Australian credit card outstandings edged up by 1.4% year-on-year (YOY) in April. Credit card credit limits increased 3.3% YOY and the number of credit card accounts rose 2.8% YOY. The average balance per account in April declined 1.4% YOY to AU$3149, compared to AU$3157 for March, and AU$3194 for April 2015. Credit card outstandings for April…
It’s official: Visa and Visa Europe are one big happy family with one big brand. Visa completed its acquisition of Visa Europe Ltd. Visa also named Gary Hoffman, CEO of Hastings Group, as a Board member of Visa Inc. He is currently a director and Chairman of Visa Europe Limited. The combined company will produce…
The largest retailers continue to struggle to become omnichannel-ready. Sporting goods merchants lead the omni-ready pack, followed closely behind by mass merchants and electronics/entertainment while grocery and pharma continue to be laggards. According to the Vantiv/PYMNTS.com OmniReadi Index, the top 30% of merchants appear to be on their way to becoming OmniReadi, but the remaining…
There is a consensus NFC-ready POS terminals globally will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28.4% from 23 million units in 2015 to 75 million units in 2019. According to new report from KBV Research, NFC technology’s potential is anticipated to make NFC a leading technology for mobile payments, due to the…
CPI Card Group has been hit with class action shareholder lawsuits in regard to its October 2015 IPO and 1Q/16 earnings report. On May 11, CPI reported disappointing financial results for the first quarter, stating “primary impact resulting from lower than expected EMV card shipments,” according to President and CEO Steve Montross. On the news,…
U.K. consumer credit continues to expand at a brisk pace, hovering around 10% year-on-year YOY. In April total consumer credit grew to £183.2 billion. The three-month annualized and twelve-month growth rates, seasonally adjusted (SA), were 10.4% and 9.6% respectively. The Bank of England (BOE) reports consumer credit increased by £1.3 billion in April, compared to…
Australian credit card gross dollar volume (GDV) slipped upward, posting a 2.7% year-on-year (YOY) in April. Purchase dollar volume (PDV) increased 2.6% YOY and cash dollar volume (CDV) was 0.5% YOY YOY in April. GDV rose in April to AU$24.3 billion, compared to a revised AU$26.3 billion in the prior month and AU$23.7 billion one-year…
In Other News: NXT-ID (DreamTrips); INTELLICHECK (funding); REVEL (Vantiv); and CAUSE (exec). VISA Visa is now a member of the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global), says ASOP Global’s Executive Director, Libby Baney and Martin Elliott, global head of brand protection for Visa. ACI – ACI Worldwide and PT Indopay Merchant Services (Indopay), a…
In Other News: NXT-ID (DreamTrips); INTELLICHECK (funding); REVEL (Vantiv); and CAUSE (exec). NXT-ID – NXT-ID has received a $1.2 million dollar payment from WorldVentures as part of a total of $2.5 million for the first production run of the DreamTrips SmartCards to be delivered at the end of July. INTELLICHECK – Intellicheck Mobilisa, announced the…
Purchase dollar volume (PDV) in Canada for Visa and MasterCard has been plummeting over the past five quarters, however card issuance in the first quarter (1Q/16) for both networks remained in double-digits year-on-year (YOY). The P&S Market Research’s “Canada Cards and Payments Market – Size, Share, Development, Growth and Forecast to 2020” report says in…
When it comes to the best customer experience the credit card industry averaged a 63% rating out of 20 industries. A new survey reveals USAA and Discover deliver the best customer experience in the credit card industry. According to the 2016 Temkin Experience Ratings, USAA and Discover topped the list. Out of the 11 credit…
Credit card profits have rebounded nicely during the recovery period following the Great Recession. According to R.K. Hammer’s Card Knowledge Factory, the pre-tax ROA (return on assets) for credit cards, during the Great Recession (2008-2009) averaged 2.88% (between 1.50% and 4.25%), while the S&P 500 averaged 1009, (2008 EOY at 903 and 2009 EOY at…