U.S. credit card outstandings end-of-period (EOP) among the Top 4 U.S. issuers gained 4.3% in the second quarter (2Q/18) year-on-year (YOY) to $427.1 billion. The YOY growth rate is down 150 basis points (bps), compared to the prior quarter. The gain was largely driven by Capital One, the nation’s second largest U.S. issuer. Bank of America…
U.S. Purchase Dollar Volume (PDV), for credit cards, among the Big 6 U.S. card issuers, rose 10.6% year-on-year (YOY) for the second quarter (2Q/18). Capital One scorched the Big 6 with a 17.3%+ YOY gain. The Big 6 U.S. issuers racked up $640.7 billon in PDV for 2Q/18, compared to $584.1 billion in 1Q/18 and…
Average early stage delinquency (30+ days) for the second quarter (2Q/18), among the nation’s Top 4 issuers, decreased 17 basis points (bps) sequentially, and declined year-on-year (YOY) by 4 bps. The nation’s largest issuer, Chase, reported delinquency increased to 1.65% in 2Q/18, compared to 1.82% for 1Q/18 and 1.59% for 2Q/17, a 6 bps gain…
Charge-offs among the nation’s top 6 issuers rose 18 basis points (bps) year-on-year (YOY) to 3.47% for the second quarter (2Q/18), but down 4 bps sequentially. The Big 6 (Chase, Bank of America, Capital One, Citibank, American, Express, Discover) reported an aggregate charge-off ratio of 3.47% for 2Q/18, compared to 3.51% for 1Q/18 and 3.29%…