Visa, Mastercard, Amex transaction number in Latin America 2018-2024

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Raynor de Best,
May 26, 2025

In 2024, well over ** billion purchases were made with Visa in Latin America. Meanwhile, Mastercard transactions amounted to ***** billion. In 2024, Brazil was the country with the highest number of credit cards in Latin America. In 2024, Visa still had the majority of all general purpose card payments within the Latin America region - although its market share remained relatively unchanged.

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Total number of general purpose card transactions in Latin America from 2018 to 2024 (in billions)

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April 2025

Region

LAC

Survey time period

April 2025

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figures include international credit, debit, and prepaid cards

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The figures have been taken from several publications and, in certain cases, calculated by Statista. The source sometimes rounded figures, and sometimes did not.

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5

(Credit) cards

5

Issuers, acquirers, gateways

5

Alternative payment methods (APMs)

7

Cross-border payments

5

Remittances

7

Miscellaneous

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