Cards in Force Tops 1B in 2010
Through the end of 2010, total payment cards in circulation in U.S. topped 1 billion, reaching 1,008,900,000, not including Discover-issued cards. Of these cards, 488.9 million were credit cards while 520 million were debit cards. Moreover, Visa led the pack with 269 million issued credit cards and 397 million debit cards. A distant second was…