Issue 1148

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Top Issuers of General Purpose Credit Cards in the U.S.

Purchase volume-spending for goods and services-tied to Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover cards issued in the U.S. reached $3.678 trillion in 2018, up 9.7% over 2017.The eight largest issuers ranked by credit card purchase volume are shown here.

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ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Top Issuers of U.S. General Purpose Credit Cards 2018

Market Shares of Purchase Volume for Top Credit Card Issuers 2008-2018

Shares of Outstandings for U.S. Credit Card Issuers 2018

Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers: Outstandings, Volume, Transactions, Cards

50 Largest Visa & Mastercard Issuers in the U.S. – Ranked by Outstandings

Investments in Merchant Acquiring/Processing in 2018

FEATURED STATISTICS

Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers: Outstandings 2018

Outstanding credit card receivables tied to Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover cards reached $973.38 billion at December 31, 2018, up 5.4% over 2017. The five largest issuers ranked by outstandings are shown here.

1. Chase
$156.63 (bil.)
2. American Express
$111.37 (bil.)
3. Citibank
$110.69 (bil.)
4. Bank of America
$109.46 (bil.)
5. Capital One
$100.21 (bil.)

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