Citibank North America branded credit card revenues declined 6.4% and income sank 32.1% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter (1Q/16). Citi indicated the higher cost of credit and rewards funding as a factor. Compared to its peer group, the Citi card portfolio was stable with outstandings (OUT) up slightly and purchase dollar volume (PDV) up…
Among the biggest bank credit card issuers in the U.S., Capital One (COF) continues to lead the way in every metric, except charge-offs. Based on its current trajectory, COF will likely surpass Bank of America (BofA) as the nation’s second largest issuer. COF posted double digit year-on-year (YOY) gains in outstandings (OUT) and purchase dollar…
MasterCard continued to plow along in the first quarter (1Q/16) posting double-digit year-on-year (YOY) gains in all metrics, with the exception of net income. On a currency adjusted basis (FX), MasterCard’s global gross dollar volume (GDV) increased 13.2% YOY, purchase dollar volume (PDV) was up 12.2% YOY and cash dollar volume (CDV) soared 16.2%. MasterCard’s…
U.S. Bank (USB)’s Payment Services division reports explosive year-on-year (YOY) growth in consumer credit card gross dollar volume (GDV), as well as a substantial YOY gain in credit card outstandings (OUT) for the first quarter (1Q/16). Payment Services includes consumer and business credit cards, stored-value cards, debit cards, corporate, government and purchasing card services, consumer…
The current threat and cybercrime environment is like a huge firestorm that keeps feeding itself. Data breaches turn into more account breaches and it becomes a cycle. At the same time, fraud attacks are evolving, and becoming more widespread in the first quarter. The latest status report from ThreatMetrix says breaches continue to hit the…
New research reveals the Point of Sale (POS) terminals market size was over 32 million units in 2015, which is forecast to grow at 18.3% CAGR to reach 126 million units by 2023. The Global Market Insights study also found the POS Terminals Market size is forecast to be worth US$103.52 billion by 2023. Seven…
The nation’s second largest Visa and MasterCard issuer, Bank of America (BofA), to be unseated by Capital One in 2016, continues to struggle with sluggish outstandings (OUT) and purchase dollar volume (PDV) growth, but other metrics, especially credit risk management are above peer group averages Year-On-Year (YOY). Pre-tax net income edged up 3.6% YOY to…
After a credit card bruising in 2015, Chase, the nation’s largest bank credit card issuer, rebounded in the first quarter (1Q/16) as outstandings (OUT) and purchase dollar volume (PDV) entered positive territory. However, delinquency (DEL) and charge-offs (CO) edged upward both Year-On-Year (YOY) and sequentially (QTQ). Furthermore, the account base remains stagnant and overall attrition…
New research shows small business owners are confident in their business, however they’re less certain about the national economy than they were last year. Revenues are good, and they want to hire and expand. According to the results of the 2016 U.S. Bank Small Business Annual Survey, business is shining bright, though the national economy…
The EMV migration in the U.S. turned the payment card market on its head during the first quarter (1Q/16), as merchants struggled to catch up and assist/educate frustrated customers. During 1Q/16 EMVCo updated its EMV Payment Tokenization Specification – Technical Framework bulletin. The update will provide the payment community with a global, consistent framework to…
International cash transactions (CTX) for Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards grew by 8.2% year-on-year (YOY) in the fourth quarter (4Q/15). International CTX for credit cards decreased 4.6% YOY while international CTX for debit cards rose 9.2% YOY in 4Q/15. In the fourth quarter gross international payment card cash transactions for Visa and MasterCard…
U.S. bank credit card active accounts (AAC) (accounts with sales activity), among the Top 4 U.S. issuers, slipped 1.5% year-on-year (YOY) in the fourth quarter (4Q/15). Capital One was the only issuer to post a positive YOY AAC gain in the fourth quarter. While Chase and BofA had slight erosion, Citibank had the sharpest. There…