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Issue 1235

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Newsletter
February 2023
Featured Article

Global Network Card Brands US — 2022

Consumer and commercial credit, debit and prepaid cards issued in the US carrying the American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa brands generated $9.563 trillion in purchase volume in 2022, an increase of 13.0% over 2021. 
Featured Chart

Global Network Card Brands in the US–2022

Consumer and commercial credit, debit and prepaid cards issued in the US carrying the American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa brands generated $9.563 trillion in purchase volume in 2022, an increase of 13.0% over 2021.

Featured Companies

Message from the Publisher

This issue features articles about Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards in the US pertaining to results for calendar year 2022. In those articles, we provide you with 965 data points. Coverage of US card industry results in 2022 will be followed by results for Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East and Africa. Every issue of the Nilson Report provides you with data not available from any other source.

David Robertson, Publisher
February 15, 2023

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE

Global Network Card Brands in the US–2022

Credit Card Outstandings in the US

Market Shares of Purchase Volume on General Purpose Cards in the US–2022

US General Purpose Cards 2022 with Change vs. 2021

General Purpose Credit Cards in the US

Visa and Mastercard Purchase Transactions–Debit vs. Credit

Purchase Volume on US Visa and Mastercard Credit and Debit Cards

Debit & Prepaid Cards 2022

Credit, Debit and Prepaid Cards 2022

Investments & Acquisitions–January 2023

FEATURED STATISTICS

US General Purpose Cards 2022 with Change vs. 2021

Visa and Mastercard consumer and commercial credit, debit and prepaid cards issued in the US generated $8.272 trillion in purchase volume in 2022, up 12% over 2021. A breakdown by brand and product are shown below.

Visa, Debit
$2.990 trillion purchase volume
Visa, Credit
$2.840 trillion purchase volume
Mastercard, Credit
$1.321 trillion purchase volume
Mastercard, Debit
$1.121 trillion purchase volume

Full access to the General Purpose Cards 2022 with Change vs. 2021 results in the United States is available when you subscribe to the Nilson Report.

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