The following companies are featured in this issue of the Nilson Report. News about companies appears in feature articles, as well as in the First Look and Management Changes sections of the newsletter. To submit general information about your company, or to share news with us, please contact us.
On pages 12 and 13 we illustrate the largest investments and acquisitions that
took place in the card payment industry over the course of 2021. We have been
publishing an Investments & Acquisitions table (page 17) with this valuable
information every month for the last five years, and we hope that it continues to be a valuable resource for you and your company
U.S. General Purpose Brands—Purchase Volume
U.S. General Purpose Cards—2021 with change vs. 2020
Market Shares of Purchase Volume on General Purpose Cards in the U.S.—2021
U.S. Credit Card Outstandings
General Purpose Credit Cards in the U.S.—2021 with change vs. 2020
Purchase Volume on Mastercard and Visa Credit and Debit Cards in the U.S.
Mastercard and Visa Cards in Circulation in the U.S.—2011 through 2021
Mastercard and Visa Credit, Debit & Prepaid Cards in the U.S.
Mastercard and Visa Debit and Prepaid Cards in the U.S.
Payment Industry Investments—2021
Investments & Acquisitions—January 2022
U.S. Credit Card Outstandings
Featured in our current issue are U.S. credit card receivables for the four global brand card networks—Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover—at year-end 2021. Their combined total was $932.85 billion.
Visa, $445.22 billion, 47.73% market share
+6.5% vs. 2020
Mastercard, $291.81 billion, 31.28% market share
+6.2% vs. 2020
American Express, $121.44 billion, 13.02% market share
+19.1% vs. 2020
Discover, $74.37 billion, 7.97% market share
+4.1% vs. 2020
Full access to the Top 50 Mastercard & Visa Credit Card Issuers results in the United States is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.
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