The average credit card yield among the nations’s Top 4 bank card issuers declined 30 basis points (bps) sequentially at 11.31%, but up 12 bps year-on-year (YOY) for the second quarter (2Q/18), compared to 11.61% for the prior quarter, and 11.19% for 2Q/17. Capital One (COF), continues to lead the Top 4 with a 15.05%…
Australian credit card debt growth is sluggish while credit card usage is continues to grow slowly. Credit card outstandings grew 0.8% year-on-year (YOY) in July, while credit card purchase dollar volume (PDV) rose 7.2% YOY. According to figures released yesterday by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), credit card credit limits were flat in July…
Credit card charge-offs, seasonally adjusted (SA), among the top 100 U.S. banks for the second quarter (2Q/18) decreased 16 basis points (bps) sequentially (QTQ), and up 8 bps year-on-year (YOY). On a not seasonally adjusted basis (NSA), the charge-off rate among the top 100 U.S. banks for 2Q/18, dipped 5 bps QTQ and up 8…
Capital One led the charge in the U.S. credit card market in the second quarter (2Q/18). U.S. credit card marketshare, based on Visa and Mastercard purchase dollar volume (PDV), among the top 4 U.S. bank credit card issuers, declined 80 basis points (bps) to 61% in the second quarter. U.S. CREDIT CARD MARKETSHARE While Chase…
U.S. consumer revolving debt for July, mostly credit card debt (95%), remained above the $1 trillion level for the fifth consecutive quarter. The year-on-year (YOY) change edged slightly upward in July. Consumer revolving credit increased at an 1.5% annual rate of growth in July, compared to a revised -1.4% annual rate in June and a…
Payment card transactions (PTX) for Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards in the U.S. grew by 9.5% year-on-year (YOY) in the second quarter (2Q/18) to 24.1 billion. The growth was driven by Mastercard credit and debit cards. U.S. payment card purchase transactions for Visa and Mastercard (debit+credit) hit 24,067 in 2Q/18, compared to 22,221…
European Credit Cards Q2 for Visa and Mastercard posted strong year-on-year (YOY) gains for the second quarter (2Q/18). On a non-currency adjusted basis (NFX), gross dollar volume (GDV) rose 16.5% YOY, purchase dollar volume (PDV) increased 19.2% YOY, and cards-in-force (CIF) climbed 6.1% YOY. On a currency adjusted basis (FX), Visa GDV rose 7.3% YOY…
(Updated 9/6/18) Credit card profits (after tax) among the nation’s top four bank credit card issuers soared 20.0% in the second quarter (2Q/18), compared to one year ago (YOY). While Chase credit card profits edged down, Capital One profits skyrocketed by 83% YOY. Aggregate credit card profits (after tax) for the top four issuers logged…
The average late stage U.S. credit card delinquency (90+ day) among the nation’s six largest issuers edged up 2 basis points (bps) sequentially, to 1.00% for the second quarter (2Q/18), and down 8 bps from one-year ago (YOY). The 90+ day delinquency crossed the 1.00% milestone in 4Q/16, the first since 2009. The Chase 90+…
Purchase dollar volume (PDV) for Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards (credit + debit) globally rose 13.7% year-on-year (YOY) on a nominal dollars basis for the second quarter (2Q/18). However, on a currency adjusted basis (FX), global 2Q/18 PDV increased 12.1% YOY. The major four U.S.-based global networks posted $3511 billion in global PDV…
Visa and Mastercard purchase dollar volume (PDV), currency adjusted (FX), in the Latin American Caribbean (LAC) region skyrocketed in the second quarter (2Q/18) with year-on-year (YOY) growth in double digits. Mastercard has been slowly gaining on Visa in the LAC, eroding Visa’s marketshare in the LAC region, based on nominal PDV, to 61% at end-of-year…
U.K. consumer credit growth continued its downward spiral in July, dropping to 8.5% year-on-year (YOY), its lowest level this year and well below the peak of 10.8% YOY set in November 2016. For July, driven by the Brexit fallout, the decline was 50 basis points (bps) sequentially, and flat YOY. However, according to the July…