In the US, Visa and AmEx are growing faster than their domestic rivals - MasterCard and Discover - but globally, China UnionPay is expanding faster than anyone....
China UnionPay - the Chinese credit card champion - is about to overtake MasterCard by processing volume and is likely to surpass Visa in as few as 2 - 3 years....
The Chinese central bank stopped MasterCard from issuing yuan-denominated credit cards in China, even though the WTO had ruled that this was breaking its rules....
China UnionPay now has more payment cards in circulation than any of its rivals and is on its way to surpass Visa as the biggest card processor by volume....