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Credit card statistics, debt statistics, industry facts
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Credit card statistics, industry facts, debt statistics
This page contains consumer credit and debt statistics -- including statistics on credit card debt, credit card delinquencies, credit scores, credit card interest rates, debit cards, prepaid cards, bankruptcies and more -- compiled by
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Average credit card debt per U.S. adult, excluding zero-balance cards and store cards: $4,878.
Average debt per credit card that usually carries a balance: $8,220.
Average debt per credit card that doesn't usually carry a balance: $1,037.
Average number of cards held by cardholders: 3.7 as of the end of 2009.
Average APR on credit card with a balance on it: 12.73 in May 2014.
Total number of credit card transactions in the U.S. in
Total number of credit card accounts in the U.S. as of Q3
million, vs. 457.64 million in Q3 2003.
Average value of a credit card transaction in the U.S. in 2012: $94.
Total U.S. outstanding revolving debt: $872.1 billion as of May 2014.
Total U.S. outstanding consumer debt: $3.19 trillion as of May 2014.
Charge-off rate on credit card loans from top 100 banks: 3.28 percent as of Q1 2014.
Total nonbusiness bankruptcy filings in
million, down from 1.36 million in 2011.
Total business bankruptcy filings in , down from 47,806 in 2011.
Business credit cards
37 percent of small-businesses say their businesses have relied on credit cards to meet capital needs in the 12 months prior to May 2012.
44 percent of small-business owners say the terms of their business credit cards got worse in the 12 months prior to May 2012.
50 percent of small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 said they pay off their business credit cards every month.
26 percent of small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 said they carry a balance of less than $10,000 on their business credit cards.
15 percent of small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 said they carry a balance of $10,000 to $25,000 on their business credit cards.
9 percent of small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 said they carry a balance of more than $25,000 on their business credit cards.
5 percent of small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 said that in the past four years they had closed their credit cards and switched to debit cards exclusively.
Small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 reported an average interest rate of 15.6 percent on their business credit cards.
80 percent of business cards reviewed between 2006 and 2011 included an &any time& change-in-terms clause with no right to opt out, which gives the bank issuers the right to change account terms at any time with little or no notice.
84 percent of business cards reviewed between 2006 and 2011 gave issuers the sole power to apply payments to low-rate balances first.
67 percent of business cards reviewed between 2006 and 2011 included penalty rates for late payments or overlimit transactions.
73 percent of business cards reviewed between 2006 and 2011 included a late fee, with a median amount of $39, while 67 percent included an overlimit fee, with a median amount of $39.
In 2011, approximately 58.8 percent of small businesses used a business credit card while 43.5 percent used a personal credit card for business purposes.
percent of small businesses that used business credit cards carried a balance.
percent of small businesses that used personal credit cards for business carried a balance.
In 2011, business use of personal credit cards decreased as firm size increased, whereas the use of business credit cards increased with firm size.
&&Card ownership
Average number of credit cards consumers had in .
Average number of credit cards held by cardholders at the end of .
For every consumer 18 years or older in 2012, there were 1.3 general-purpose credit cards in force and 0.7 card that was active (used at least once a month). For each business, there was 1 general-purpose credit card in force and 0.6 card that was active.
The percentage of consumers who had at least one credit card was 72.2 percent at the end of 2009, compared with 77 percent who had at least one debit card and 32.3 percent with at least one prepaid card.
In 2009, the average credit card adopter had 2.1 general purpose cards, 0.4 charge cards, and 1.2 branded credit cards.
Of the 3.7 credit cards held by the average adopter, two cards earned rewards and 1.8 cards did not. (These numbers do not sum exactly to 3.7, due to rounding error.)
Percentage of consumers who had a contactless payment card or similar device in 2009: 24 percent. Of those, approximately 9.6 percent were attached to credit cards, 11.3 percent were attached to debit cards and 2.6 percent were attached to prepaid cards.
Percentage of students who owned a credit card in 2012: 35 percent, down from 42 percent in 2010. Of the students with credit cards, more than 75 percent had them in their own name in 2012, a similar percentage as in 2011.
Percentage of college freshmen with a credit card in 2012: 21 percent.
