Visa, Mastercard, Amex comparison in MEA| ��ƽ��

Total value of credit card and debit card payments in selected countries or territories in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) involving the Visa, Mastercard, and American Express card schemes in 2024

Country / region	Visa	Mastercard	American Express (Amex)	Other payment methods - incl. cash, domestic card schemes, digital wallets, BNPL, etc.	Total value of all payments processed in POS and e-commerce
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Release date

March 2026

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Region

Africa, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, MENA

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 the Middle East and Africa.

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 more than both Mastercard and American Express combined, in both South Africa and the UAE, while transactions in Nigeria were much smaller. 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. The Middle East and Africa did not receive much coverage, with only four countries being reported. Out of these, South Africa and the UAE stands out as Visa and Mastercard both account for about **** of all the payments in those countries, regardless of cash or digital.