Mastercard’s cross-border volume, on a currency adjusted basis (FX), soared in the second quarter (2Q/18) outpacing Visa by 158 basis points (bps) year-on-year (YOY). Sequentially, quarter-to-quarter (QTQ), Mastercard slipped a 121 bps, compared to Visa’s flat performance YOY. Cross-border transaction volume refers to payments and cash volume where the issuing country is different from the…
Australian credit card debt growth is sluggish while credit card usage is continues to grow slowly. Credit card outstandings grew 0.8% year-on-year (YOY) in July, while credit card purchase dollar volume (PDV) rose 7.2% YOY. According to figures released yesterday by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), credit card credit limits were flat in July…
Payment card transactions (PTX) for Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards in the U.S. grew by 9.5% year-on-year (YOY) in the second quarter (2Q/18) to 24.1 billion. The growth was driven by Mastercard credit and debit cards. U.S. payment card purchase transactions for Visa and Mastercard (debit+credit) hit 24,067 in 2Q/18, compared to 22,221…
Purchase dollar volume (PDV) for Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards (credit + debit) globally rose 13.7% year-on-year (YOY) on a nominal dollars basis for the second quarter (2Q/18). However, on a currency adjusted basis (FX), global 2Q/18 PDV increased 12.1% YOY. The major four U.S.-based global networks posted $3511 billion in global PDV…
Visa and Mastercard purchase dollar volume (PDV), currency adjusted (FX), in the Latin American Caribbean (LAC) region skyrocketed in the second quarter (2Q/18) with year-on-year (YOY) growth in double digits. Mastercard has been slowly gaining on Visa in the LAC, eroding Visa’s marketshare in the LAC region, based on nominal PDV, to 61% at end-of-year…
Purchase dollar volume (PDV) for the Major 4 networks (Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover) cards (credit + debit) in the U.S. climbed 10.3% year-on-year (YOY) in 2Q/18 topping $1536 billion. Visa barely led the way in the second quarter posting a 10.5% YOY gain for U.S. PDV. The Major 4 collectively posted $1536.6 billion…
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…
U.S. gross transactions (GTX) for Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards grew by 7.9% year-on-year (YOY) in the second quarter (2Q/18), compared to 6.1% one-year ago. U.S. GTX for credit cards jumped 8.1% YOY while U.S. GTX for debit cards increased 7.8% YOY in 2Q/18. Visa’s U.S. GTX for credit cards rose 8.5% YOY…
U.S. gross transactions (GTX) for Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards grew by 5.9% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter (1Q/17), compared to 6.5% one-year ago, according to CardData. U.S. GTX for credit cards jumped 14.2% YOY while U.S. GTX for debit cards increased 2.5% YOY in 1Q/17. Visa’s U.S. GTX for credit cards…
The slowdown in EMV for the second fiscal quarter, (ended 4/30/17), (2Q/17) continues to drag on Verifone’s (VF) performance, as year-on-year (YOY) net income plummeted by more than 500%. The Company notes it continues divesting non-strategic businesses and allocating resources and capital to ensure the timely delivery of our new products, with a bright 2018…
Cash remains the preferred form of consumer payments in Mexico; especially among the rural population, primarily due to limited knowledge of payment cards or limited access to banking infrastructure. Cash is primarily used for making small-value payments at retailers, and for the payment of utility bills, taxes, and transport fares. A significant proportion of the…
United Settlement System (USS), a non-bank credit organization in Russia, inked a license agreement for JCB card POS acquiring in the network of POS-terminals of USS and its partner banks in 2017. The deal will enable JCB to expand its brand card acceptance in Russia. The inclusion of acquiring JCB cards under license of USS…
