Card association
# Card association

A card association or a bank card association is a network of issuing banks and acquiring banks that process payment cards of a specific brand.

## Examples

Familiar payment card association brands include UnionPay, RuPay, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Troy and JCB.

While once card associations, Visa and Mastercard have both become publicly traded companies.

## Statistics

Among United States consumers alone, over 600 million payment cards are in circulation.

