Card networks: market share 2026
- Visa is the most-named card network, linked to 354 companies through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- The 5 most-named card networks are Visa (354), Mastercard (315), American Express (47), Verve (24) and Discover (22), by number of linked companies (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- 13 card networks are linked to two or more companies, across 802 documented relationships (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- The top 5 card networks account for 95.0% of all documented card network relationships (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
Card networks by region 2026
- Visa is the most-named card network among fintechs headquartered in the US, linked to 114 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Mastercard is the most-named card network among fintechs headquartered in the EU, linked to 68 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Mastercard is the most-named card network among fintechs headquartered in the UK, linked to 30 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Visa is the most-named card network among fintechs headquartered in Latin America, linked to 44 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Visa is the most-named card network among fintechs headquartered in APAC, linked to 24 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Mastercard is the most-named card network among fintechs headquartered in Africa, linked to 42 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Visa is the most-named card network among fintechs headquartered in MENA, linked to 20 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
- Visa is the most-named card network among fintechs headquartered in Canada, linked to 14 companies there through their public disclosures and provider customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026). Details →
How to cite these statistics
Embedded Finance Index, October 2026, published by Apideck. https://www.embeddedfinanceindex.com/statistics/card-network. Figures are recomputed as dossiers are added; quote the month alongside the number.
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