Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Diners Club brand credit, debit, and prepaid general purpose cards issued in Europe generated $3.157 trillion in purchases of goods and services at merchants in 2014, up 9.9%. Purchase volume on Visa cards increased by $190.10 billion or 9.7% over 2013. Purchase volume on MasterCard cards increased by $87.14 billion or 10.9% over 2013. American Express grew by $7.01 billion or 7.2%, and Diners Club fell by 2.2% or $0.16 billion. Visa’s market share of purchase volume was 68.35% in 2014, down 14 basis points from 68.50% in 2013. Visa’s figures incl...