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Issue 1147

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Newsletter
February 2019
Featured Chart

U.S. General Purpose Brands

Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover cards in the U.S. generated $6.130 trillion in purchase volume in 2018, up 10.5% over 2017. Growth in purchase volume is shown here.

Featured Companies

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

U.S. General Purpose Brands

Investments & Acquisitions—January 2019

U.S. General Purpose Cards 2018 vs. 2017

U.S. Credit Card Outstandings 2018 vs. 2017

Market Shares of Purchase Volume on U.S. General Purpose Cards 2018

Purchase Transactions on Visa & Mastercard Credit & Debit Cards

Cards in Circulation Visa vs. Mastercard

U.S. General Purpose Credit Cards

U.S. Visa and Mastercard Debit & Prepaid Cards

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

FEATURED STATISTICS

U.S. Credit Card Outstandings ’18 vs. ‘17

Outstanding credit card receivables as of December 31, 2018 are shown here for the four general purpose credit card brands operating in the U.S.

1. Visa
$471.13 billion, 48.40% share
2. Mastercard
$309.51 billion, 31.80% share
3. American Express
$119.84 billion, 12.31% share
4. Discover
$72.88 billion, 7.49% share

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