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Issue 1100 | Dec 2016
U.S. Consumer Payment Systems
Token Reciprocity for Network Digital Wallets
Behavioral Biometrics from Leumi Card
Software “Chip” to Secure Mobile Payments
Largest Maestro Issuers Worldwide
Mobile Card Management System from Amdocs
Card Manufacturer Shipments - Part 3
Visa Debit Routing Rules
Investments & Acquisitions - November 2016
Amex Pay Launches in Canada and the U.K.
Purchase Transactions on U.S. Consumer Payment Systems
Investments & Acquisitions - November 2016
Telephone, Transportation, Prepaid & Nonpayment Card Shipments 2015
Largest Maestro Issuers Worldwide 2015
U.S. Consumer Payment Systems - Paper, Cards, Electronic
Issue 1099 | Nov 2016
Largest Payment Card Issuers Worldwide
Blockchain and Contactless Card Payments
Mastercard & Visa Outside the U.S. through 3Q 2016
Citi Pay Mobile Wallet
NuData Behavioral Biometrics
Experian Launches Extended Trade
Elavon Handles Payments to Governments
SumUp Card Processing for Micromerchants
Pax MiniPOS Device
Chase Small Business Credit
Top Issuers of Payment Cards Worldwide 2015
Visa & Mastercard Worldwide thru 3Q 2016 vs. 3Q 2015
Largest Credit Card Issuers by Purchase Volume & Country 2015
Largest Debit Card Issuers by Purchase Volume & Country 2015
Issue 1098 | Nov 2016
Top Card Portfolios Worldwide
Top Card Issuers in Latin America
Connected Cars and Cards
Credit Plug-in for Retailers’ Mobile Apps
Allpago PSP Covering Latin America
U.S. General Purpose Cards through 3Q 2016
Software-Defined Wide Area Networks
Investments & Acquisitions - October 2016
Ingenico Handheld POS Device
Top 150 Credit Card Issuers Worldwide by Region
Investments & Acquisitions - October 2016
U.S. General Purpose Cards 3Q YTD ’16 vs. 3Q YTD ‘15
Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide 2015
Credit Card Issuers in Latin America
Debit Card Issuers in Latin America
Top General Purpose/Visa/Mastercard Card Issuers in Latin America
Issue 1097 | Oct 2016
All U.S. Payment Cards Projected
QR-Code Payments in Nigeria and Kenya
PayU Emerging Markets Payment Service Provider
ACI Immediate Payments Gateway
InAuth Device Detection/Protection
U.S. Credit Cards Projected
U.S. Debit Cards Projected
Verifone Carbon POS Tablet Device
U.S. Payment Cards Purchase Volume 2010 - 2020
U.S. Credit and Debit Purchase Volume
U.S. Credit and Debit Purchase Transactions
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 Total Volume
U.S. Credit and Debit Total Transactions
Issue 1096 | Oct 2016
Card Fraud Losses Reach $21.84 Billion
Top Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
Real-Time Payments in the U.S.
Personetics Adds Chatbot Commerce Services
Credit Card Portfolio Sales
Apriori International ID Verification
Investments & Acquisitions — September 2016
Cybernet POS Terminal
Investments & Acquisitions — September 2016
Growth in Fraud vs. Total Card Volume Worldwide
Card Fraud in Basis Points
Top Credit, Debit, and General Purpose/Visa/Mastercard Issuers in Asia–Pacific
Issue 1095 | Sep 2016
POS Terminal Shipments Worldwide
Top 150 Acquirers Worldwide
Global Brand Card Acceptance Worldwide
Global General Purpose Cards - Midyear 2016
Nets Valued at $4.50 Billion
Amex Wins Anti-Steering Suit on Appeal
Same Day ACH Payments in the U.S.
Feitian Mobile POS Terminal
POS Terminals Shipped Worldwide Market Shares
Largest 150 Acquirers Worldwide 2015
Global Acceptance Locations
Global General Purpose Cards Midyear 2016 vs. Midyear 2015
POS Terminal Shipments by Region 2015
POS Terminal Shipments 2015
mPOS Devices Shipped 2015
Issue 1094 | Sep 2016
Payment Cards Projected Worldwide
Latin America’s Largest Acquirers
Asia-Pacific’s Largest Acquirers
Chase Visa Infinite Products
Mastercard/PayPal Partnership
Simility Fraud Detection
iSignthis Verification for Card Acquiring
FuturePay Online Installment Payments
Investments & Acquisitions - August 2016
Payment Cards Worldwide Market Share in 2015
Investments & Acquisitions - August 2016
Asia-Pacific’s Top Acquirers of Web Transactions
Top Acquirers in Asia-Pacific 2015
Largest Merchant Acquirers in Asia-Pacific 2015
Latin America’s Top Acquirers of Web Transactions
Top Acquirers in Latin America 2015
Largest Merchant Acquirers in Latin America 2015
Issue 1093 | Aug 2016
U.S. Commercial Cards - Part 3
U.S. Mastercard/Visa Credit Cards at Midyear
Top U.S. GP Credit Card Issuers at Midyear
Mahindra Comviva’s Mobiquity Money
Wirecard Expands to the U.S.
