Visa credit cards accounted for 56.17% of its purchase volume, down from 56.77%. Mastercard accounted for $15 of every $100 down from $16. Visa accounted for $29 of every $100 versus $32 the prior year. Visa and Mastercard combined accounted for $45 of every $100 in purchase volume in 2018 versus $49 in 2017. UnionPay cards accounted for $50 of every $100 last year versus $45 in 2017. UnionPay debit cards generated the most purchase volume, followed by UnionPay credit cards, Visa credit cards, Visa debit cards, Mastercard credit cards, Mastercard debit cards, American Express cards, JCB cards, and Diners Club/Discover cards. Purchase volume for goods and services, which excludes cash advances on credit cards and cash withdrawals on debit cards, was $28.361 trillion in 2018, an increase of 22.5%. Visa and Mastercard combined accounted for 50.94% of total volume, down from 54.89%.
Total volume, comprised of purchases for goods and services combined with cash advances and withdrawals, totaled $33.730 trillion in 2018, up 19.1%. UnionPay purchase transactions were 48.51% debit, down from 48.81%. Mastercard purchase transactions were 53.43% debit, up from 51.30%. Visa purchase transactions were 61.88% debit, up from 61.03%. Diners Club/Discover had a 0.74% share, down from 0.84%.ĭebit and prepaid cards accounted for 53.75% of purchase transactions in 2018, up from 53.35%. Credit cards with the Mastercard brand held a 11.39% share, a decline from 12.44%.Īmerican Express had a 2.26% share, down from 2.55%. Mastercard debit cards held a 13.07% market share, a decline from 13.11%. Mastercard cards generated 24.46% of the global brand purchase transaction total, a drop from 25.55% in 2017. UnionPay debit cards had a 12.93% share, up from 9.69%. Credit cards with the UnionPay brand generated 13.72%, an increase from 10.16%. UnionPay brand cards generated 26.66% of global brand general purpose card purchase transactions, up from 19.85%. Credit cards with the Visa brand accounted for 17.10%, a decline from 19.51%. Debit cards from Visa generated 27.75% of worldwide purchase transactions, down from 30.56%.
Visa cards accounted for 44.84% of all global brand general purpose card purchase transactions worldwide in 2018, a decline from 50.07% in 2017. (Prepaid cards are included with debit cards.) Purchase transactions included all consumer and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid products. Global Cards-2018 Please note: Only subscribers can access the charts included with this article.Ĭards carrying the brands of American Express, Diners Club/Discover, JCB, Mastercard, UnionPay, and Visa combined generated 368.92 billion purchase transactions for goods and services in 2018, an increase of 24.9% over 2017.