General purpose consumer and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid cards issued in Canada with Visa, Mastercard, Interac, and American Express brands generated $637.40 billion in purchase volume for goods and services in 2018, up 7.7% over 2017. Total volume, which is purchase volume added to cash advances and withdrawals, was $676.75 billion, up 7.6%. Cash comprised 5.81% of total volume in 2018 versus 5.89% in 2017. Transactions to purchase goods and services of 12.43 billion last year increased 8.4% over 2017. Purchase transactions on Visa cards increased 12.7%. Mastercard purchase trans...