Nethone Fraud Fighting Technology
Chip Card Manufacturers
Commercial vs. Consumer Cards Share of U.S. Purchase Volume by Brand
Purchase Volume on U.S. Cards in 2015
Top U.S. General Purpose Credit Card Issuers Midyear 2016
U.S. Visa/Mastercard Credit Card Issuers - Outstandings Midyear 2016
U.S. Visa/Mastercard Credit Card Issuers - Volume Midyear 2016
Total Chip Card Shipments Worldwide - 2015
Shipments by Category and Type of Card Worldwide - 2015
Issue 1092 | Aug 2016
Payment Card Manufacturer Shipments
Top Issuers in the Middle East and Africa
U.S. General Purpose Card Brands - Midyear 2016
Splitit eCommerce Installment Payments
P2P, B2C, and G2C Real-Time Payments
Identity Theft Protection Platform
Investments & Acquisitions - July 2016
Castles Technology Mobile Terminal
Final Visa Card
Top Manufacturers of Payment Cards Worldwide
Investments & Acquisitions - July 2016
U.S. General Purpose Cards Midyear 2016 vs. Midyear 2015
Top Manufacturers of Payment Cards Ranked by Shipments 2014 vs. 2015
Top Payment Card Shipments by Manufacturer 2015
Payment Card Shipments by Type of Card 2015
Credit Card Issuers in Mideast/Africa 2015
Debit Card Issuers in Mideast/Africa 2015
Top General Purpose/Visa/Mastercard Card Issuers in Mideast/Africa
Issue 1091 | Jul 2016
Middle East/Africa Cards - 2015
Visa/PayPal Partnership
Mastercard to Purchase VocaLink
Gemalto/Worldline Mobile Card Partners
Installment Payments for Mobile Web Purchases
Masterpass Goes Omnichannel
Top 50 U.S. Prepaid Card Issuers
Top U.S. Consumer Credit/Debit Issuers
Kerv Contactless Payment Ring
Mastercard’s New Look
Middle East/Africa Purchase Volume 2015 vs. 2014
Largest U.S. Issuers of Consumer Visa and Mastercard Cards 2015
Prepaid Cards in the U.S. - Top Issuers in 2015
Purchase Transactions on Cards Issued in Middle East/Africa 2015 vs. 2020
Year-Over-Year Growth/Decline in Purchase Volume on Cards Issued in Middle East/Africa
Middle East/Africa General Purpose Cards 2015 vs. 2014
Issue 1090 | Jul 2016
Asia-Pacific General Purpose Cards
Middle East/Africa’s Largest Acquirers
ACH Payments in the U.S. - 2015
U.S. Commercial Bank Cards - Part 2
American Airlines’ Co-Brand Partners
Court Voids Interchange Settlement with Retailers
HPE Security in Payment Systems
Third 50 Largest U.S. Credit Card Issuers
Investments & Acquisitions - June 2016
Visa Digital Commerce App
Instant Payments in Greece
Asia-Pacific Purchase Volume 2015 vs. 2014
Investments & Acquisitions June 2016
Purchase Transactions on Cards Issued in Asia-Pacific 2015 vs. 2020
Year-Over-Year Growth/Decline in Purchase Volume on Cards Issued in Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific General Purpose Cards 2015 vs. 2014
U.S. Visa & MasterCard Commercial Cards - Purchase Volume 2015
U.S. Visa/MasterCard Credit Card Issuers - Third 50 2015
Largest Merchant Acquirers in Middle East/Africa 2015
Consumer ACH Transactions in the U.S. 2015
Issue 1089 | Jun 2016
Top U.S. Commercial Card Issuers
Europe’s 50 Largest Credit & Debit Card Issuers
Citi Launches Costco Visa Card
MasterCard Supports Installment Payments
General Mobile Carrier-Based Billing
Pin4 Cardless Cash Payouts
Synthetic Identity Theft Roundtable
BBPOS Hardware for Mobile POS
Top Issuers of Commercial Cards in the U.S. 2015
U.S. Visa & MasterCard Commercial Card Issuers 2015
Small Business Credit Cards 2015
Commercial Fleet Cards 2015
Commercial Purchasing Cards 2015
Small Business Commercial Debit Cards 2015
Prepaid Commercial Cards 2015
Commercial Corporate Cards
Largest Credit Card Issuers in Europe 2015
Largest Debit Card Issuers in Europe 2015
Top General Purpose/Visa/MasterCard Card Issuers in Europe 2015
Issue 1088 | Jun 2016
Europe General Purpose Cards
U.S. Household Debt and Credit Cards
Software-Based PIN on Glass
Vantage Intent Powered by Amex
Anodot Big Data Business Incident Detection
TSYS Virtual Commercial Card Payments
G&D’s Mobile Convego CloudPay Hub
Second 50 Largest U.S. Debit Card Issuers
Investments & Acquisitions - May 2016
Magnetic Flux Contactless Payments
First Quarter Card Results in the U.S.
