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Issue 1188 | Dec 2020
Global Brand Card Acceptance Worldwide
Buy Now, Pay Later for B2B Payments
Top 150 Credit Card Issuers Worldwide
Idemia/Mastercard Partner for Financial Inclusion Card
Card Manufacturer Shipments–Part 2
Support for Merchant Acquiring from Pollinate
U.S. General Purpose Card Brands through 3Q 2020
Aisino A80 POS Terminal from Vanstone
U.S. Consumer Payment Systems–Market Shares of Transactions in 2019
Personal Consumption Expenditures in the U.S.
Consumer Payment Systems in the U.S
Largest Credit Card Issuers Worldwide–Ranked by Purchase Volume in 2019
Card Manufacturers 2019–Part 2
U.S. General Purpose Card Brands–3Q 2020 and change vs. 3Q 2019
Investments & Acquisitions–November 2020
Issue 1187 | Dec 2020
Purewrist Wearables for Contactless Payments
PNC to Acquire BBVA Payment Card Assets
Top 150 Debit Card Issuers Worldwide
Krowd’s Marketplace for Card-Linked Offers
Payment Card Shipments by Manufacturer
Card Fraud Worldwide—in Cents per $100 of Total Volume
Fraud by Type of Card in 2019
Card Fraud Projected Worldwide
Card Fraud Inside vs. Outside the U.S.
Global General Purpose Cards—Midyear 2020 vs. Midyear2019
Largest Debit Card Issuers Worldwide
Payment Card Manufacturers 2019
Top Manufacturer of Payment Cards—Ranked by Shipments in 2019
Top Manufacturer of Payment Cards—Visa and Mastercard
Top Manufacturer of Payment Cards—UnionPay
Top Manufacturer of Payment Cards—Other Payment
Top Manufacturer of Payment Cards—Other High Security
Issue 1186 | Nov 2020
Top 150 Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide
Dosh’s Card-Linked Platform Offers Cash Back
Top Card Issuers in Latin America
Skipify and Google Partner for Email-Based Checkout
Commercial Credit Cards in Canada
EBay Managed Payments Expands to New Markets
Nexi to Purchase Nets Processing in Europe
Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide
Market Shares of Top Issuing Countries Ranked by Outstandings in 2019
Ten-Year Change in Market Shares for the U.S. vs. China
Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide
Latin America´s Top 10 Mastercard and Visa Issuers
2009 vs. 2019
Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Latin America
Top Credit Card Issuers in Latin America
Top Debit Card Issuers in Latin America
Visa and Mastercard Commercial Credit Cards in Canada
Small Business Credit Cards in Canada
Corporate Cards in Canada
Purchasing and Fleet Cards in Canada
Investments & Acquisitions—October 2020
Issue 1185 | Oct 2020
Payment Cards in the U.S. Projected
Loyalty Points as an Asset Class
Mondia Pay Direct Carrier Billing
GPS Issuer Processing Platform
White Label Buy Now, Pay Later from Jifiti
Chat Commerce Platform from Clickatell
Payment Cards in the U.S. Projected Purchase Volume in 2024
U.S. Payment Cards—Purchase Volume
U.S. Payment Cards—Purchase Transactions
U.S. Payment Cards—Purchase Volume 2019 vs. 2024
U.S. Payment Cards—Total Volume
U.S. Payment Cards—Total Transactions
U.S. Payment Cards—Outstandings
U.S. Payment Cards—Cardholders
U.S. Payment Cards—Cards
Issue 1184 | Oct 2020
Payment Cards Projected Worldwide
Central Bank Digital Currency Test Platform from Mastercard
Top 50 Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific
Boost Payment Solutions Adds Visa as B2B Partner
Discover and Car IQ Connected Fleet Payments
Nexi to Acquire SIA in Merger of European Payment Companies
Venmo/Synchrony Launch Visa Card with QR Code
Castles Technology Buys Spire Payments
Payment Cards Projected Worldwide 2019 vs. 2025
Payment Cards in Circulation 2019
Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific 2019
Top 50 Credit Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific 2019
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in Asia–Pacific 2019
Investments & Acquisitions—September 2020
Issue 1183 | Sep 2020
Top 150 Merchant Acquirers Worldwide
U.S. Mastercard and Visa Credit Card Issuers–Midyear
Buy Now, Pay Later Funding Deals in 2020
PayNearMe Bill Payment Processing
