Small Biz Index
The number of American small business owners reporting increases in company revenue this year are beginning to decline.
The number of American small business owners reporting increases in company revenue this year are beginning to decline.
A majority of small business owners are unaware of the impending EM liability shift coming in October. Less than half of small business owners who accept point-of-sale card payments today report being aware of the October 1 liability shift, the date when a card issuer or merchant that does not support EMV chip card technology will assume liability for any fraudulent point-of-sale card transactions.
Gross Dollar Volume (GDV) for debit cards among Visa’s international regions dropped sharply in the first quarter to 9.5%, compared to 11.9% in the year ago quarter on a currency adjusted basis (FX), according to CardData. RAM Research projects the year-on-year (YOY) growth in Q2/15 will rise 40 basis points (bps).
Gross Dollar Volume (GDV) for debit cards among MasterCard’s international regions declined in the first quarter to 20.8%, compared to 22.9% in the year ago quarter on a currency adjusted basis (FX), according to CardData. RAM Research projects the year-on-year (YOY) growth in Q2/15 will rise 60 basis points (bps).
The nation’s fourth largest Visa and MasterCard issuer ended 2014 with declining outstandings, below industry average purchase dollar volume (PDV) and a slight uptick in delinquencies, but profits remained flat sequentially. Forecaster RAM Research projects Citibank (Citi) will post $64.1 billion in outstandings and $41.1 billion in PDV for the first quarter.
Outstandings for Citibank-branded (Citi) cards in North America continues to erode, declining 4.3% last year from $70.5 billion at EOY 2013. Since 2009, Citi’s outstandings posted a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -3.39%, according to CardData. Among Citi’s peers, BofA and Chase are also in negative CAGR territory.
Visa’s Central Europe – Middle East – Africa (CEMEA) region remains the fastest growing international region with Gross Dollar Volume (GDV) up 16.8% Year-on-Year (YOY). However, Visa’s Asia Pacific region continues to claim the lion’s share of the international market with a 45.3% share, but Quarter-to-Quarter (QOQ) growth is slowing, according to CardData.
Visa’s global gross dollar volume (GDV) rose 3.3% on a nominal U.S dollar basis in 2014, but currency adjusted is up 10.5% year-on-year (YOY). The CEMEA and LAC regions are the big drivers behind the growth. RAM Research projects Visa’s global GDV will log in around $1788 billion in Q1/15.
The nation’s second largest issuer, Bank of America (BofA), has slowly recovered from the “Great Credit Meltdown” of 2008-2009. BofA’s End-of-Year (EOY) U.S. credit card outstandings have produced a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -8.25% between 2009 and 2013, according to CardData.
The number of payment card portfolios sold in 2014 dipped to just five portfolios worth $2.7 billion. This was down significantly from year end 2013 and the record card deals done in 2012. In 2013 an estimated $17.2 billion in 10 portfolios were done, not including numerous tiny card portfolio sales ( < $10MM).
Citibank’s U.S. bank credit card profits rose 22.4% year-on-year (Y/Y) and retail credit card profits rose 1.4% Y/Y in the fourth quarter of 2014 (Q4/14). End of Period (EOP) bank credit card outstandings declined 4.3% Y/Y, while purchase dollar volume (PDV) rose 3.9% Y/Y.
Profits among the world’s largest payment card networks rose 4.4% in the third quarter (Q2/14), compared to one year ago. However, sequentially net income dipped by 5.1%, according to CardData.