First Quarter Card Results in the U.S.

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First Quarter Card Results in the U.S.

Consumer and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid cards issued in the U.S. for use on the Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express networks generated $1.292 trillion in purchase volume in the first quarter of 2017, up 6.5% over the same period in 2016. Credit card purchase volume of $767.42 billion was up 9.7%. Visa increased 20.7%, Discover increased 5.7%, Mastercard increased 4.9%, and American Express declined 6.2%. Credit card cash volume of $27.23 billion from balance transfers, from ATMs, over the counter, and from paper checks increased 7.7%. Cash accounted for 3.43% of t...

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Nilson Report

1112

June 2017

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