how many merchants accept mastercard and visa?

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Clarification of Question by complyguardian1-ga on 21 Dec 2004 18:08 PST

Please limit answer to USA market, and quote sources. This answer is
being used in a research presentation

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Request for Question Clarification by hummer-ga on 21 Dec 2004 19:54 PST

Hi complyguardian1,

Please have a look at the following links and let me know if they are suitable. 

Mastercard Acceptance Locations in the U.S.: 
Third Quarter 2004: 5.6 [million presumably?]
http://www.mastercardintl.com/corporate/corp_stat.html

Visa Merchant Locations in the U.S.: 
Third Quarter 2004: 5,613,101
http://usa.visa.com/download/about_visa/newsroom/statistics/Q32004.pdf

I just noticed that your question is in the e-commerce category. Did
you mean that you'd like to know how many *online* merchants accept
Visa and Mastercard?

Regards,
hummer

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Clarification of Question by complyguardian1-ga on 22 Dec 2004 05:59 PST

yes, the granular point is how many merchants online accept Mastercard and Visa.
Thanks