U.S. General Purpose Card Brands through 3Q 2021

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U.S. General Purpose Card Brands through 3Q 2021

Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover brand credit, debit and prepaid cards issued in the United States generated a combined $6.164 trillion in purchase volume for goods and services in the first nine months of 2021. This was an increase of 25.4% versus the first nine months of 2020. Debit card spending grew 26.5% to $2.902 trillion. This accounted for 47.08% of combined credit and debit card purchase volume for the first nine months of 2021 compared to 46.67% for the same period of 2020. Purchase volume generated by credit cards of $3.262 trillion was up 24.4%. Visa debit c...

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Nilson Report

1210

December 2021

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