U.S. Department of Justice
First Data’s Gambling Service
Top Manufacturers of Payment Cards Worldwide - 2013
Merchant Acquirers in Latin America - 2013
Chip vs. Mag Stripe Card Shipments
Shipment of Payment Cards
Total Payment Card Shipments by Manufacturer
Total Payment Card Shipments by Type of Card
Total Chip Card Shipments
Chip Card Shipments by Type of Card
Issue 1043 | Jun 2014
POS Terminal Shipments Worldwide
Middle East/Africa’s Largest Acquirers
Top 50 Prepaid Card Issuers
U.S. Household Debt and Credit Cards
Powa Technologies Adds MPayMe
Swagbucks Online Rewards
MasterCard Prepaid in Japan
Card Debt Buyers - Part II
Atos to Spin Off Worldline Business
FDIC Hits Bancorp Bank
Shipments of POS Terminals by Region 2013 vs 2003
Credit Card Debt in the U.S. 1983-2013
POS Terminal Shipments 2013
POS Terminal Shipments by Region 2013
Top U.S. Prepaid Card Issuers 2013
Merchant Acquirers in Middle East/Africa 2013
Issue 1042 | Jun 2014
Europe’s Top Merchant Acquirers
Paymetric B2B Processing
CyberArk Cyberthreat Security
Card Manufacturers Expand
Call Center Protection for Card Data
Third 50 Largest U.S. Credit Card Issuers
Third 50 Largest U.S. Debit Card Issuers
Corporate Investments & Acquisitions - May 2014
Gertec Mobile Payment Device
SEB Sells Euroline Merchant Business
Sam’s Club/Walmart Chip Cards
Visa Prepaid Seal of Approval
ACH Payments in the U.S. - 2013
Europe’s Largest Acquirers - General Purpose Card Transactions
Payment Industry Acquisitions & Investments - May 2014
Top 10 Acquirers in Europe Ranked by Purchase Volume on General Purpose Cards
40 Largest Merchant Acquirers in Europe
Third 50 Largest U.S. Credit Card Issuers
Issue 1041 | May 2014
Merchant Processing Fees in the U.S.
Card Transactions Projected Worldwide
2Checkout's Global Payment Services
Cortex Mobile Wallet
Kreditech Online Credit Decisions
Sequent HCE Software for Sberbank
Second 50 U.S. Debit Card Issuers
Corp. Investments & Acquisitions - April 2014
Credit Card Debt Sales in 2013
Identification Validation Using Mobile Phones
First Data/SecurityMetrics Litigation
First Quarter Card Results - U.S.
Visa/MasterCard in Russia
G2 Web Services
Purchase Transactions Worldwide
Top Buyers of Credit Card Debt
U.S. General Purpose Cards 1Q
U.S. Merchant Card Fees
Issue 1040 | May 2014
Latin America General Purpose Cards
U.S. Card Spending at Merchants
Vantiv to Acquire Mercury Payment Systems
U.S. Commercial Card Issuers in Europe
ShopKeep Gets $25 Million for iPad POS
American Express’s Small Merchant Strategy
Monitoring and Tracking Big Data
ACI’s SaaS-based EMV Card Management
MasterCard Gains Target Cards
Forecasting Capital Management for SMBs
Latin America Brand Market Share and Top Brands
Purchase Transactions on Cards Issued in Latin America - 2013 vs. 2018
Latin America General Purpose Cards - 2013 vs. 2012
Purchases at Merchants on U.S. General Purpose Cards
Purchase Volume at Merchants Using General Purpose Cards Issued in the U.S.
Issue 1039 | Apr 2014
Top 50 U.S. Debit Card Issuers
Store Cards in the U.S. 2013
TSYS Divests Japan Businesses
Walmart-2-Walmart Money Transfers
Artificial Intelligence Supports Advertising
Russia Targets Card Payment Networks
Dirty Money Project
M&A and Corporate Financing - March 2014
Absa Bank Mobile Payments
BlueSnap’s E-Commerce Platform
Top Issuers of Debit Cards in the U.S. 2013
U.S. Store Credit Cards 2013
Payment Industry Acquisitions & Investments - March 2014
Debit Products Market Shares for Top 50 Issuers
Top U.S. Debit Issuers by Type of Card
Top 50 Largest Debit Card Issuers in the U.S.
Issue 1038 | Apr 2014
Canada Cards 2013
Wells Fargo Buys Dillard’s Credit Cards
Mobile Payments in the U.K.
