Biggest international and domestic payment card schemes in Ireland 2018-2021
popular for POS payments in Ireland, with the latter seeing a noticeable increase of market share since 2020.
The market distribution between Visa and Mastercard in Ireland was relatively unchanged over the years, with Visa holding a significantly higher market share. This balance is something unique to Finland, as in most other countries the market shares of card brands did change during this timeframe. Both debit cards and credit cards are