General Purpose Cards — U.S. 2015

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General Purpose Cards — U.S. 2015

Consumer and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid cards issued in the U.S. for use on the American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa networks generated $4.786 trillion in purchase volume in 2015, up 7.8% versus 2014. That amount included PIN-based debit card figures for Visa (Interlink) and MasterCard. PIN-based cash withdrawals and advances at ATMs using Visa and MasterCard credit, debit, and prepaid cards that were cleared through the Cirrus and Plus networks are not included. Visa brand debit cards generated $1.374 trillion in purchase volume last year, up 7.9% versus 2014. For...

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Nilson Report

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February 2016

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