Europe Purchase Volume 2015 vs. 2014
Investments & Acquisitions - May 2016
U.S. General Purpose Cards 1Q 2016 vs. 1Q 2015
Purchase Transactions on Cards Issued in Europe
Year-Over-Year Growth/Decline in Purchase Volume on Cards Issued in Europe
Europe General Purpose Cards 2015 vs. 2014
U.S. Credit Card Debt 1985 - 2015
Second 50 Largest Debit Card Issuers in the U.S. 2015
Issue 1087 | May 2016
Europe’s Top Merchant Acquirers
Store Cards in the U.S. 2015
Wells Fargo Wallet
CurrentC Mobile App and Walmart Pay
Trusona Mobile Authentication
SlimPay Direct Debit Acquiring
Popmoney P2P Progress
Green Dot Money Online Marketplace
Europe’s Top 10 Acquirers 2015 - Ranked by Transactions
Store Card vs. General Purpose Card Percentage Change in Credit Purchase Volume
U.S. Store Credit Cards 2015 vs. 2014
Europe’s Top 25 Acquirers 2015 - Ranked by Volume and by Transactions
Europe’s Top Acquirers of Web Transactions
Top Merchant Acquirers in Europe 2015 - Ranked by Visa/MasterCard Transactions
Issue 1086 | May 2016
Latin America General Purpose Cards
U.S. Card Spending at Merchants
Open Standard for Financial Services Blockchains
Safran Biometric Security
FICO Adds Alternative Data for Scoring
Recent Merchant Acquiring Transactions
PCI Security Standard Update
Investments & Acquisitions - April 2016
Latin America Purchase Volume 2015 vs. 2014
Investments & Acquisitions - April 2016
Purchase Transactions on Cards Issued in Latin America 2015 vs. 2020
Latin America General Purpose Cards 2015 vs. 2014
Purchases at Merchants on U.S. General Purpose Cards
Purchase Volume at Merchants Using General Purpose Credit, Debit & Prepaid Cards Issued in the U.S.
Issue 1085 | Apr 2016
Global Cards - 2015
Alipay Expands Outside China
Visa/MasterCard to Cut EMV Authorization Times
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Merchant Services
CGI Financial Messaging Hub
Plastiq Expands Merchant Card Acceptance
USA Technologies’ ePort Interactive
Purchase Transactions on Global Cards in 2015
Global Cards in Circulation Credit & Debit 2015
Global General Purpose Cards 2015 vs. 2014
Purchase Transactions on Global Cards 2015
Purchases by Card Type 2014 vs. 2015
Global Debit & Prepaid Cards
Global Credit Cards
Top Merchant Acquirers Worldwide
Issue 1084 | Apr 2016
Top 50 U.S. Debit Card Issuers
Star Debit Network Update
Ethoca Fraud Fighting for Issuers/Merchants
Iyzico Online Processing to Iran via Pecco
Yandex.Money in Russia
Oberthur’s Motion Code for Payment Cards
Investments & Acquisitions - March 2016
AEVI Android VAS/Payment Tablet
Top Issuers of U.S. Debit Cards - Purchase Volume 2015
Investments & Acquisitions - March 2016
Star-Branded Cards
Market Shares of Purchase Volume for Top U.S. Debit Card Issuers 2015
Debit Products Market Shares for Top 50 U.S. Issuers
Debit Card Transaction Growth Among Top U.S. Issuers 2015 vs. 2014
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in the U.S. 2015 - Ranked by Purchase Volume
Issue 1083 | Mar 2016
Canada Cards
Daon Biometric Platform for Payment Security
Mozido Mobile in Asia
Carta Worldwide Token Services
First National Bank of Omaha Private Label Cards
Pocopay Mobile Prepaid MasterCard
Second 50 U.S. MC/Visa Credit Card Issuers
Canada Purchase Volume in 2015
Canada Market Shares of Purchase Transactions by Brand
Canada General Purpose Cards 2015 vs. 2014
Purchase Volume in Canadian Dollars
General Purpose Credit Card Issuers in Canada 2015 - Ranked by Outstandings
Canada Market Shares of Visa & MasterCard Outstandings
