Credit card ROA (pre-tax return on assets) for 2019 is estimated to rise to 4.80%, compared to 4.60% for the prior year, and compared to 4.45% for 2017. In 1987 pre-tax ROA peaked at 5.00% and bottomed at 1.50% in 2009. According to R.K. Hammer, credit card portfolio evaluation and sales experts, total revenue increased…
Payment earnings reports for the nation’s top credit card issuers, global payments networks and supporting businesses gets underway before the market opens on Tuesday, January 14th. First out of the shoot is Chase (JPM), Citibank (C) and Wells Fargo (WFS), according to CardData and PYRPTS. U.S. Bank (USB) and Bank of America (BAC) are scheduled…
Credit card profits (after tax) among the nation’s Top 4 bank credit card issuers shriveled by 4.2% YOY (year-on-year) in the third-quarter (3Q/19), compared to 44.0% one-year ago. The surge in 2018 was directly related to the corporate tax cuts. Profits (after tax) among the nation’s Top 4 U.S. credit card issuers (Chase [JPM]; Capital…
Top card issuer marketshare, based on U.S. purchase dollar volume (PDV) of Visa [V], Mastercard [MA], American Express [AXP] and Discover [DFS], increased 30 bps (basis points) in the third-quarter (3Q/19). Chase, the nation’s largest credit card issuer on outstandings and the fastest growing issuer, based on PDV at 19% YOY (year-on-year), led the Top…
Third-quarter card loan growth, among the Top 4 U.S. issuers, grew a solid 4.3% year-on-year (YOY), compared to 2.6% YOY in the prior quarter, and compared to 2.8% YOY one-year ago. Among the nation’s Top 4 credit card issuers (Chase [JPM], Capital One [COF], Bank of America [BAC], and Citibank [C]), the annual growth rate…
U.S. card yield, as an average for the nation’s Top 4 issuers, remained at record levels in the third-quarter posting a small uptick sequentially. All of the issuers, except Chase, posted higher yields in the third-quarter from the prior quarter. However, this is fourth consecutive quarter wherein all of the Top 4 exceeded 10%. The…
Third-quarter card charge-offs among the Top 4 U.S. bank credit card dropped sharply from the prior quarter, a historical pattern, but up slightly from one-year ago, remaining the highest for a third-quarter in seven years. Credit card charge-offs among the nation’s Top 4 credit card issuers decreased 36 bps (basis points) sequentially in the third-quarter…
Third-quarter card delinquency, among the nation’s top four credit card issuers, continued to march upward, now hovering at levels not seen in seven years. It is the highest level for a third-quarter since 2013 and rose significantly from the prior quarter. Noteworthy is the fact all four of the nation’s top bank credit card issuers…
Third-quarter earnings reports for the nation’s top credit card issuers, global payments networks and supporting businesses gets underway before the market opens on Tuesday, October 15th. First out of the shoot, is Chase (JPM), Citibank (C) and Wells Fargo (WFS), according to PYRPTS.com and CardData. Among, the four global payment networks, American Express (AXP) will…
Card loan loss reserves rose sharply among the nation’s largest issuers, however, charge-offs among the Big 6 domestic credit card issuers held steady in the second-quarter. Credit card charge-offs among the nation’s Big 6 credit card issuers rose 18 basis points (bps) year-on-year (YOY) for the second-quarter (2Q/19). The Big 6 (Chase [JPM], Capital One…
Consumer debit ratios for the second-quarter plummeted to levels not seen in more than 40 years. The Financial Obligations Ration (FOR) dropped 53 basis points (bps) over the past two years, while the Debt Service Ratio (DSR) has declined 27 bps since the second-quarter of 2017, based on figures released by the Federal Reserve. The…
Early stage card delinquency in the second-quarter (2Q/19) declined 13 basis points (bps) from the prior quarter, but rising 13 bps from one-year ago. But the average 30+ day delinquency rate among the Big 6 U.S. issuers has been riding above 2.0% level for four consecutive quarters. The average U.S. 30+ day delinquency rate among…