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%
Full access to the American Express Cards 2020 vs. 2019 results is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.
POSTED JAN 31, 2021 | PRINT
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Fleetcor Technologies, a firm focused on processing business-to-business (B2B) payments including fleet cards, will acquire Afex, a specialist in cross-border B2B payment services. The transaction will make Fleetcor the largest nonbank provider of foreign exchange (FX) services for B2B transactions, ahead of Western Union Business...
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