Percentage of college sophomores with a credit card in 2012: 28 percent.
Percentage of college juniors with a credit card in 2012: 38 percent.
Percentage of college seniors with a credit card in 2012: 60 percent.
Percentage of students from high-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 53.
Percentage of students from middle-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 31.
Percentage of students from low-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 29.
Families with four or more credit cards: 32.7 percent in 2010, down from 35 percent in 2007.
Americans who were rejected for a new credit card in 2012: 7 percent, up from 4 percent in 2011.
Americans over 18 years old with no credit card in 2012: 26 percent. Approximately 34 percent of survey respondents age 18 to 49 said they had no credit cards compared to 16 percent of those age 50 and over.
Americans over 18 years old with one credit card in 2012: 20percent.
Americans over 18 years old with two or three credit cards in 2012: 33 percent.
Americans over 18 years old with four or more credit cards in 2012: 20 percent.
Approximately 27 percent of survey respondents age 50 and over reported in 2012 that they had four or more credit cards, compared with 16 percent of those age 18 to 49.
&&Credit and charge card circulation
American Express: 52.5 million cards in the United States and 51.8 million in the rest of the world as of June 30, 2013.
MasterCard credit and charge: 180 million cards in the United States and 551 million cards in the rest of the world as of June 30, 2013.
Visa credit: 278 million cards in the United States and 522 million cards in the rest of the world as of March 31, 2013.
Of the 775 million general purpose payment cards in force (issued, activated and not expired) in the U.S. in
million were credit cards, 283 million were debit cards and 159 million were prepaid cards.
The percentage of active general-purpose credit cards (used at least once a month) was about the same for businesses and consumers in 2012, at 56 percent.
Consumers held the majority of general purpose credit cards in 2012 -- 10 times the number held by businesses (305 million and 28 million, respectively).
The number of consumer general-purpose credit cards with
purchase activity in 2012 was 172.1 million, approximately the same as
the number of consumer debit cards with purchase activity (173.9
The number of business general-purpose credit cards with
purchase activity in 2012 was 15.7 million -- much greater than the number of business debit cards with purchase activity (8.6
&&Credit availability
Average number of open credit cards consumers had in .
Average percentage of credit Americans had available in
39 percent of low- and middle-income households faced tighter credit, such as having cards canceled, credit limits reduced or credit card applications denied, between March 2009 and March 2012.
Demand for consumer credit grew 21.4 percent in Q2 2012 from the same period a year earlier.
&&Credit card debt
Average credit card debt per U.S. adult, excluding zero-balance cards and store cards: $4,878.
Average debt per credit card that usually carries a balance: $8,220.
Average debt per credit card that doesn't usually carry a balance: $1,037.
Americans who carried credit card debt from month to month as of March 2012: 39 percent.
One-third of student credit cards had a zero balance in the
school year. Another 41 percent of families reported student card balances of less than $500. Only 3 percent carried a balance greater than $4,000.
The average outstanding credit card balance of college students reported in
High-income students had lower credit card balances on average in
-- $521 compared with $755 in the general student population.
Of the 68 percent of families with credit cards in 2010, only 55.1 percent had a balance, down from 2007 when 72.9 percent had cards and 61 percent had an outstanding balance.
26 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of less than $10,000 on their business credit cards.
15 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of $10,000 to $25,000 on their business credit cards.
9 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of more than $25,000 on their business credit cards.
In 2012, the average credit card debt among low- and middle-income households carrying credit card debt totaled $7,145, down from $9,887 in 2008.
Nearly half of low- and middle-income households carried debt from out of pocket medical expenses on their credit cards in 2012. The average amount of medical credit card debt was $1,678.
A survey conducted in February and March 2012 found that approximately 86 percent of low- and middle-income households who incurred expenses resulting from unemployment in the previous year took on credit card debt as a result.
60 percent of low- and middle-income households in debt who had college expenses for a child between February 2009 and February 2012 said that those expenses contributed to the credit card debt.
71 percent of low- and middle-income households in debt who had college expenses for themselves or their spouse between February 2009 and February 2012 reported that those expenses contributed to credit card debt.
20 percent of low- and middle-income Americans with no credit card debt but who had debt in the past cited college expenses as a factor that contributed to that past debt.