Second 50 Largest Visa & MasterCard Credit Card Issuers in the U.S. - Ranked by Outstandings
Issue 1082 | Mar 2016
Top U.S. Acquirers 2015
FTC Inquires About PCI DSS
LendUp to Add Credit Card
Bancontact/Mister Cash Mobile Payments
Social Media Network Mobile Payments
Risk Ident Fraud Protection
JetBlue/Barclaycard US Co-Brand Card
Investments & Acquisitions - February 2016
Bluebird Industrial Tablet POS Device
Retailers File New Antitrust Litigation
Top Acquirers in the U.S. 2015 - Ranked by Purchase Transactions
Investments & Acquisitions - February 2016
Top Acquirers in the U.S. - Ranked by Volume and Transactions
Merchant Acquirers in the U.S. - Ranked by Visa/MasterCard Volume
Ecommerce/MOTO Business 2015
Issue 1081 | Feb 2016
Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers
Top U.S. Visa/MasterCard Credit Card Issuers
Citi to Buy Costco Portfolio
Blockchain-Based Cross-Border Payments
GHL Acquiring and Processing in Asia
Barcode App for Android Phones
Fuel Rewards Loyalty Coalition
Smartphone POS Without External Reader
Top Issuers of U.S. General Purpose Credit Cards 2015
Shares of Purchase Volume for U.S. Credit Card Issuers 2015
Top 20 Credit Card Issuers Purchase Volume
Top 20 Credit Card Issuers Outstandings
Top Visa Credit Card Issuers
Top MasterCard Credit Card Issuers
Top General Purpose Credit Card Issuers
Top Credit Card Issuers Total Volume
Top Credit Card Issuers Purchase Transactions
50 Largest Visa & MasterCard Credit Card Issuers - Ranked by Outstandings
Issue 1080 | Feb 2016
General Purpose Cards - U.S. 2015
Visa and MasterCard - U.S. 2015
M&A in Merchant Acquiring
Adyen Expands in the U.S.
Visa Commerce & Visa Developer Launched
American Express Simply Cash Credit Card
Bell ID Sold to Rambus
Investments & Acquisitions - January 2016
Visa Europe Annual Results
Market Shares of Purchase Volume on General Purpose Brands in the U.S.
Investments & Acquisitions January 2016
Mergers & Acquisitions Among Merchant Acquirers 2015
U.S. Credit Card Outstandings
Purchase Volume on U.S. General Purpose Cards 2015
U.S. General Purpose Cards 2015 vs. 2014
Change in Purchase Volume 2015 vs. 2014
Visa vs. MasterCard Purchase Volume
U.S. General Purpose Credit Cards
U.S. Visa and MasterCard Debit & Prepaid Cards
U.S. Visa and MasterCard Credit, Debit, & Prepaid
Issue 1079 | Jan 2016
Global Card Spending Projected
Profits at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers
American Express Results
Discover Financial Results
Samsung/MasterCard IoT Partners
Global Payments Mobile Acquiring in Canada
SAP/First Data Business-to-Business Partners
Alpha Payments Cloud Hub
Equinox Payments’ POS Tablet
ING’s Voice and HCE Mobile Payments
BYOD Merchant Checkout
American Express Prepaid Products
Purchase Volume Projected Worldwide
Market Shares of Purchase Volume Worldwide
Income at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers
Discover Card U.S. Results 2015 vs. 2014
American Express U.S. Card Results 2015 vs. 2014
Issue 1078 | Jan 2016
Transactions Worldwide - Projected Through 2024
Fidelity Cards to U.S. Bank
MasterCard/Coin Wearables Partnership
SafeCharge Processes for Online Merchants
Securing Telephone/Online Payments
Virtual Cards for Corporate Travel
Diners Club Franchises Sold
Investments & Acquisitions - December 2015
Verifone e265 Mobile Device
Target/Blackhawk Prepaid Partners
Amex Receives Court Reprieve
Kount Gets $80-Million Investment
Purchase Transactions Projected Worldwide - 2014 vs. 2024
Investments & Acquisitions - December 2015
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions Worldwide
