American Express, Diners Club/Discover, JCB, Mastercard, UnionPay, and Visa credit, debit, and prepaid cards generated $10.086 trillion in purchase volume of goods and services worldwide from January 1 to June 30, 2016, up 6.9% over the first six months of 2015. These global card brands generated 123.56 billion purchase transactions for goods and services in this period, up 15.7% over the first half of 2015. Purchase volume in the first six months for credit cards was up 10.9% over the same period in 2015. Purchase volume on debit cards, which include prepaid, was up only 3.0%, due to a 3.0...