Largest US Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards — 2025

Purchase volume for all general purpose credit cards issued
in the US was $6.512 trillion in 2025, up 6.1% over 2024. The
top 10 issuers generated $5.344 trillion, giving that group an
82.07% market share. The top five issuers held a 71.03% share.

Visa Partners with Amenify

Cardholders will earn Amenify Cash when they use their Visa
card to pay rent. Those rewards could offset any service fee
property managers impose to cover interchange fees they pay.

Affirm Adds Fiserv for Debit Buy Now, Pay Later

Financial institutions connected to Fiserv’s EPOC debit card processing platform will be able to embed Affirm’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) services in the mobile apps they offer their cardholders. Affirm announced a similar deal with FIS in February 2025. Fiserv, Visa DPS and FIS are the top three third-party processors in the US for […]

Installment Loans Tied to Credit Cards on Mobile Wallets

The installment loans will be funded over the Mastercard network. Adding installment loans to credit card accounts is one way that card issuers can combat the success of buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders such as Affirm and Afterpay.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Fights Deep Fakes

LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ adaptive models are self-learning and evolve in real time. By comparison, purely rules-based fraud fighting technologies that use templates are proving to be slower to adapt to criminal use of generative AI.

Visa and Mastercard Worldwide thru 3Q 2025

For the first nine months of 2025, debit, credit and prepaid cards in circulation worldwide with Visa and Mastercard brands generated $17.136 trillion in purchase volume.