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Issue 1103

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February 2017
Featured Chart

U.S. General Purpose Brands Purchase Volume in 2016

Purchase volume, which is spending at merchants for goods and services, generated by cards issued in the U.S. totaled $5.143 trillion in 2016.

Featured Companies

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

U.S. General Purpose Brands Purchase Volume in 2016

Investments & Acquisitions – January 2017

U.S. Credit Card Outstandings

Market Shares of Purchase Volume on U.S. General Purpose Cards in 2016

U.S. General Purpose Cards 2016 vs. 2015

Visa vs. Mastercard Purchase Volume

U.S. General Purpose Credit Cards

U.S. Visa and Mastercard Debit & Prepaid Cards

U.S. Visa and Mastercard Credit, Debit, & Prepaid Cards

FEATURED STATISTICS

U.S. Credit Card Outstandings

Outstanding credit card receivables, commonly referred to as card debt, reached $860.64 billion, up 7.5%, at year-end 2016 tied to cards carrying the Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover brands.

Visa: $419.85 billion
up 15.7%
Mastercard: $278.12 billion
up 2.1%
American Express: $101.11 billion
down 6.3%
Discover: $61.56 billion
up 6.3%

Full access to the U.S. Credit Card Outstandings results is available when you subscribe to The Nilson Report.

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