Acquiring-as-a-Service Platform from FSS
POS Terminal Manufacturers–Part 2
U.S. General Purpose Credit Card Issuers at Midyear
Top 6 Merchant Acquirers Worldwide—Ranked by Transactions in 2019
Market Shares of Top 10 Acquirers vs the Remaining 140
Largest 150 Merchant Acquirers Worldwide–Ranked by Total Purchase Transactions
Top 10 Issuers of Visa and Mastercard Credit Cards in the U.S. at Midyear
100 Largest U.S. Mastercard/Visa Credit Card Issuers Midyear 2020—Ranked by Purchase Volume
100 Largest U.S. Mastercard/Visa Credit Card Issuers Midyear 2020—Ranked by Outstandings
Buy Now, Pay Later Deals in 2020–through September 30
POS Terminal Manufacturers–Other POS Devices Shipped in 2019
Top Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards in the U.S.—Midyear 2020
Issue 1182 | Sep 2020
POS Terminals Shipped Worldwide
Prepaid Cards in the United States
Asia-Pacific’s 34 Largest Acquirers
Commercial Cards in the United States–
Part 3
Fiserv, Amazon Launch Pay by Voice for ExxonMobil
Buy Now, Pay Later at Mastercard
Investments and Acquisitions in 2020
POS Terminal Shipments Worldwide by Region–Market Shares
POS Terminal Shipments by Type of Device
mPOS Devices Shipped in 2019
Manufacturers of POS Terminals Shipped in 2019–with Totals and mPOS Devices
Top 25 U.S. Issuers of Prepaid Cards
Top Acquirers of General Purpose Cards in Asia-Pacific
Top Acquirers of Visa and Mastercard Transactions in Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific’s 34 Largest Merchant Acquirers–Ranked by Visa and Mastercard Transactions
U.S. Commercial Cards’ Increasing Share of Purchase Volume
Investments & Acquisitions–August 2020
Issue 1181 | Aug 2020
Latin America’s 45 Largest Acquirers
U.S. General Purpose Card Brands–Midyear 2020
American Express Buys Kabbage, Deepens Connections to Small Businesses
Addi Buy Now, Pay Later in Latin America
Mastercard Gets Approval for Nets Transaction
PopID Facial Recognition for Ordering and Payments
Visa Adds Artificial Intelligence to Stand-In Processing
Top 7 Acquirers in Latin America—2019 vs. 2018
10 Largest General Purchase Acquirers in Latin America
45 Largest Visa/Mastercard Merchant Acquirers in Latin America
U.S. General Purpose Cards—January 1-June 30, 2020
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions
U.S. Credit and Debit Cards at Midyear 2020 vs. 2019
U.S. Store Credit Cards—2019 with Change vs. 2018
Investments and Acquisitions—July 2020
Issue 1180 | Jul 2020
Household Debt and Credit Cards in the U.S.
Cards in the Middle East and Africa Region
Top 50 Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa
Credit as a Service from Railsbank in the U.S.
Retail Kiosk that Accepts Currency and Coins
Cryptocurrency Firms Become Members of Visa and Mastercard
Top U.S. Issuers of Visa and Mastercard Consumer Cards
Biometric Palm Identification for Mobile Devices
Trustly Account-to-Account Payment Processing
Credit Card Debt and Consumer Credit in the U.S.
Credit Card Debt as a Percent of Consumer Credit in the U.S.
Middle East and Africa Spending, Transactions, and Cards by Global Brand
Middle East and Africa Market Shares of Purchase Transactions
Top 10 Mastercard and Visa Issuers in Middle East and Africa 2009 vs. 2019
Top 50 Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa
Top 50 Credit Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in the Middle East and Africa
Purchase Volume for the 20 Largest Visa and Mastercard Consumer Card Port-folios
Issue 1179 | Jul 2020
Asia-Pacific General Purpose Cards
Europe’s 50 Largest Credit Card and Debit Card Issuers
Buy Now, Pay Later Firms Expand Products and Services
Commercial Bank Cards in the U.S.—Part 2
Managing Digital Receipts with Mobile Phones
Click to Pay Online Checkout Progress
Second 50 Largest Debit Card Issuers in the U.S.
Investments and Acquisitions–June 2020
Asia-Pacific General Purpose Cards Market Shares in 2019
Asia-Pacific Spending, Transactions, and Cards by Global Brand
Asia-Pacific Market Shares of Purchase Transactions 2007-2019
Second 50 Largest Debit Card Issuers in the U.S.
