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Issue 1188 | Dec 2020
The merchant acceptance networks of Visa and Mastercard continued to be the largest among the global...
Purchases of goods and services (purchase volume) generated by Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover credit cards issued in the U.S. totaled $2.610 trillion in the first three quarters of 2020, a decline of 10.4%.