Issue 1212 | Jan 2022
Companies featured in this issue include:
Credit Cards in the U.S.—Outstandings and Purchase Volume 1991-2026
Market Shares of U.S. Credit Card Outstandings in 2021
Investments in Merchant Acquiring/Processing by Region
Top M&A Transactions in 2021
American Express Cards 2021 vs. 2020
Discover Card 2021 vs. 2020
Income at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers in 2021
Publicly Traded Companies in Payments
Income at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers in 2021
The nine most profitable credit card issuers in the U.S. are featured on page 12 of issue 1212. Collectively, these companies had card pretax net income of $60.22 billion in 2021, up 147.9%. The four most profitable are shown below.
1. American Express
$11.70 billion
2. Capital One
$9.60 billion
3. Bank of America
$8.38 billion
4. Discover
$7.06 billion
Full access to the Income at Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers in 2021 results is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.
POSTED JAN 31, 2022 | PRINT
Digital Currency Update
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Visa will partner with ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company, to connect central bank digital currency (CBDC) networks into existing payment rails. Visa’s CBDC Payments Module is designed to allow financial institutions to issue digital wallets or CBDC-linked cards to consumers. The pilot testing phase of development...
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