U.S. Credit Cards Projected — 2016 through 2021

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U.S. Credit Cards Projected — 2016 through 2021

Consumer and commercial general purpose and private label credit cards in circulation in the U.S. at year-end 2016 totaled 1.04 billion, up 2.6% from 2015. Credit cards in circulation are projected to reach 1.22 billion by year-end 2021. Purchase volume of goods and services generated by these credit cards totaled $3.334 trillion in 2016, an increase of 7.5% over 2015. In 2021, credit cards are projected to generate $4.995 trillion in purchase volume. When comparing 2021 to 2016, credit cards with the Visa brand are projected to have the highest percentage increase in purchase volume, up 64...

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Nilson Report

1119

November 2017

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Payment Cards in the U.S.

U.S. Credit and Debit Card Purchase Volume Projected

U.S. Credit and Debit Card Purchase Transactions Projected

U.S. Credit Card Purchase Volume Market Shares

Outstandings on U.S. Credit Cards

U.S. Debit Card Purchase Volume Market Shares

U.S. Credit and Debit Cardholders

U.S. Credit and Debit Number of Cards

U.S. Credit and Debit Number of Accounts

U.S. Credit and Debit Total Volume

U.S. Credit and Debit Total Transactions