← The Atlas of Alternative DataChapter I · TXNCard & 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.
15 providers tracked15 verifiedAs of 2026-07-02
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.
ProviderGeographySinceDeliveryPrice band
1010dataVerifiedConsumer-spending panels and analytics on point-of-sale and transaction data.US2000API, Dashboard$150k+ Above DataVerifiedConsumer data infrastructure layer offering SKU-level product transaction signal across roughly twenty million US households to investment funds.US——— Affinity SolutionsVerifiedPurchase-signal data built from a large panel of US credit and debit card accounts.US1998API, S3$150k+ Black Box IntelligenceVerifiedRestaurant-industry performance benchmarks covering sales, traffic, per-person averages, and labour metrics, drawn from a long-running operator data network.US1995—— Bloomberg Second MeasureVerifiedConsumer transaction analytics drawn from billions of US card purchases, delivered via the Bloomberg Terminal and data feeds.US2015Terminal, API, Feed$150k+ CardlyticsVerifiedPurchase-intelligence platform built on bank card-transaction data.US2008API$150k+ DecaDataVerifiedPOS data mapped to over 50k CPG products, available daily back to 2007. Products are mapped to brands and parent companiesUS——— Earnest AnalyticsVerifiedCredit and debit card transaction panels mapped to public tickers for near-real-time revenue tracking.US2012API, S3, Dashboard$150k+ Envestnet YodleeVerifiedAggregated and anonymised consumer financial transaction data derived from account-aggregation infrastructure.Global1999API$150k+ Fable DataVerifiedReal-time European consumer and business transaction data.Europe2017API, S3$150k+ FacteusVerifiedAnonymised consumer payment-transaction data drawn from financial-technology sources.US2017API, S3$150k+ KD InteractiveVerifiedTransaction and mobile match key data in mid-market retail, including convenience stores, 3-star hotels, restaurants, and airport concessions. Founded in 2017; US——— M ScienceVerifiedSampleResearch and data analytics firm combining transaction and other alternative datasets into company-level insight.US2002Report, Feed, API$150k+ NikkeiVerifiedPOS data in Japan, covering 3,000,000 products across 4,000 companies. Data is provided daily only 2 days after actual purchase.Japan——— TalaVerifiedCollects data points on user behavior including geographic patterns and financial transactions. Founded in 2012; 158 employees.US———