Card & Transactions
Card and transaction data is anonymised consumer payment activity — card swipes, bank transfers, and account records — aggregated into panels that estimate a company's revenue before it is reported.
The primer
Transaction data begins as a swipe. Somewhere upstream of the settlement system, that event is captured, anonymised, and aggregated with millions of others into a panel covering tens of millions of deidentified accounts. The most sophisticated panels map those accounts to individual company tickers, giving a buyer a real-time approximation of a retailer's revenue weeks before the company reports it. Buyers should weigh panel representativeness, the depth of history, and the compliance posture around personally identifiable information.
The register
Every card & transactions provider on file. Verified means the site is live, on its own brand, and editorially checked — never paid placement. Listings are informational, not investment advice.
| Provider | Geography | Since | Delivery | Price band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1010dataVerifiedCoverageConsumer-spending panels and analytics on point-of-sale and transaction data. | US | 2000 | API, Dashboard | $150k+ |
| Above DataVerifiedCoverageConsumer data infrastructure layer offering SKU-level product transaction signal across roughly twenty million US households to investment funds. | US | — | — | — |
| Affinity SolutionsVerifiedCoveragePurchase-signal data built from a large panel of US credit and debit card accounts. | US | 1998 | API, S3 | $150k+ |
| BigOne LabVerifiedCoverageChina alternative-data house: mobile-payment and offline transaction panels mapped to listed tickers across consumer sectors. Backed by S&P Global. | China | 2016 | — | — |
| Black Box IntelligenceVerifiedCoverageRestaurant-industry performance benchmarks covering sales, traffic, per-person averages, and labour metrics, drawn from a long-running operator data network. | US | 1995 | — | — |
| Bloomberg Second MeasureVerifiedCoverageConsumer transaction analytics drawn from billions of US card purchases, delivered via the Bloomberg Terminal and data feeds. | US | 2015 | Terminal, API, Feed | $150k+ |
| CardlyticsVerifiedCoveragePurchase-intelligence platform built on bank card-transaction data. | US | 2008 | API | $150k+ |
| DataBurningVerifiedCoverageAsia transaction panels: China e-commerce, mobile-payment and payment-card data, plus India e-receipt data marketed exclusively on behalf of Vumonic. | China | 2019 | — | — |
| DecaDataVerifiedCoveragePOS data mapped to over 50k CPG products, available daily back to 2007. Products are mapped to brands and parent companies | US | — | — | — |
| Earnest AnalyticsVerifiedCoverageCredit and debit card transaction panels mapped to public tickers for near-real-time revenue tracking. | US | 2012 | API, S3, Dashboard | $150k+ |
| Envestnet YodleeVerifiedCoverageAggregated and anonymised consumer financial transaction data derived from account-aggregation infrastructure. | Global | 1999 | API | $150k+ |
| Fable DataVerifiedCoverageReal-time European consumer and business transaction data. | Europe | 2017 | API, S3 | $150k+ |
| FacteusVerifiedCoverageAnonymised consumer payment-transaction data drawn from financial-technology sources. | US | 2017 | API, S3 | $150k+ |
| KD InteractiveVerifiedCoverageTransaction and mobile match key data in mid-market retail, including convenience stores, 3-star hotels, restaurants, and airport concessions. Founded in 2017; | US | — | — | — |
| M ScienceVerifiedSampleCoverageResearch and data analytics firm combining transaction and other alternative datasets into company-level insight. | US | 2002 | Report, Feed, API | $150k+ |
| NikkeiVerifiedCoveragePOS data in Japan, covering 3,000,000 products across 4,000 companies. Data is provided daily only 2 days after actual purchase. | Japan | — | — | — |
| TalaVerifiedCoverageCollects data points on user behavior including geographic patterns and financial transactions. Founded in 2012; 158 employees. | US | — | — | — |
Elsewhere in the atlas
Previous chapter: Estimates, Events & Fund Flows. Next chapter: Web & Pricing Data. All 20 categories are defined in the glossary; the full register is on the front page, and the market counts are in the Atlas Briefing. This chapter is also published as Markdown and JSON for agents (how).