Credit, debit and prepaid cards with Visa, UnionPay, Mastercard, JCB, Diners Club/Discover and American Express brands initiated 206.75 billion purchase transactions for goods and services worldwide from January 1 to June 30, 2020, an increase of 2.1% over the same period in 2019. Purchase transactions by debit and prepaid cards accounted for 59.06%, up from 55.77%. Purchase volume for the first six months of 2020 amounted to $13.512 trillion, down 3.8% versus the same period in 2019. Credit card purchase volume was down 9.7%. Debit/prepaid purchase volume was up 3.5%. Credit cards held a 5...