Issue 1191 | Feb 2021
U.S. General Purpose Brands–Purchase Volume in 2020
U.S. General Purpose Cards with Change vs. 2019
U.S. Credit Card Outstandings with Change vs. 2019
Market Shares of Purchase Volume on General Purpose Cards in the U.S.
General Purpose Credit Cards in the U.S.
Purchase Volume on Mastercard and Visa Credit and Debit Cards
Visa vs. Mastercard Credit and Debit Cards in Circulation 2010-2020
Credit, Debit & Prepaid Cards
Debit & Prepaid Cards
Investments & Acquisitions–January 2021
Credit Card Outstandings in the U.S.
Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover credit card outstandings at year-end 2020 declined 14.9% from 2019 to $866.28 billion.
Visa
$418.05 billion, -15.0%
Mastercard
$274.78 billion, -15.5%
American Express
$101.99 billion, -17.5%
Discover
$71.47 billion, -7.4%
Full access to the U.S. Credit Card Outstandings in 2020 results is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.
POSTED FEB 17, 2021 | PRINT
NatWest Cards to Mastercard

The second largest debit card issuer in the U.K. based on purchase volume, NatWest Group, will convert more than 16 million debit cards to Mastercard from Visa. NatWest Group, which also includes RBS, Ulster Bank and Coutts, is Europe’s third largest debit card issuer based on purchase volume, which was $147.90 billion in...
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