When facing financial problems related to debt, 27 percent of U.S. adults say they would first turn to their friends and family for help, and 13 percent say they would reach out to the lender or credit card company.
Nearly two in five Americans (39 percent) carry credit card debt from month to month, as of March 2012.
The states with the highest amount of average credit card debt in 2012 were Alaska ($7,045), Colorado ($5,728), North Carolina ($5,619) and Connecticut ($5,532).
The states with the lowest amount of average credit card debt in 2012 were Iowa ($3,874), North Dakota ($4,006), Wisconsin ($4,252) and South Dakota ($4,257).
Women are more likely than men to carry a credit card balance, make the minimum payment on their credit cards and be charged a late fee.
Males who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 55 percent.
Females who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 60 percent.
85 percent of respondents in a March 2013 poll said they were unlikely or somewhat unlikely to talk with a stranger about credit card debt -- a subject more taboo than religion, politics, salary and love life details.&
&&Credit card purchase and transaction volume
American Express U.S. credit purchase volume: $424.3 billion for 2011.
Discover credit purchase volume: $106 billion for 2012.
MasterCard U.S. credit purchase volume: $534 billion for 2012.
Visa U.S. credit purchase volume: $981 billion for 2012.
Percentage of credit card volume generated by co-branded Visa,
MasterCard, Discover and American Express credit cards in 2012: 35 percent.
Total number of credit card transactions in the United States: 26.2 billion in 2012, vs. 19 billion in 2003.
Total number of general purpose credit card transactions in the U.S.: 23.8 billion in 2012, vs. 15.2 billion in 2003.
Total number of private label credit card transactions in the U.S.: 2.4 billion in 2012 vs. 3.8 billion in 2003.
The number of general purpose credit card transactions, which were relatively flat from 2006 to 2009, increased a total of 4.2 billion, or 6.8 percent annually from 2009 to 2012.
The number of private label credit card transactions increased at a 17.1 percent annual rate from 2009 to 2012.
Total value of credit card transactions in the U.S. in 2012: $2.48 trillion ($2.21 trillion for general purpose cards and $270 billion for private label cards).
Credit cards contributed 3 percent of the value of all noncash payments in 2012, debit cards contributed 2 percent, checks 33 percent and ACH 61 percent.
Credit card transactions accounted for 21 percent of the total number of noncash transactions in 2012, debit cards accounted for 38 percent, prepaid cards 7 percent, checks 15 percent and ACH 18 percent.
Average value of a credit card transaction in 2012: $94. Average value of a debit card transaction: $39. Average value of a check paid: $1,420.
Average value of a credit card transaction by a business in 2012: $196.
Average value of a credit card transaction by a consumer in 2012: $76.
By 2012, about two-thirds of consumer and business payments were made with payment cards, and the share of card payments by number has been growing. Cards increased their share from 43 percent of all noncash payments in 2003 to 67 percent in 2012.
Among general-purpose payment cards with purchase activity in 2012, consumers and businesses preferred debit cards, with an average use of 23 transactions per month, compared with an average of 11 transactions per month for general-purpose credit cards and 10 transactions per month for general-purpose prepaid cards.
The average value of general-purpose credit card transactions in 2012 was larger ($93) than the average value of debit card transactions ($39) or general-purpose prepaid card payments ($34).
There were 41.4 billion card-present debit card transactions
in 2012, compared with 18 billion general-purpose credit card and 2.7
billion general-purpose prepaid card transactions. Credit cards were
most commonly used for general-purpose card-not-present transactions,
with 5.8 billion transactions compared with 5.5 billion debit card and
0.4 billion general-purpose prepaid card transactions.
&&Credit card usage
Nearly half of low- and middle-income households carried debt from out of pocket medical expenses on their credit cards in 2012. The average amount of medical credit card debt was $1,678.
Proportion of parents who used credit cards to pay for their kids& college bills as of 2012: Approximately 4 percent, borrowing on average $4,911.
Proportion of college students borrowing from credit cards to pay for college as of 2012: 3 percent. Average amount in college costs financed on those credit cards as of 2012: $2,169.
