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Issue 1120

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Newsletter
November 2017
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Top 150 Credit Card Issuers Worldwide by Country

The 150 largest credit card issuers in the world ranked by outstanding receivables at year-end 2016 are shown on page 8.

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Top 150 Credit Card Issuers Worldwide by Country

Investments & Acquisitions-October 2017

U.S. General Purpose Cards Through 3rd Quarter 2017

Largest Credit Card Portfolios Worldwide 2016

Largest Credit Card Issuers in Asia-Pacific

Largest Debit Card Issuers in Asia-Pacific

Top General Purpose/Visa/Mastercard Card Issuers in Asia-Pacific 2016

FEATURED STATISTICS

U.S. General Purpose Cards Through 3rd Quarter 2017

Purchase volume on U.S. credit cards for the first nine months of 2017 totaled $2.453 trillion. That was a 9.4% increase over the first nine months of 2016.

Visa
$1,299.07 billion purchase volume
Mastercard
$544.69 billion purchase volume
American Express
$515.47 billion purchase volume
Discover
$93.47 billion purchase volume

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