Purchase volume generated by credit, debit and prepaid cards issued in the United States with Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover brands for the first nine months of 2020 was a combined $4.904 trillion, down $31.59 billion or 0.6% versus the first nine months of 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic was responsible for a decline in credit card spending of $303.53 billion (down 10.4%) to $2.610 trillion for the first three quarters of 2020. However, debit card spending increased $271.94 billion (up 13.4%) to $2.294 trillion. Debit cards accounted for 46.78% of purchase volume for the first...