Largest US Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards

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Largest US Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards — 2025

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa are the general purpose credit card brands in the US. That is, they are usable at a wide variety of acceptance locations. The table on page 6 of issue 1302 ranks the 30 largest issuers of consumer, small business and commercial credit cards that carry those brands. For the complete ranking, log in and download Issue 1302. Some of these issuers also own private label card portfolios. That is, cards usable only at specific retail or wholesale outlets. Statistics for Synchrony, Citi, Capital O...

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Nilson Report

1302

February 2026

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