The 150 largest issuers of credit cards ranked by outstanding receivables at yearend 2016 are listed on page 8. Outstandings were tied to American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, UnionPay, Visa, and domestic general purpose cards. Issuers from the U.S. held a 43% market share among the top 150 worldwide, followed by issuers from China with 29%. When measuring the top 150 by region, the U.S. had outstandings of $789.50 billion. Asia–Pacific ranked second with $704.36 billion, followed by Latin America ($150.47 billion), Europe ($129.50 billion), Canada ($67.57 billion), and M...