Low- and middle-income households that used credit cards to pay for basic living expenses such as rent or mortgage, groceries or utilities, in the 12 months prior to March 2012 because they did not have enough money in their checking or savings accounts: 40 percent.
Credit card holders with two to three credit cards who actually use two to three each month, as of 2012: 49 percent. Credit card holders with four or more credit cards who only use two to three each month, as of 2012: 68 percent.
Credit card users surveyed in 2012 who used their cards to buy:
Clothing: 67 percent
Gas: 64 percent
Food: 64 percent
Travel: 62 percent.
Among credit card holders surveyed in 2012, those age 50 and up were more likely than those age 18 to 49 to use their credit card for travel (68 percent versus 55 percent ), clothing (72 percent versus 62 percent), home maintenance (39 percent versus 28 percent) and car maintenance (54 percent versus 40 percent).
63 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay for groceries, compared with 19 percent who said credit cards and 13 percent who said cash.
50 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay for gasoline, compared to 25 percent who said credit cards and 13 percent who said cash.
50 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay at discount stores, compared with 17 percent who said credit cards and 23 percent who said cash.
47 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay at department stores, compared with 25 percent who said credit cards and 8 percent who said cash.
46 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when online shopping, compared with 40 percent who said credit cards and 2 percent who said cash.
46 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when dining in restaurants, compared with 26 percent who said credit cards and 21 percent who said cash.
38 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when shopping at convenience stores, compared with 11 percent who said credit cards and 38 percent who said cash.
36 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when dining at fast food restaurants, compared with 11 percent who said credit cards and 46 percent who said cash.
&&Customer satisfaction
J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Credit Card Satisfaction Study Rankings
American Express
Discover Card
Barclaycard
Citi Cards
Wells Fargo
Capital One
Bank of America
GE Capital Retail Bank
&&Delinquency
Charge-off rate on credit card loans from top 100 banks: 3.87 percent as of Q1 2013.
U.S. credit card 60-day delinquency rate in August
Bank card delinquencies: 2.93 percent during Q2, 2012, well below the 15-year average of 3.91 percent.
Proportion of adults who do not pay all of their bills on time: 33 percent in 2012, up from 28 percent in 2011.
National credit card delinquency rate (the ratio of borrowers 90 or more days past due): 0.63 percent in Q2 2012, down from 0.73 percent the previous quarter.
States with the highest credit card delinquency rates in 2012: Mississippi, Nevada, Alabama, Georgia and West Virginia.
States with the lowest credit card delinquency rates in 2012: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska.
28 percent of credit card holders surveyed in December 2010 said no annual fee was the most important credit card feature.
28 percent&of low- and middle-income households reported paying late fees on their credit cards in 2012 down from half of households reporting that they paid late fees in 2008.
11 percent of bank credit cards carried overlimit penalty fees in 2011, down from 23 percent in 2010 and more than 80 percent in 2009.
In 2011, the percentage of credit cards with annual fees was 21 percent for bank credit cards and 14 percent for credit union credit cards.
Women are more likely than men to carry a credit card balance, make the minimum payment on their credit cards and be charged a late fee.
&&Interest rates/APRs
Average APR on credit card with a balance on it: 12.73 in May 2014.
40 percent of credit card holders surveyed in December 2010 said that low APR/Interest rate was the most important credit card feature.
17 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 reported an interest rate increase on their credit cards within the previous year.
Small-business owners reported an average interest rate of 15.6 percent on their business credit cards in May 2012.
24 percent fewer low- and middle-income households reported that their interest rates increased as a result of a late payment in 2012 than in 2008.
Median advertised interest rates for purchases on bank credit cards in 2011 were 12.99 to 20.99 percent depending on a consumer&s credit history. Median credit union rates for purchases in 2011 were between 9.99 percent and 17 percent.
Females paid half a percentage point more in credit card interest rates than men in 2012.
Women are more likely than men to carry a credit card balance, make the minimum payment on their credit cards and be charged a late fee.
Males who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 55 percent.
Females who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 60 percent.
Among men and women with low levels of financial literacy, women are likely to engage in significantly more costly behaviors than men.
Among men and women with high levels of financial literacy there are no differences in behavior between the sexes.
