Global credit card profits for the top four networks are incredibly strong year-on-year (YOY) in the third quarter (3Q/18). The network peer group net income (after tax) soared 28.7% YOY for 3Q/18, equally driven by Visa and Mastercard, according to RAM Research. Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover reported a combined 3Q/18 (after tax) profit…
Credit/Debit card activity in the U.S. for gross transactions (GTX) for Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards grew by 8.3% year-on-year (YOY) in the third quarter (3Q/18), compared to 6.5% one-year ago, according to CardData. U.S. GTX for Visa + Mastercard credit cards jumped 8.7% YOY while U.S. GTX for Visa + Mastercard debit…
European payment cards (credit + debit) for Visa and Mastercard posted weaker year-on-year (YOY) gains for the third quarter (3Q/18). On a non-currency adjusted basis (NFX), gross dollar volume (GDV) rose 5.6% YOY, purchase dollar volume (PDV) increased 8.4% YOY, and cards-in-force (CIF) climbed 6.1% YOY. For 2Q18, GDV NFX was up 16.5% and PDV…
Global Payment Card GDV (Gross Dollar Volume) for Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards (credit + debit) globally increased 6.2% year-on-year (YOY) on a nominal dollars basis, for the third quarter (3Q/18). However, on a currency adjusted basis (FX) global GDV for 3Q/18 increased an estimated 10.3% YOY, according to RAM Research. The major…
U.S. Visa Mastercard CIF (cards-in-force) for payment cards (credit & debit) increased 2.1% year-on-year (YOY) in the third quarter (3Q/18), compared to a 6.6% YOY gain in the prior quarter. U.S. credit cards increased 2.9% YOY while CIF for debit cards rose 1.5% YOY, in 3Q/18. There are were 1289 million Visa and Mastercard payment…
Purchase dollar volume (PDV) for Canada Visa Mastercard payment cards (credit cards +debit cards) posted strong performance again in the third quarter (3Q/18) up 4.9% nominal or 9.9% currency adjusted (FX) year-on-year (YOY). Sequentially, nominal and FX YOY increases were 14.5% and 10.0%, respectively, Canadian payment cards-in-force (CIF) increased 10.4% YOY to 117 million for…
Visa U.S. marketshare (MS/GDV) expanded among the nation’s four major payment card networks. The major four networks produced $1754 billion in U.S. gross dollar volume (GDV) in the third quarter (3Q/18) for a 9.8% year-on-year (YOY) gain, compared to 9.3% YOY in the prior quarter, according to CardData. Visa continues to rule the market, growing…
Visa and Mastercard PTX (payment card transactions) for credit and debit cards in the U.S. grew by 9.3% year-on-year (YOY) in the third quarter (3Q/18) compared to a 9.5% YOY gain in the second quarter. The growth was driven by Mastercard credit and debit cards, according to RAM Research. U.S. payment card purchase transactions for…
Credit Cards-In-Force (CIF) in the third quarter (3Q/18) for Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover in the U.S. was up 3.8% year-on-year (YOY). At the end of 3Q/18, there were 676 million U.S. credit/charge CIF compared to 651 million for 3Q/17, according to RAM Research. Total U.S. credit cards for 3Q/18 stands at an estimated…
Global PDV (Purchase dollar volume) for Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards (credit + debit) globally rose 9.0% year-on-year (YOY) on a nominal dollars basis for the third quarter (3Q/18). However, on a currency adjusted basis (FX), global 3Q/18 PDV increased 13% YOY, reports RAM Research. The major four U.S.-based global networks posted $3492…
Payment cards worldwide or cards-in force (CIF) [credit + debit] grew by 5.5% year-on-year (YOY) in the third quarter (3Q/18) to 5448 million, compared to a revised 5369 million for 2Q/18 and 5166 million, one-year ago. All the four major U.S. based payments networks posted gains in 3Q/18, according to CardData. Visa and MasterCard Payment…
Credit card PDV (Purchase Dollar Volume) for the Major 4 networks (Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover) cards (credit + debit) in the U.S. climbed 11.4% year-on-year (YOY) in the third quarter (3Q/18) hitting near $1544 billion, according to CardData Visa barely led the way in the 3Q/18 posting an 11.7% YOY gain for U.S.…
