The number of new credit card accounts (those opened in the previous 24 months) rose to 88.1 million, driven in part by a 16% increase in new subprime accounts. Even with this increase, subprime accounts continue to comprise roughly one-fifth of total open accounts — equivalent to 2012 levels. According to the American Bankers Association’s…
PayPal continues to gain market share as total payment volume (TPV) and total payment transactions (PTX) soared 22% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter (1Q/17). However, the transaction margin continues to slide for the fifth consecutive quarter, down 370 basis points (bps) YOY and down 100 bps from 4Q/16, according to CardData. PayPal crossed the…
Discover’s (DFS) credit card portfolio stayed in positive territory in the first quarter (1Q/17), while profits decreased reflecting a rising charge-offs. Discover’s total revenue rose 2.4% YOY to $2278 million for 1Q/17, compared to $2358 million in the prior quarter and $2224 million for the year ago quarter. For 2016, DFS averaged $2275 million per…
The nation’s second largest bank credit card issuer, Capital One (COF) continues to lead its peers in all metrics for the first quarter (1Q/17). For the first time, COF released a historic breakdown of its near-prime and sub-prime FICO scores based on end-of-period (EOP) U.S. credit card outstandings, according to CardData. COF reported 63% of…
GA-based acquirer TSYS reported a solid first quarter (1Q/17) as total revenues hit $1185 million, a jump of 60.4% year-on-year (YOY). Net income increased 16.9% YOY from $90.6 million in 1Q/16 to $105.9 million in 1Q/17, according to CardData. The Company says the strategy of diversification has been paying-off for the first quarter. TSYS also…
Australian credit card gross dollar volume (GDV) declined 3.0% year-on-year (YOY) in February. Purchase dollar volume (PDV) increased 1.2% YOY and cash dollar volume (CDV) dipped by 14.5% YOY in February, according to CardData. There had been growing concerns in 2016 credit card spending was slowing down, and now the proof is in pudding for…
Visa’s U.S. payment card (credit+debit) purchase dollar volume (PDV), for the first quarter (1Q/17), logged its highest year-on-year (YOY) gain in nearly four years, according to CardData. Visa posted an 11.7% in YOY PDV gain in 1Q/17, compared to 10.5% YOY PDV gain in 1Q/16, 9.2% YOY PDV gain in 1Q/15, and 8.6% YOY PDV…
Dallas-based Alliance Data Systems (ADS) reported first quarter (1Q/17) year-on-year (YOY) profits declined but Loyalty One, Epsilon, and especially Card Services, all posted strong first quarter YOY performance, according to CardData. ADS reported gross revenue rose 12.1% YOY in 1Q/17 to $1879 million, compared to $1828 million for 4Q/16, and $1676 million for 1Q/16. Net…
The impact of the loss of the U.S. Costco and JetBlue programs continues to manifest itself in the American Express (AmEx) U.S. Card Services (USCS) unit during the first quarter (1Q/17), according to CardData. AmEx reported 1Q/17 gross revenue for USCS decreased 8.0% YOY to $3019 million, compared to $3030 million for the fourth quarter…
U.S. Bank (USB)’s Payment Services division reported solid growth in gross dollar volume (GDV) as well as credit and debit fee revenue for the first quarter (1Q/17). However, rapidly rising charge-offs depressed credit card income, according to CardData. Acquiring volume continued to decline for the fourth consecutive quarter. USB’s Payment Services includes consumer and business…
Bank of America, the nation’s third largest Visa and MasterCard issuer, continued to struggle in the first quarter (1Q/17) with sluggish outstandings (OUT) and purchase dollar volume (PDV) growth, but other metrics, except charge-offs, remain fairly stable, according to CardData. Pre-tax net income edged up 1.1% YOY to $1224 million in 1Q/17, compared to $1290…
The global contactless POS terminals market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25.64% between 2017 and 2021. The global POS market is also expected to increase at a healthy rate during the same period. A POS terminal refers to a system that is used to facilitate easy and faster checkout for customers at…