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This issue features rankings of the 100 largest credit card issuers in the US and 38 largest merchant acquirers in Asia–Pacific. Our Mastercard article identifies all 21 acquisitions and investments this year worldwide involving fraud fighting businesses. We also include reporting on Apple’s legal dealings with the European Commission and Visa’s trouble with the US Department of Justice. Other articles cover embedded payment technology and alternative credit reporting. Whether it’s news, features, statistics or the email addresses of industry executives interviewed, issue after issue we provide unsurpassed coverage of the payment card industry.

David Robertson, Publisher
September 30, 2024

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Top US General Purpose Credit Card Issuers at Midyear

Top 10 US General Purpose Credit Card Issuers at Midyear — First Six Months 2024 vs. 2023

Top Issuers of General Purpose Cards in the US — Ranked Separately by Purchase Volume at Midyear and Outstandings on June 30, 2024

Market Shares of Visa/Mastercard Purchase Volume — First Six Months of 2024

Visa & Mastercard at Midyear — Outstandings and Cards

Visa & Mastercard at Midyear — Purchase Volume and Total Volume

US Debit Card Purchase Volume — 2010 through 2023

APAC’s Top 10 Acquirers of General Purpose Cards

Top 38 Merchant Acquirers in Asia–Pacific

Investments & Acquisitions in Fraud Fighting and Security — January through September 2024

FEATURED STATISTICS

Top 38 Merchant Acquirers in Asia–Pacific

The largest merchant acquirers in the Asia–Pacific region are ranked based on the card payments they processed in 2023. Here are the five largest acquirers that handled Visa and Mastercard card transactions.

BC Card, Korea,
2.76 billion.
KB Kookmin, Korea ,
32 billion
Westpac, Australia,
1.68 billion
Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan,
1.61 billion
ANZ Worldline,
Australia,1.47 billion.

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