The world's favorite card. More than 57 million cards in circulation and growing! Around US $ 123 billion was spent last year through American Express Cards and it is poised to be the world's No. 1 card in the near future. In a regressive US economy last year, the total amount spent on American Express cards rose by 4 percent. American Express cards are especially popular in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia and are used widely in the retail and everyday spend categories.

Carte Blanche was a minor credit card that was acquired by Citibank and phased out of service. In 2000, the Carte Blanche name was revived when Diners Club, which was also acquired by Citibank, introduced an upscale version of its card: the Diners Club Carte Blanche Card. It is an upper-level charge card on par with the American Express Platinum card. The card carries a US$300 annual fee and offers an extensive menu of perks geared toward affluent travelers. It is accepted wherever regular Diners Club cards are accepted and is very popular with the corporates.

Citibank has launched a new initiative Citibank eCard to promote safe and secure E-shopping. Like a regular credit card but without a physical plastic, it is India 's first web credit card. The Citibank eCard can be used for all types of Internet shopping and transactions through telephone and mail order. You can also do all transactions available on Internet Banking, including utility bills and ordering a demand draft.

The world's No. 1 Charge Card. Diners Club cardholders reside all over the world and the Diners Card is an old corporate favorite. There are more than 8 million Diners Club cardholders. They are affluent and are frequent travelers in premier businesses and institutions, including Fortune 500 companies and leading global corporations.

Discover® Network is a business unit of Discover Financial Services LLC. It is the largest independent Credit Card Network in the United States. It supports a proprietary card base of 50 million Cardholders, as well as other third party issuers of credit, signature debit, prepaid cards and commercial cards connecting with over 4 million merchant and cash access locations throughout North America and the Caribbean.

JCB (Japan Credit Bureau), which launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding overseas in 1981, is an international brand and the largest card issuer and merchant acquirer in Japan. Its merchant network of 7.96 million spans 183 countries, and serves more than 38 million cardholders worldwide. These cardholders spend US$ 42 billion annually on their JCB cards. More information about JCB can be found at www.jcbinternational.com.

MasterCard International is a global payments company with one of the most recognized and respected brands in the world. With 32 million acceptance locations, no payment card is more widely accepted globally than MasterCard. Last year, MasterCard handled transactions worth US Dollar 285 billion. Important notice about MasterCard Sign up.

The world's most preferred card. There are more than one billion cards in circulation, with unsurpassed acceptance in more than 150 countries. Visa-branded cards generate US Dollar 2.4 trillion in annual card sales volume. Nearly half of this in US alone.