Discover Loses Walmart/Sam’s Club
Worldline’s Cloud Wallet Adds HCE
RiskShield Fraud Detection Software
The CFPB Hits Bank of America
Second 50 U.S. Bank Credit Card Issuers
VeriFone Handheld EMV Terminal
Card Brand Market Shares in Canada
Canada Market Shares of Purchase Transactions by Brand
Canada General Purpose Cards 2013 vs. 2012
Canada Purchase Volume on Credit Cards
General Purpose Credit Card Issuers in Canada - Ranked by Outstandings
Canada Issuer Market Shares of Visa & MasterCard Outstandings
Second 50 Largest U.S. Visa & MasterCard Credit Card Issuers
Issue 1037 | Mar 2014
Global Cards - 2013
Private Equity Firms to Buy Nets
Proxama/Cryptomathic Host Card Emulation
PowaTag Mobile Commerce
Software for Payment Card Acquirers
Elavon Loyalty for SMBS
Tech Mahindra Mobile Products/Services
M&A and Corporate Financing - Feb. 2014
SmartDisplayer’s iCard4 SmartCard
Fed Appeals Court Favors Issuers
AID Deals for Debit Networks
Ingenico/Samsung Global Mobile Partners
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions Worldwide 2013
Payment Industry Acquisitions & Investments - February 2014
Global Cards in Circulation Credit & Debit 2013
Global General Purpose Cards 2013 vs. 2012
Purchase Volume by Card Type
Purchase Transactions on Global Cards 2013
Global Debit & Prepaid Cards
Global Credit Cards
Issue 1036 | Mar 2014
Top U.S. Acquirers
Global Brands Card Acceptance Worldwide
American Express EveryDay Credit Cards
GfK Market Research for Financial Services
Cyberintelligence for Financial Services
Cross-Industry Security Group for the U.S.
Cloud-Based Personalized Offers
M&A and Corporate Financing - January 2014
Hanchang System Mobile POS Terminal
TAS Card Management System
Teen Payment Card for Discover Merchants
Purchase Transactions at Top U.S. Acquirers
Global Acceptance Locations
Payment Industry Acquisitions & Investments - January 2014
Purchase Volume on General Purpose Cards at Top Acquirers
Merchant Acquirers in the U.S. - 2013
Issue 1035 | Feb 2014
Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers
Visa/MasterCard Support HCE
Top U.S. MasterCard/Visa Credit Card Issuers
Geolocation Security & Commerce Services
Online EMV Chip & PIN Terminal
Visa and First Data Are EMV Debit Partners
Bell ID’s NFC in the Cloud
Credit Card Outstandings for Top Issuers of U.S. General Purpose Cards
Shares of Purchase Volume for U.S. Credit Card Issuers
Top 20 Issuers - Purchase Volume
Top 20 Issuers - Outstandings
Top Issuers - Visa & MasterCard, All Credit Cards, Total Volume, and Purchase Transactions
Top 50 Visa & MasterCard Credit Card Issuers in the U.S.
Issue 1034 | Feb 2014
General Purpose Cards - U.S. 2013
Machine-Learning Fraud Prevention
Visa and MasterCard - U.S. 2013
NBSPS Buys Equinox Payments
Global Blue’s OneInterface Software
Ingenico Builds on Ogone
B2P Debit Payout Service
M&A and Corporate Financing - December 2013
Associations Become Cybersecurity Partners
Purchase Volume for U.S. General Purpose Brands
Payment Industry Acquisitions & Investments - December 2013
U.S. Credit Card Outstandings
Purchase Volume on U.S. General Purpose Cards 2013
U.S. General Purpose Cards 2013 vs. 2012
Change in Purchase Volume 2013 vs. 2012
Visa & MasterCard Purchase Volume Shares 2008 vs. 2013
U.S. General Purpose Credit Cards
U.S. Visa and MasterCard Debit & Prepaid Cards
U.S. Visa and MasterCard Credit, Debit & Prepaid Cards
Issue 1033 | Jan 2014
Card Spending Projected
What is Known About U.S. Card Breaches
American Express Results
Discover Financial Services
Profits at Top U.S. Card Issuers
T-Mobile USA Prepaid Visa Product
TSYS Card Account Controls
WePay Platform Business Processing
Bill.com B2B Platform
Datacard Buys Entrust
American Airlines Has Two U.S. Card Partners
Projected Growth in Purchase Volume Worldwide 2012-2018
American Express Results in the U.S. 2013 vs. 2012
Discover Results in the U.S. 2013 vs. 2012
Market Shares of Purchase Volume Worldwide with Change in Basis Points
Profits at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers - 2013 vs. 2012
Issue 1032 | Jan 2014
Transactions Worldwide - Projected through 2018
Host Card Emulation for NFC
Hewlett-Packard and HPS Partnership
Klarna Adds Sofort for Web Debit
Canada’s Digital Currency
OTI’s Wave Device
Amex Settles Enforcements/Class Actions
M&A and Corporate Financing - Oct./Nov. 2013
IRIS Analytics Fraud-Fighting Software
Global Money Transfer Joint Venture
Georgia Finalizes Rules for Acquiring Banks
Projected Growth in Purchase Transactions Worldwide 2012-2018
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions Worldwide
Payment Industry Acquisitions & Investments - October and November 2013
