The Financial Obligations Ratio (FOR) for 3Q/15 has declined to 15.31%, the lowest measurement since 1981 and the Debt Service Ratio (DSR) plunged to 10.03%, the second lowest ever recorded in 35 years. According to the Federal Reserve the FOR declined to 15.31% in 3Q/15, compared to 15.33% in 2Q/15 and 15.34% in 3Q/15. The…
Bank credit card rates are now at their highest levels in four years and poised to head higher in 2016 in the wake of last month’s rise in the Prime Rate. Given more than 90% of U.S issued bank credit cards are based on the Prime Rate, the expectation of further increases this year could…
U.K. consumer credit in November grew at an 8.3% annual rate to £178.2 billion. Within consumer credit, credit card lending increased by 6.0% year-on-year (YOY) to £63.1 billion and other loans/ advances increased by 9.6% YOY to £115.1 billion. All figures are seasonally adjusted. The Bank of England says both subsets of consumer credit are…
Singaporean payment cards market grew at a CAGR of 3.3% during the period 2012 -2014 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.7% over the period 2015 – 2020. According to a new report from P&S Market Research, the total number of cards in circulation reached 21.3 million by the end of 2014,…
After rising predictably YOY for most of the last decade, penalty fee income continued to slide dropping to $11.5 billion in 2015, compared to $11.7 billion and $12.0 billion According to the R.K. Hammer Card Penalty Fee Index, the lowest level since Index began. Despite the decline in penalty fees, total card fee income is…
Data breaches are the new normal. IT departments have to tackle constantly evolving security threats and many are struggling to keep up. Users continue to be the biggest threat to enterprise wide security, and in 2016, we’ll see a shift towards smart interoperable security tools which take the decision of what and when to encrypt out of their hands.
International cash transactions (CTX) for Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards grew by 8.3% year-on-year (YOY) in the third quarter (3Q/15). International CTX for credit cards decreased 6.9% YOY while international CTX for debit cards rose 9.5% YOY in 3Q/15.
Among the top 4 U.S. bank credit card issuers Chase holds a commanding 24.7% marketshare, based on Visa and MasterCard purchase dollar volume (PDV) figures. Capital One, the hottest U.S. issuer, ranks #2 with a 12.4% marketshare.
Capital One’s (COF) international credit card outstandings, not currency adjusted, increased 6.7% year-on-year (YOY) in the third quarter (3Q/15), while purchase dollar volume (PDV) soared 60.5% YOY. Delinquency dropped 69 basis points (bps) and charge-offs sunk 152 bps YOY.
U.S. gross transactions (GTX) for Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards grew by 9.8% year-on-year (YOY) in the third quarter (3Q/15). U.S. GTX for credit cards jumped 12.2% YOY while U.S. GTX for debit cards increased 8.8% YOY in 3Q/15.
The Big 6 issuers, based on U.S. outstandings of $925 billion, controlled 51.8% of the U.S. bank credit card business at the end of the third quarter. Chase led the pack with a 13.7% share followed by Bank of America (BofA) at 9.5%; Capital one (COF) at 8.9%; Citibank (Citi) at 7.0%; American Express (AXP) at 6.7%; and Discover (DS) at 6.3%.
U.S. Purchase Dollar Volume (PDV), credit and debit cards, among the Big 6 U.S. card issuers, rose 6.6% year-on-year (YOY) and 0.5% sequentially in the third quarter. Capital One completely blew out the Big 6 pack by a 3-to-1 margin.