In December 2010, 74 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone reported going online to the financial institution&s website to make transactions. 59 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone said they used the Internet as their primary way to make transactions.
In December 2010, 13 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone used a mobile application to make transactions.
One-third of student credit cards had a zero balance in the
school year. Another 41 percent of families reported student card balances of less than $500. Only 3 percent carried a balance greater than $4,000.
Cardholders 18 and older surveyed in February 2012 who said they paid the full balance on their credit cards each month: 58 percent.
Cardholders 18 and older surveyed in February 2012 who said they paid less than the full amount but more than the required minimum balance: 32 percent.
Cardholders 18 and older surveyed in February 2012 who said they paid only the minimum amount: 8 percent.
Cardholders 18 and older surveyed in February 2012 who paid the minimum balance each month and believed they would be able to pay off their current balance by making minimum payments: 60 percent.
Among respondents surveyed in 2012, 65 percent age 50 and over paid their full credit card balances each month compared with 52 percent of those 18 to 49.
Americans surveyed in the first half of 2012 who were seriously concerned about being able to meet essential financial obligations such as their mortgage, loans, credit card or bill payments: 36 percent, down significantly from 49 percent a year earlier.
Consumers paid an estimated $72 billion more than they spent on their credit cards between Q1 2009 and Q1 2010.
Of the 3.7 credit cards held by the average credit card holder in 2009, two cards earned rewards and 1.8 cards did not. (These numbers do not sum exactly to 3.7, due to rounding error.)
13 percent of credit card holders surveyed in December 2010 said rewards or points were the most important credit card feature.
57 percent of cardholders surveyed in December 2010 said cash back was the most important type o 13 percent said merchant rewards and another 13 percent said flexible points.
57 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the quality of their card issuer&s service as above average or excellent.
54 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the quality of the card issuer&s website as above average or excellent.
49 percent of rewards cardholders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the variety of rewards that could be earned as above average or excellent.
45 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the dollar value of points earned as above average or excellent.
45 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the speed with which rewards could be earned as above average or excellent.
30 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the ability to access rewards information using a mobile device as above average or excellent.
27 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the ability to redeem points using a mobile device as above average or excellent.
Percentage of consumers using co-branded or affinity cards in
2013: 43 percent, down from 55 percent in 2009.
Between 2011 and 2012, 15 states experienced a decrease in credit risk. Of the five most populous states, three saw year-over-year decreases in credit risk, including Illinois, California and Texas. The other two -- New York and Florida -- saw year-over-year credit risk increases.
Between Q1 and Q2 of 2012, all 50 states saw a dec only the District of Columbia experienced an increase.
States with the lowest credit risk in 2012 were concentrated in the Upper Midwest and New England regions. The states with the lowest credit risk in 2012 were North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota.
Nevada, South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas and Georgia had the highest credit risk in Q2 of 2012.
The national average FICO score was 646 and the national median FICO score was 723 as of July 2013.
The national average Experian VantageScore was 750 in 2012, up from 749 in 2011.
The city with the highest average Experian VantageScore score in 2012 was Minneapolis, Minn., with a 787 average score.
The city with the lowest average credit score in 2012 was Harlingen, Texas, with a 688 average score.
Eight of the 10 cities with the highest average VantageScores in 2012 were in the Midwest.
Eight of the 10 cities with the lowest average VantageScores in 2012 were in the South.
The average Experian VantageScore among people 66 and over in 2012 was 829.
The average Experian VantageScore among Baby Boomers (ages 47-65) in 2012 was 782.
The average Experian VantageScore among Generation X (ages 30-46) in 2012 was 718.
The average Experian VantageScore among Generation Y (ages 19-29) in 2012 was 672.
85 percent of college students in spring 2012 didn't know their credit score.
9 percent of college students in spring 2012 reported that their credit score was between 700 and 850, categorized as &very good.&
Nearly seven in 10 college students in spring 2012 said a good credit score is &very important& while 20 percent said it is &somewhat important.&
18 percent of low- and middle-income households surveyed in 2012 identified late payments toward student loans as contributing to their low credit score.
Proportion of adults surveyed in March 2012 who had ordered or received their credit score in the previous 12 months: 44 percent, up from 37 percent in 2011.
