i2c Named an Established Leader in Juniper Research’s Modern Card Issuing Platforms Report & Competitor Leaderboard

Recognition underscores i2c’s market leadership as issuers accelerate adoption of data-driven, API-first card programs

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--i2c Inc., a global financial technology innovator, today announced it has been named an Established Leader in Juniper Research’s new Modern Card Issuing Platforms Market 2025-2030 report and Competitor Leaderboard. The designation recognizes i2c’s continued momentum and sustained market expansion as financial institutions and fintechs accelerate their shift toward modern, configurable, and data-driven issuing solutions.

Juniper Research’s Competitor Leaderboard provides a detailed evaluation of 22 leading vendors in the modern card issuing space, assessing each provider’s capacity and capability across product scope, innovation, market strength, and future growth potential. Vendors are placed into three categories—Established Leaders, Leading Challengers, and Disruptors & Challengers—based on their ability to meet the evolving needs of issuers and cardholders.

i2c’s position as an Established Leader in modern card issuing is supported by its single, cloud-native issuer processing platform, which brings credit, debit, and prepaid issuing capabilities onto a unified stack:

• Credit: i2c’s unified credit card issuer processing platform provides clients with the tools to launch a differentiated suite of unique credit solutions, spanning consumer, commercial and SMB. Through this platform, i2c aids the delivery of revolving and charge cards, secured cards, co-brand and private-label programs, BNPL and installment loans, while supporting the full credit lifecycle with operational readiness.
• Debit: i2c offers instant issuance, digital wallet provisioning, multi-currency support, spend controls, and AI-powered fraud monitoring, enabling digital-first, globally scalable debit programs.
• Prepaid: i2c’s all-in-one prepaid card processing platform processes over $70 billion annually, supporting reloadable, travel, gift, and government benefit cards with mobile-first, user-controlled experiences.

“Our distinguished placement by Juniper Research as an Established Leader in modern card issuing reflects the strength of our platform and our continued investment in helping issuers deliver personalized, intelligent card programs at scale,” said Amir Wain, Founder and CEO of i2c. “We remain focused on empowering our clients with the flexibility, reliability, and speed required to innovate in today’s fast-moving digital economy.”

The recognition comes as Juniper forecasts the modern card issuing market to grow from $1.8 billion in 2025 to more than $4.2 billion by 2030, driven by rising demand for real-time personalization, instant issuance, and adaptive credit products. This market trajectory aligns with findings from The Credit Economy: Top-of-Wallet Credit Cards, a joint PYMNTS and i2c study, which revealed that US consumers carry nearly 40% higher balances on their primary credit card compared to their secondary card, reinforcing issuers’ need for differentiated, data-driven experiences to earn top-of-wallet status.

“Modern card issuing continues to scale rapidly as issuers prioritize digital-first onboarding, richer data insights, and faster time-to-market,” said Jawad Jahan, Research Analyst at Juniper Research. “Our latest research shows the market is entering a new phase of maturity, with vendors increasingly differentiated by platform flexibility, depth of capabilities, and their ability to support more advanced use cases such as virtual cards, tokenization and embedded finance. The providers featured on our Competitor Leaderboard reflect how the industry is evolving to meet the increasing demands of today’s payments landscape.”

The full Modern Card Issuing Platforms Market 2025-2030 research and Competitor Leaderboard are available through Juniper Research.

About i2c Inc.

An award-winning global financial technology innovator powering credit, debit, prepaid, core banking, and money movement solutions, i2c unifies banking and payments in an all-in-one platform, transforming product personalization with a customer-centric architecture and accelerating speed-to-market with composable building-block solutions. Financial institutions and fintechs globally trust i2c to help them quickly and efficiently configure and scale differentiated financial offerings in an evolving, competitive market. Powered by innovation and driven by trust for more than 25 years, i2c blends modern ingenuity with expert reliability to supercharge exceptional banking and payments experiences for millions of users and billions of transactions worldwide.

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