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10M+ cards where printed in Mexico in the last four years. Who were the top drivers?

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Latinometrics
September 23, 2025 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

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In 2018, there were 7.7B credit cards in the world, meaning slightly more cards than human beings on Earth.

Partly this makes sense, especially when you consider that one friend you have who’s overly into finance and who tries to maximize points through nineteen different credit cards.

Yet across much of Latin America, millions of people actually live without the plastic. As of 2023, a whopping 42% of Latin Americans didn’t have a credit card—which isn’t to say this isn’t slowly changing in countries like Mexico.

10M+ Mexican credit cards were added in 4 years

In Latin America’s northern giant, the credit card market is booming, and formal banking is on the rise. BBVA and Tarjetas Banamex are leading the charge in the growing financial inclusion of everyday Mexicans.

But who are these cards really built for and how much can they spend?

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