The impact of the loss of the U.S. Costco and JetBlue programs continues to manifest itself in the American Express (AmEx) U.S. Card Services (USCS) unit during the third quarter (3Q/16). Revenue and income declined significantly year-on-year (YOY) as outstandings (OUT) also took a big hit, all by double-digits. AmEx reported 3Q/16 gross revenue for…
The growth of U.S. middle market firms (companies between $10 million and $1 billion in revenues) is outpacing the national average, with an 87% increase in number of firms, a 103% surge in employment, and a 100% rise in revenue since 2011. The latest Middle Market Power Index: A Detailed Look at Top Industries from…
Early stage delinquency (30+ days) among the nation’s top 6 issuers declined six basis points (bps) sequentially in the first quarter (1Q/16) to 1.75%, but remains one bps above last year’s 1.74%. Five of the Big 6, including Chase, Bank of America, Capital One. Citibank, and Discover, posted lower or flat 30+ day delinquency in…
Charge-offs among the nation’s top 6 issuers jumped 19 basis points (bps) year-on-year (YOY) to 2.86% for the first quarter (1Q/16), and up 2 bps sequentially. All six issuers posted sharply higher charge-offs in the first quarter. The Chase 1Q/16 charge-offs ratio inched up by 20 bps from 4Q/15 and flat from 1Q/15. Chase reported…
The Big 6 issuers, based on U.S. total outstandings of $950 billion, control 49.3% of the U.S. bank credit card business at the end of the first quarter (1Q/16). However, as a group the Big 6 lost 250 basis points (bps) quarter-to-quarter (QTQ) in marketshare to smaller issuers in the first quarter. Chase’s market share decreased…
Profits (after tax) among the nation’s Big 6 U.S. credit card issuers declined 4.9% in the first quarter (1Q/16), compared to one year ago (YOY) and, down 2.0% sequentially (QTQ). Aggregate card after tax profits for the Big 6 issuers logged in at $3789 million for 1Q/16, compared to $3867 million for 4Q/15 and $3984…
The average yield among the nations’s big six bank credit card issuers came in at 11.14% for the first quarter (1Q/16), compared to 10.96% in the prior quarter, and 11.00% for 1Q/15. Capital One (COF), the nation’s fastest growing major credit card issuer, again posted the highest yields, besting the average by 329 basis points…
U.S. Gross Dollar Volume (GDV) among the big six U.S. bank card issuers, rose an estimated 5.9% year-on-year (YOY) but down 8.1% sequentially in the first quarter (1Q/16). Capital One grew more than twice than the other five. Capital One, like most bank credit card issuers, only reports purchase dollar volume (PDV). The top six…
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Profits for the top four networks declined 1.9% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter (1Q/16). Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover reported a combined 1Q/16 profit of $3935 million, compared to $4012 million for 4Q/15 and $4012 for 1Q/15. The decline was led by MasterCard, while Visa posted the strongest gain for 1Q/16. Visa’s global…
Purchase dollar volume (PDV) for the Major 4 networks (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover) cards (credit + debit) in the U.S. climbed 9.0% year-on-year (YOY) in 1Q/16 hitting $1209 billion. Visa led the way in the first quarter posting a 10.5% YOY gain for U.S. PDV. The Major 4 collectively posted $1209 billion in…
The nation’s four major payment card networks produced $1401 billion in U.S. gross dollar volume (GDV) in the first quarter (1Q/16) for a 9.0% year-on-year (YOY) gain. Visa continues to rule the market, growing its U.S. GDV marketshare from 58.2% in 1Q/15 to 58.7% in 1Q/16, largely at the expense of American Express. Visa posted…