Europe’s Top 10 Mastercard and Visa Issuers 2019 vs. 2009
Top General Purpose Card Issuers in Europe
Top 50 Credit Card Issuers in Europe
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in Europe
U.S. Visa and Mastercard Commercial Card Products
Investments & Acquisitions–June 2020
Issue 1178 | Jun 2020
Global Network Card Results in 2019
Middle East and Africa’s Top Merchant Acquirers
Wirecard’s Prepaid and Merchant Acquiring Assets
CPI and Visa Promote Plastic Card Sustainability
Priority Merchant Acquiring and B2B Processing
G+D Mobile Security Uses Payment Cards for SCA
American Express to Open Network Business in China
Global Network Cards in 2019—Purchase Transactions
Global Network Cards 2019—Purchase Volume by Product
Global Debit and Prepaid Cards 2019
Global Credit Cards 2019
Global Network Cards in Circulation—with Market Shares
Global Network Cards 2019 vs. 2018
Market Share of Purchase Transactions on Global Network Cards
Largest Merchant Acquirers in Middle East and Africa—Ranked by General Purpose Transactions
Merchant Acquirers in Middle East and Africa—Ranked by Visa and Mastercard Transactions
Issue 1177 | Jun 2020
Europe’s Global General Purpose Cards
U.S. Card Spending at Merchants
Alibaba B2B Trade Financing with MSTS
Ingenico’s Strong Customer Authentication Suite
Short-Term Cash Advances from Fiserv
Investments & Acquisitions—May 2020
Europe’s Global General Purpose Cards—Market Shares in 2019
Europe General Purpose Cards 2019 vs. 2018
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions in Europe 2001-2019
Purchase Volume on U.S. General Purpose Cards
Purchase Volume at Merchants 2019—General Purpose Credit, Debit, and Prepaid Cards Issued in the U.S.
Consumer ACH Transactions in the U.S.—2019
Investments & Acquisitions—May 2020
Issue 1176 | May 2020
U.S. Issuers of Commercial Credit & Debit Cards
Amex Offers AR Support for Small Businesses
Payment Industry’s Response to Covid-19 Part 4
Mastercard’s Track Business Payment Service
Merchant Processing Fees in the United States
White Label Buy Now, Pay Later Service
Alliance of European Payment Specialists Formed
Fraud Fighting Technology for PSPs
FICO Network Collections Support
Top U.S. Issuers of Commercial Cards
U.S. Mastercard & Visa Commercial Card Issuers Ranked by Purchase Volume in 2019
U.S. Business Credit Cards 2019
U.S. Business Debit Cards 2019
U.S. Corporate Cards 2019
U.S. Commercial Prepaid Cards 2019
U.S. Purchasing & Fleet Cards 2019
U.S. Merchant Processing Fees—Purchase Volume and Fees Paid in 2019
Issue 1175 | May 2020
Top 45 Merchant Acquirers in Europe
Payment Industry’s Response to Covid-19—Part 3
Global Payments Gets Truist Credit Card Processing
First Quarter Card Results in the U.S.
Adflex B2B Digital Payment Processing
Investments & Acquisitions—April 2020
Top Acquirers in Europe—Purchase Transactions 2019 vs. 2018
Investments & Acquisitions—April 2020
U.S. General Purpose Cards 1Q 2020 vs. 1Q 2019
Top Acquirers in Europe—Ranked by Transactions and Purchase Volume
Largest Merchant Acquirers in Europe—Ranked by Mastercard/Visa Transactions
Top 25 Acquirers of Web Transactions in Europe
Issue 1174 | Apr 2020
The 50 Largest U.S. Debit Card Issuers
Payment Industry’s Response to Covid-19—Part 2
Identiq’s Peer-to-Peer ID Validation Network
Tipalti B2B Payment Automation
PPS Prepaid/Credit Products in Europe
Friendly Fraud Chargeback Relief
Top Debit Card Issuers in the U.S. 2019—Ranked by Purchase Volume
Debit Product Market Shares for Top 50 U.S. Issuers
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers—Ranked by Purchase Volume Per Card
Top 50 Debit Card Issuers in the U.S.—Ranked by Purchase Volume in 2019
Issue 1173 | Apr 2020
The Payment Industry’s Response to Covid-19
Deluxe Enters Healthcare Payments
Nacha’s B2B Payment Information Platform
Comdata Offers Truck Fleets Same-Day Payment
Fast Raises $20 Million for One-Click Checkout
Investments & Acquisitions—March 2020
Canada Purchase Transactions & Brand Market Shares in 2019
Investments & Acquisitions—March 2020
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions in Canada 2000–2019
Canada General Purpose Cards 2019 vs. 2018
Canada Credit Card Purchase Volume in Canadian Dollars 2015–2019
General Purpose Credit Card Issuers in Canada 2019—Ranked by Outstandings
Canada Market Shares of Visa & Mastercard Outstandings 2019
Issue 1172 | Mar 2020
Latin America General Purpose Cards
No Checkout Shopping in Germany
Payment Processing for Games/Apps/Streaming
Digital Banking Security from OneSpan
Softline Commerce Platform for Digital Sellers
Second 50 U.S. Mastercard/Visa Credit Card Issuers
Bloom Credit Data/Compliance Support
Latin America Purchase Transactions and Market Shares in 2019
Latin America Market Shares of Purchase Volume by Brand 2019
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions in Latin America 2000–2019
Latin America General Purpose Cards 2019
Second 50 Largest Mastercard & Visa Credit Card Issuers in the U.S.—Ranked by Outstandings 2019
Issue 1171 | Mar 2020
Credorax & Samsung SDS are Blockchain Partners
ACI’s Prescriptive Fraud Fighting Technology
U.S. Bank Gets State Farm Credit/Debit Cards
Trustonic Secures Mobile Payment Apps
Investments & Acquisitions—February 2020
Pax Technology’s Smart Handheld Device
Top Acquirers in the U.S.
