Issue 1190 | Jan 2021
Companies featured in this issue include:
Outstandings on Credit Cards in the U.S.
Investments in Merchant Acquiring & Processing–2020
Fraud Investigation Network from ID Insight
Top U.S. Credit Card Issuer Profits–2020
American Express Card Results Worldwide–2020
Mastercard Enhances Contactless Payments
Discover Financial Services Results–2020
Outstandings on General Purpose Credit Cards in the U.S.
Market Shares of Outstandings on U.S. Credit Cards—2000 through 2020
Investments in Merchant Acquiring and Processing by Region—2020
Investments by Region—Number of Transactions in 2020
Income at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers—2020 vs. 2019
American Express Cards 2020 vs. 2019
Discover Card 2020 vs. 2019
Investments and Acquisitions—December 2020
American Express Cards 2020 vs. 2019
American Express issues cards directly and in partnership with financial institutions worldwide. Figures for cards issued, transactions generated, and outstanding receivables are listed on page 10.
1. Inside the U.S.
$691.52 billion purchase volume, –16.2%
2. Outside the U.S.
$313.36 billion purchase volume, –21.7%
3. Global total
$1,004.88 billion purchase volume, -18.0%
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POSTED JAN 31, 2021 | PRINT
American Express Card Results Worldwide
Consumer and commercial credit (including charge) and prepaid purchase volume tied to cards issued in the United States dropped 16.2% to $691.52 billion in 2020.
U.S. credit card outstandings fell 17.5% to $101.99 billion. Cards issued in the U.S. dropped 1.6% to 53.8 million at December 31, 2020...
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