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Issue 1158

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July 2019
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Asia-Pacific Market Shares of Purchase Volume

UnionPay, Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, and Diners Club credit, debit, and prepaid cards issued in the Asia-Pacific region generated $17.566 trillion in purchases of goods and services in 2018, up 29.5% over 2017.

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Asia–Pacific Market Shares of Purchase Volume

Largest U.S. Issuers of Consumer Visa and Mastercard Cards 2018

Asia–Pacific Market Shares of Purchase Transactions by Brand 2018

Asia–Pacific General Purpose Cards 2018 vs. 2017

Year-Over-Year Growth/Decline in Purchase Volume on Cards Issued in Asia–Pacific

Prepaid Cards in the U.S. 2018

U.S. Visa & Mastercard Commercial Cards–Purchase Volume 2018

FEATURED STATISTICS

U.S. Visa & Mastercard Commercial Cards–Purchase Volume 2018

Visa and Mastercard commercial card purchase volume reached $982.69 billion last year, up 12.4%. Credit cards accounted for $718.73 billion of that total.

1. Small Business
$356.18 billion purchase volume, +18.2%
2. Purchasing & Fleet
$316.08 billion purchase volume, +12.3%
3. Debit & Prepaid
$263.96 billion purchase volume, +6.5%
4. Corporate
$46.46 billion purchase volume, +7.6%
5. Total
$982.69 billion purchase volume, +12.4%

Small business cards had the greatest growth among commercial cards in the U.S. when ranked by purchase volume in 2018. Full access to these results is available when you subscribe to The Nilson Report.

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