As at 31st December 2014, there are 797 million Visa debit and credit cards circulated in Asia Pacific, an increase of 76 million cards or 10.54% from a year ago, which was at 721 million cards.
USD$1.986 trillion transacted in Asia Pacific on Visa payment products over the four quarters ended December 31, 2014. This is an increase of USD$0.124 trillions or 6.66% over prior year with USD$1.862 trillion transacted.
The total volume transacted is made up of USD$1.376 trillion payments volume(on 15.581 billion transactions) and USD$610 billion cash volume(on 3.722 billion transactions).
The payments volume see an increase of 9.82% or USD$0.123 trillion over prior year of USD$1.253 trillion(on 13.703 billion transactions); while the cash volume increase by 0.16% or USD$1 billion over prior year USD$609 billion(on 3.316 billion transactions).