Debit card accounts continue to grow at nearly twice the pace of credit card accounts in the U.S. with Mastercard leading Visa by 198 bps (basis points) YOY (year-on-year) in the first-quarter. In the U.S. market, debit and prepaid accounts make up slightly more than 60% of the total 1.2 billion payment card accounts currently…
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First-quarter U.S. card PDV (Purchase Dollar Volume) expanded by a slower annual rate in more than five years for the Big 6 credit card issuers led by strong performances by Capital One and Chase. Chase led in YOY (Year-on-Year) growth will Capital One leads in four-year CAGR (compound annual growth rate). U.S. credit card PDV…
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Mastercard Europe is blowing Visa Europe out-of-the-water, scoring major gains across-the-board. Combined card activity for Visa and Mastercard credit, debit, charge and prepaid cards, on a currency adjusted basis (FX), posted weaker than expected year-on-year (YOY) gains in the first-quarter (1Q/19). Visa [V] and Mastercard [MA] gross dollar volume (GDV) increased to 10.4% YOY FX,…
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U.S. card transactions for the two largest payment networks increased 6.2% YOY (year-on-year) in the first-quarter, and now running at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 7.81%. Visa [V] and Mastercard [MA] combined, posted a 6.8% YOY gain in U.S. credit and charge card GTX (gross transactions), compared to a 5.9% YOY gain in…
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Second-quarter card profits for the four largest U.S.-based payment card networks and the four largest credit card issuers will likely post robust performance. Consumer confidence indices, government data, and retail sales activity point to strong growth in PDV (purchase dollar volume) for the payment networks and sharp increases in cardholder balances for card issuers, reflecting…
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Chase card marketshare, based on U.S. purchase dollar volume (PDV) of Visa [V], Mastercard [MA], American Express [AXP] and Discover [DFS] jumped to nearly 20% in the first-quarter (1Q/19). Chase, the nation’s largest credit card issuer on outstandings and the fastest growing issuer based on PDV among the top issuers, surged 90 bps (basis points)…
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American Express global card for the first-quarter posted a record yield, nearing 11%, as GDV (gross dollar volume) rose 7% on an FX (currency adjusted) basis but delinquency rose 10 bps (basis points) and charge-offs jumped 30 bps. American Express (AXP) GCSG (Global Card Services Group) reported an 8.6% YOY (year-on-year) gain with total revenues…
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Visa Asia-Pacific payment performance is unremarkable for the first-quarter with all metrics at, or below par, compared to the prior five quarters. While Visa Asia-Pacific is the only region reporting more than one billion cards, it is also the slowest growing in payment volume and payment transactions, among Visa’s five international regions. Visa Asia-Pacific posted…
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Mastercard APMEA payment transactions continued to roar in the first-quarter even though the momentum over the past five years has been slowing. Mastercard’s APMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle-East, Africa) region payment volume dipped below 10% YOY (year-on-year) for the first time since 3Q/17, on an FX (currency adjusted) basis. The APMEA customer base continues to grow…
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First-quarter credit card profits among the nation’s Top 4 U.S. card issuers edged up 60 basis points (bps) year-on-year (YOY), compared to a tax cut fueled surge of more than 50% one-year ago. Sequentially, credit card profits were down 3.7%. Since 2015, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is running about 1.48%. Profits (after tax)…
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Visa CEMEA payment transactions continued to skyrocket in the first-quarter even though the momentum over the past five years has been fading. Visa’s CEMEA (Central Europe, Middle East, Africa) payment volume remains solidly above 20% YOY (year-on-year) for six consecutive quarters. The CEMEA customer base has been expanding, but the slowest among Visa’s five international…
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American Express international cards (credit and charge) gross dollar volume (GDV) on a currency adjusted basis (FX) has slipped for six consecutive quarters. The decline is most pronounced in the JAPA (Japan, Asia-Pacific & Australia) region as GDV is running about half the growth rate of one-year ago, and a third of the rate five-years…
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