Investments & Acquisitions—February 2020
U.S. Acquirer Totals 2019—Purchase Volume/Transactions
Merchant Acquirers in the U.S. 2019—Ranked by Visa/Mastercard Volume
U.S. Card Not Present (CNP) Acquiring 2019
Issue 1170 | Feb 2020
Top 50 U.S. Mastercard and Visa Credit Card Issuers
Cryptocurrency Payments at the Point of Sale
Santander Buys Elavon’s Mexico Merchants
API Network for Information Sharing
ChargeAfter Loan Platform Partnership with Visa
Sprint/Wirecard Are IoT Partners
Transact Campus Payment Network
Market Shares (%) of Purchase Volume for Top U.S. Credit Cards
Market Shares of Outstandings for Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers 2019
Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers: Outstandings, Volume, Transactions, Cards
50 Largest Mastercard & Visa Credit Card Issuers in the U.S.—Ranked by Outstandings 2019
Issue 1169 | Feb 2020
General Purpose Cards—U.S. 2019
Protecting Against Deep Fakes/Cheap Fakes
Phone-to-Phone Global Money Transfers
Fraud Fighting for Loyalty Programs
American Express and Mastercard in China
Investments & Acquisitions—January 2020
U.S. General Purpose Brands Purchase Volume
Investments & Acquisitions—January 2020
Card Processors Market Capitalization
General Purpose Cards Issued in the U.S. 2019 vs. 2018
Shares of Purchase Volume on U.S. General Purpose Cards 2019
Credit Card Outstandings—U.S. 2019 vs. 2018
General Purpose Credit Cards Issued in the U.S.
Purchase Transactions on Mastercard & Visa Credit & Debit Cards
Cards in Circulation Visa vs. Mastercard
Visa and Mastercard—U.S. Debit & Prepaid Cards
Visa and Mastercard—U.S. Credit, Debit, & Prepaid Cards
Issue 1168 | Jan 2020
American Express Results U.S./Worldwide—2019
Facial Payments/Digital Signage Platform
Discover Financial Services Results—2019
Paystand B2B Blockchain for JCB
Profits at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers
IdentityMind AML/KYC/Fraud Protection
Prepaid Card Spinoff in Europe
U.S. Credit Card Outstandings vs. Purchase Volume
MyPINpad Achieves PCI SSC SPoC Approval
AustriaCard and Tag Systems Merge
Investments in Merchant Acquiring & Processing—2019
U.S. General Purpose Cards, Outstandings as a Percentage of Purchase Volume
American Express Card Results 2019
Discover Card U.S. Results 2019
Income at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers: Company Net vs. Card Net
Investments in Merchant Acquiring & Processing—2019
Issue 1167 | Jan 2020
Card Transactions Projected Worldwide
M&A in Merchant Acquiring/Processing—2019
CNP Fraud Prevention for Issuers
dLocal Emerging Markets Payment Processing
Managing Cross-Border Ecommerce
Mastercard Digital Identity Service
Fiserv/ExxonMobil Voice Payments at the Pump
Visa & Mastercard Worldwide through 3rd Quarter 2019
Investments & Acquisitions—December 2019
Ingenico Device for Mobile Checkout
Expensify Corporate Card Adds Karma Points
Chip Card Manufacturers—Part 3
Purchase Transactions Worldwide through 2028
Investments & Acquisitions—December 2019
Visa & Mastercard Worldwide through 3rd Quarter 2019
Chip Card Shipments by Category & Type of Card 2018
M&A Deals in Merchant Acquiring & Processing—2019
Market Shares of Purchase Transactions by Region—2018 vs. 2028
