Visa, Mastercard, Amex comparison in Latin America| ��ƽ��

Total value of credit card and debit card payments in selected countries in Latin America involving the Visa, Mastercard, and American Express card schemes in 2024

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Release date

March 2026

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Region

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Latin America and the Caribbean

Survey time period

2025

Special properties

Figures cover both POS (offline) and e-commerce (online) transactions

Supplementary notes

The numbers provided have been calculated by ��ƽ�� using figures from - editions 2025 and 2026. This source, in turn, largely relied on .

The source did not provide figures for other countries in Latin America.

The source does not provide information on whether it considered local partnerships between Visa and/or Mastercard with local card schemes. Certain local brands, like Bancomat in Italy or CB in France, make use of international card rails or co-branding. It is unclear whether the figures take such local interdependencies into consideration.

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Visa was processed the most in Mexico, whereas Mastercard recorded its highest transaction value in Brazil when looking exclusively inside Latin America. This is according to estimations calculated by ��ƽ�� from numbers that first tried to establish the market size of domestic POS and online markets, and that were then used to calculate the market share of specific payment methods and brands. For this statistic, the focus is exclusively on the three major card brands - Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Notable for Latin America is the relatively high use of Visa in Mexico, Argentina, and Peru - with processed volume reaching over ** percent of all payments in those countries, be they cash or digital. Mastercard is used relatively often in Brazil and Colombia.