U.S. Hits 1 Billion Bankcard Circulation Plateau - Here's the Breakdown

Through year-end 2010, there were more than a billion credit and debit cards in circulation in the United States.

Here's the breakdown:  

• American Express credit: 48.9 million
• MasterCard credit: 171 million
• Visa credit: 269 million
• MasterCard debit: 123 million (as of Sept. 30, 2010)
• Visa debit: 397 million (as of Sept. 30, 2010)

Sources: American Express, Mastercard, Visa

CreditCards.com has this data regarding Total purchases/transactions: 

Total purchases/transactions

Issuer purchase volume
(Through year-end 2010)

• American Express: $131.1 billion (Source: American Express)
• Discover cards: $92.5 billion (Source: Discover)
• MasterCard credit: $479 billion (Source: MasterCard) 
• MasterCard debit: $333 billion (Source: MasterCard)
• Visa credit: $809 billion (Source: Visa)
• Visa debit: $1.05 trillion (Source: Visa)

Issuer transaction volume
(Through year-end 2010)

• American Express: Doesn't disclose publicly
• Discover cards: Unavailable
• MasterCard credit: 5.85 billion (Source: MasterCard) 
• MasterCard debit: 8.46 billion (Source: MasterCard)
• Visa credit: 9.4 billion (Source: Visa)
• Visa debit: 28.6 billion (Source: Visa)

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