Big 6 card issuers grew 4.0% year-on-year (YOY) at the end of the first-quarter (1Q/19) bring U.S. credit cards to 350.0 million. Since the first-quarter of 2018, the nation’s largest issuers have added 13.5 million cards-in-force (CIF). In the prior quarter total CIF stood at 345.7 million. The Big 6: Chase [JPM], Capital One [COF],…
U.S. card cash volume for Visa and Mastercard payment cards (credit + debit) in the first-quarter (1Q/19) was flat YOY (year-on-year), up a mere 50 bps (basis points). Visa debit cards increased slight in CDV (cash dollar volume). Visa and Mastercard reported $200 billion in 1Q/19 U.S. CDV for payment cards, compared to $200 billion…
Credit card GDV (gross dollar volume) among the Big 6 U.S. bank card issuers, rose an estimated 8.0% year-on-year (YOY) in the first-quarter (1Q/19), compared to a 10.5% YOY gain for 1Q/18; 10.0% YOY increase in 1Q/17; and a 5.9% YOY gain for 1Q/16. Chase led the peer group with a YOY gain nearing 10%…
International card PTX (payment transactions) for Visa and Mastercard credit/charge and debit/prepaid cards grew by 12.5% year-on-year (YOY) in the first-quarter (1Q/19), compared to 21.5% YOY for 1Q/18. International PTX for credit/charge cards increased 3.2% YOY in the first-quarter of 2019, compared to 20.4% YOY for the prior year. International PTX for debit cards rose…
Second-quarter 90+ card delinquency declined for three top credit card issuers reporting thus far. Chase dropped 10 bps (basis points), Bank of America declined 8 bps and Citibank slipped 7 bps in the second-quarter (2Q/19) compared to the prior quarter for late stage (90+ days) delinquency. Historically, delinquency ratios decline in the second-quarter as the…
U.S. card loan growth among the Big 6 credit card issuers increased 3.5% in the first-quarter (1Q/19) year-on-year (YOY), compared to a 8.0% YOY for the year ago quarter. Early results for the second-quarter reveal Chase U.S. credit card outstandings grew 8.5% YOY, Citibank is up 2.8% YOY, and Bank of America was flat (+0.7%).…
International card purchases for Visa and Mastercard jumped 10.5% YOY (year-on-year) in the first-quarter on an FX (currency adjusted) basis. International credit and charge card PDV (Purchase Dollar Volume) increased 7.8% YOY FX, while international debit and prepaid card PDV soared 14.6% YOY FX, according to figures gathered by CardData. Mastercard is growing 210 bps…
Second-quarter card delinquency, as projected, will rise moderately among the nation’s Big 6 credit card issuers. Early results show the second-quarter (2Q/19) 30-day delinquency ratio for Chase at 1.71%, a 14 basis points (bps) decline from the prior quarter, but up 14 bps for Citibank to 1.66%. Early stage delinquency (30+ days) among the nation’s…
Debit card accounts continue to grow at nearly twice the pace of credit card accounts in the U.S. with Mastercard leading Visa by 198 bps (basis points) YOY (year-on-year) in the first-quarter. In the U.S. market, debit and prepaid accounts make up slightly more than 60% of the total 1.2 billion payment card accounts currently…
First-quarter U.S. card PDV (Purchase Dollar Volume) expanded by a slower annual rate in more than five years for the Big 6 credit card issuers led by strong performances by Capital One and Chase. Chase led in YOY (Year-on-Year) growth will Capital One leads in four-year CAGR (compound annual growth rate). U.S. credit card PDV…
Mastercard Europe is blowing Visa Europe out-of-the-water, scoring major gains across-the-board. Combined card activity for Visa and Mastercard credit, debit, charge and prepaid cards, on a currency adjusted basis (FX), posted weaker than expected year-on-year (YOY) gains in the first-quarter (1Q/19). Visa [V] and Mastercard [MA] gross dollar volume (GDV) increased to 10.4% YOY FX,…
U.S. card transactions for the two largest payment networks increased 6.2% YOY (year-on-year) in the first-quarter, and now running at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 7.81%. Visa [V] and Mastercard [MA] combined, posted a 6.8% YOY gain in U.S. credit and charge card GTX (gross transactions), compared to a 5.9% YOY gain in…