Big 6 U.S. Q1 Active Accounts Rise 7% YOY Despite Rising Attrition & New GAC Churn

Data, Payments, Portfolio, UNITED STATES

U.S. bank credit card active accounts (AAC) (accounts with sales activity), among the top six U.S. issuers, increased 7.0% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter (1Q/17), according to CardData. There were 169.2 million active bank credit card accounts for 1Q/17 in the U.S. among the top six issuers: Citibank; Capital One; Chase, Bank of America,…

Q1 U.S. GDV Marketshare: Visa +240 bps AXP -150 bps YOY

American Express, Data, Discover, MasterCard, Payments, Portfolio, UNITED STATES, Visa

The nation’s four major payment card networks produced $1485 billion in U.S. gross dollar volume (GDV) in the first quarter (1Q/17) for a 6.0% year-on-year (YOY) gain. Visa continues to rule the market, growing its U.S. GDV marketshare from 58.7% in 1Q/16 to 61.1% in 1Q/17, largely at the expense of American Express, according to…