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Card Issuing

Card-issuing platforms that handle the BIN, processor, tokenization, and network connectivity for debit and credit card programs.

89
Unique providers
807
Buyer disclosures
6705
Companies analyzed
Full ranking

Every cards provider in the dataset

1
62 · 1%
2
Stripe IssuingStripe
28 · 0%
3
28 · 0%
4
22 · 0%
5
21 · 0%
6
18 · 0%
7
GalileoSoFi
18 · 0%
8
18 · 0%
9
18 · 0%
10
16 · 0%
11
16 · 0%
12
American Express Syncvendor-disclosed
14 · 0%
13
13 · 0%
14
12 · 0%
15
12 · 0%
16
12 · 0%
17
10 · 0%
+ 79 more cards providers
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Regional breakdown

Card Issuing leaders by region

US
2950 companies
1Marqeta
33
2Sutton Bank
19
3Stripe Issuing
17
4Galileo
15
5Pathward
13
EU
1270 companies
1Marqeta
18
2Pliant
17
3Stripe
16
4Enfuce
13
5Swan
12
UK
829 companies
1Pliant
14
2Nium
12
3Paymentology
8
4Marqeta
7
5Thredd
6
APAC
701 companies
1Nium
16
2Pliant
13
3Thredd
3
4Paymentology
3
5Federal Bank
2
LATAM
614 companies
1Pliant
13
2Dock
5
3Paymentology
4
4i2c
2
5Pomelo
2
Africa
490 companies
1Pliant
13
2Paymentology
3
3Network International
3
4Paynetics
2
5Verve
1
Other
490 companies
1Pliant
13
2Nium
12
3Enfuce
4
4Galileo
3
5First Internet Bank
2
MENA
281 companies
1Pliant
13
2i2c
4
3Paymentology
3
4NymCard
3
5Network International
3
Canada
240 companies
1Pliant
13
2Stripe Issuing
3
3Enfuce
2
4Paynetics
2
5i2c
1
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