Second-quarter payment network profits among the global U.S.-based Major 4: Visa [V], Mastercard [MA], American Express [AXP] and Discover [DFS], soared 23.8% year-on-year (YOY), and now growing at an 12.80% CAGR (compound annual growth rate), based on the past five years. The Major 4 reported a combined second-quarter (2Q/19) (after tax) profit of $7663 million,…
U.S. card yield, as an average for the nation’s Top 4 issuers, remained at record levels in the second-quarter despite a small downtick sequentially. All of the issuers posted lower yields in the second-quarter from the prior quarter. However, this is fourth consecutive quarter wherein all of the Top 4 exceeded 10%. The U.S. Top…
Open card accounts in the U.S. for the Big 6 issuers grew by 10 million in 2018. Over the past five years, gross open accounts (GAC) for U.S. credit cards among the nation’s six largest issuers expanded by 43.4 million. In the first-quarter (1Q/19) the year-on-year (YOY) gain in GAC was 3.6%. At the end…
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%…
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%).…
Second-quarter card profits for the four largest U.S.-based payment card networks and the four largest credit card issuers will likely post robust performance. Consumer confidence indices, government data, and retail sales activity point to strong growth in PDV (purchase dollar volume) for the payment networks and sharp increases in cardholder balances for card issuers, reflecting…
American Express global card for the first-quarter posted a record yield, nearing 11%, as GDV (gross dollar volume) rose 7% on an FX (currency adjusted) basis but delinquency rose 10 bps (basis points) and charge-offs jumped 30 bps. American Express (AXP) GCSG (Global Card Services Group) reported an 8.6% YOY (year-on-year) gain with total revenues…
Visa Asia-Pacific payment performance is unremarkable for the first-quarter with all metrics at, or below par, compared to the prior five quarters. While Visa Asia-Pacific is the only region reporting more than one billion cards, it is also the slowest growing in payment volume and payment transactions, among Visa’s five international regions. Visa Asia-Pacific posted…
Mastercard APMEA payment transactions continued to roar in the first-quarter even though the momentum over the past five years has been slowing. Mastercard’s APMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle-East, Africa) region payment volume dipped below 10% YOY (year-on-year) for the first time since 3Q/17, on an FX (currency adjusted) basis. The APMEA customer base continues to grow…
First-quarter credit card profits among the nation’s Top 4 U.S. card issuers edged up 60 basis points (bps) year-on-year (YOY), compared to a tax cut fueled surge of more than 50% one-year ago. Sequentially, credit card profits were down 3.7%. Since 2015, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is running about 1.48%. Profits (after tax)…
Visa CEMEA payment transactions continued to skyrocket in the first-quarter even though the momentum over the past five years has been fading. Visa’s CEMEA (Central Europe, Middle East, Africa) payment volume remains solidly above 20% YOY (year-on-year) for six consecutive quarters. The CEMEA customer base has been expanding, but the slowest among Visa’s five international…