Market Trends
Market Trends
Pricing, demand, and structural shifts in the residual market.
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How Many ISOs Are There in the U.S. and Canada? — ResidualMatch 2026 Market Estimate
No authority publishes a count of active ISOs in North America. ResidualMatch estimates roughly 1,200 active ISO and merchant-services firms that own residual economics in the U.S. and Canada, with a plausible range of 900 to 1,800. Here is the full methodology, the cross-checks, and why registry entries and directory rows cannot simply be counted.
State of the North American Payments Industry 2026
An independent 2026 overview of the U.S. and Canadian acquiring market — card and digital adoption, embedded payments, consolidation, AI, and what each trend means for ISO and payment portfolio valuations.
2026 Payment Industry Consolidation Report
Key trends shaping payment portfolio acquisitions, ISO businesses, and payment companies — and how consolidation, embedded payments, and AI are reshaping valuations.
Payment Portfolio Market Trends for 2025
The trends shaping merchant services portfolio acquisitions, valuations, and buyer demand.