U.S. gross transactions (GTX) for Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards grew by 5.9% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter (1Q/17), compared to 6.5% one-year ago, according to CardData.
U.S. GTX for credit cards jumped 14.2% YOY while U.S. GTX for debit cards increased 2.5% YOY in 1Q/17.
Visa’s U.S. GTX for credit cards rose 19.3% YOY as U.S. GTX for debit cards increased 1.3% YOY in 1Q/17.
Mastercard’s U.S. GTX for credit cards rose 2.8% YOY as U.S. GTX for debit cards increased 6.1% YOY in 1Q/17.
In the first quarter gross U.S payment card transactions for Visa and Mastercard came in at 21.6 billion, compared to 22.6 billion for the prior quarter and 20.4 billion in the year ago quarter. The average transaction (purchase + cash) for U.S. credit and debit cards combined is $50.90, compared to $58.79 in the prior quarter.
In the first quarter gross U.S. credit card transactions for Visa and Mastercard came in at 6.8 billion, compared to 7.4 billion for the prior quarter and 5.9 billion in the year ago quarter. The average transaction (purchase + cash) for U.S. credit cards combined is $84.84, compared to $85.10 in the prior quarter.
In 1Q/17 gross U.S. debit card transactions for Visa and Mastercard came in at 14.8 billion, compared to 15.1 billion for the prior quarter and 14.5 billion in the year ago quarter. The average transaction (purchase + cash) for U.S. debit cards combined is $35.42, compared to $45.73 in the prior quarter.
Visa’s first quarter gross U.S. credit card transactions came in at 4872 million, compared to 5363 million for the prior quarter and 4083 million in the year ago quarter.
Mastercard’s first quarter gross U.S. credit card transactions came in at 1894 million, compared to 2075 million for the prior quarter and 1843 million in the year ago quarter.
Visa’s first quarter gross U.S. debit card transactions came in at 10611 million, compared to 10875 million for the prior quarter and 10471 million in the year ago quarter.
Mastercard’s first quarter gross U.S. debit card transactions came in at 4213 million, compared to 4257 million for the prior quarter and 3970 million in the year ago quarter.
U.S. V+M PAYMENT CARD GTX
4Q/15: 21190 million
1Q/16: 20387 million
2Q/16: 22176 million
3Q/16: 22213 million
4Q/16: 22586 million
1Q/17: 21590 million
U.S. V+M CREDIT CARD GTX
4Q/15: 6414 million
1Q/16: 5926 million
2Q/16: 6626 million
3Q/16: 7170 million
4Q/16: 7440 million
1Q/17: 6766 million
U.S. V+M DEBIT CARD GTX
4Q/15: 14776 million
1Q/16: 14461 million
2Q/16: 15550 million
3Q/16: 15043 million
4Q/16: 15146 million
1Q/17: 14824 million
U.S. VISA CREDIT CARD GTX
4Q/15: 4410 million
1Q/16: 4083 million
2Q/16: 4600 million
3Q/16: 5141 million
4Q/16: 5365 million
1Q/17: 4872 million
U.S. MASTERCARD CREDIT CARD GTX
4Q/15: 2004 million
1Q/16: 1843 million
2Q/16: 2026 million
3Q/16: 2029 million
4Q/16: 2075 million
1Q/17: 1894 million
U.S. VISA DEBIT CARD GTX
4Q/15: 10557 million
1Q/16: 10471 million
2Q/16: 11053 million
3Q/16: 10737 million
4Q/16: 10889 million
1Q/17: 10611 million
U.S. MASTERCARD DEBIT CARD GTX
4Q/15: 4219 million
1Q/16: 3970 million
2Q/16: 4497 million
3Q/16: 4306 million
4Q/16: 4257 million
1Q/17: 4213 million
Source: Visa; Mastercard; CardData
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