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Issue 1170

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February 2020
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Market Shares (%) of Purchase Volume for Top U.S. Credit Cards

The largest U.S. issuers of general purpose credit card products carrying Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover brands in 2019 ranked by purchase volume market share are shown here.

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Market Shares (%) of Purchase Volume for Top U.S. Credit Cards

Market Shares of Outstandings for Top U.S. Credit Card Issuers 2019

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

50 Largest Mastercard & Visa Credit Card Issuers in the U.S.—Ranked by Outstandings 2019

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50 Largest Mastercard & Visa Credit Card Issuers in the U.S.—Ranked by Outstandings 2019

Visa and Mastercard credit card outstandings tied to cards issued in the U.S. reached $817.23 billion at year-end 2019, up 4.7% from the prior year. The top 5 issuers are listed below.

1. Chase, Delaware
$168.92 billion, +7.8%
2. Citi, South Dakota
$115.84 billion, +5.3%
3. Bank of America, Delaware
$107.52 billion, +0.1%
4. Capital One, Virginia
$107.16 billion, +6.9%
5. Wells Fargo, South Dakota
$42.96 billion, +4.2%

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