Proportion of adults surveyed in March 2012 who had not reviewed their credit score in the previous 12 months: 55 percent.
Proportion of adults surveyed in March 2012 who had not reviewed their credit report in the previous 12 months: 62 percent.
57 percent of women and 47 percent of men agree with the statement, &If you were about to get seriously involved with someone, you would want to know your partner's credit score.&
&&Debit card circulation
MasterCard debit: 144 million cards in the United States and 336 million cards in the rest of the world as of June 30, 2013.
Visa debit: 428 million cards in the United States and 906 million cards in the rest of the world as of March 31, 2013.
Of the 775 million general purpose payment cards in force (issued,
activated and not expired) in the U.S. in
million were credit
cards, 283 million were debit cards and 159 million were prepaid cards.
The number of consumer debit cards in force in 2012 was 256 million, 15 times the number of business debit cards (17 million). There were 1.1 debit cards per consumer age 18 or over, compared to 0.6 debit card per business.
The percentage of active (used at least once a month) consumer debit cards in 2012 was 66 percent, versus 49 percent for businesses. There were 20 times as many active consumer debit cards as active business debit cards.
The number of consumer general-purpose credit cards with
purchase activity in 2012 was 172.1 million, approximately the same as
the number of consumer debit cards with purchase activity (173.9
The number of business general-purpose credit cards with
purchase activity in 2012 was 15.7 million -- much greater than the number of business debit cards with purchase activity (8.6
&&Debit card fees
When asked in 2011 what they would do if their financial institution added a small fee such as 5 to 10 cents to each debit card transaction, 36 percent of debit card holders said they would s 29 percent said they would use t 20 percent said they would close th and 15 percent said they would use the card as usual.
When asked in 2011 what they would do if their financial institution charged a flat monthly fee to their checking account that allowed unlimited use of their debit card, 27 percent of debit card holders said they would s 26 percent said they would use their 25 percent said they would close th and 22 percent said they would use their debit card less.
When asked in 2011 what payment types consumers might move to if fees for debit use became a factor, 53 percent said they 26 percent said they w 24 percent said they would use credit
21 percent said they would open a PayP and 8 percent said they would use retailer private label more.
3 percent of consumers in 2011 would continue using their current debit card i 62 percent would switch to a bank that didn&t ch 22 percent would be 8 percent would s and 5 percent would begin charging their purchases with a credit card.
&&Debit card purchase and transaction volume
MasterCard debit purchase volume: $448 billion in the United States for the full year of 2012.
Visa debit purchase volume: $1.10 trillion in the United States for the full year of 2012.
MasterCard debit transaction volume: 11.3 billion transactions in the United States for the full year of 2012.
Visa debit transaction volume: 29.5 billion transactions in the United States for the full year of 2012.
Total number of debit card transactions in the U.S.: 47 billion in 2012, vs. 15.6 billion in 2003.
Credit cards contributed 3 percent of the value of all noncash payments in 2012, debit cards contributed 2 percent, checks 33 percent and ACH 61 percent.
card transactions accounted for 21 percent of the total number of
noncash transactions in 2012, debit cards accounted for 38 percent,
prepaid cards 7 percent, checks 15 percent and ACH 18 percent.
Among general-purpose payment cards with purchase activity in
2012, consumers and businesses preferred debit cards, with an average
use of 23 transactions per month, compared with an average of 11
transactions per month for general-purpose credit cards and 10
transactions per month for general-purpose prepaid cards.
average value of general-purpose credit card transactions in 2012 was
larger ($93) than the average value of debit card transactions ($39) or
general-purpose prepaid card payments ($34).
There were 41.4 billion card-present debit card transactions in 2012, compared with 18 billion general-purpose credit card and 2.7 billion general-purpose prepaid card transactions. Credit cards were most commonly used for general-purpose card-not-present transactions, with 5.8 billion transactions compared with 5.5 billion debit card and 0.4 billion general-purpose prepaid card transactions.
Of the 41.4 billion non-chip-based debit card-present transactions in
billion were authenticated with a signature, 16.9 billion were authenticated with a PIN and 2.3 billion payments were authenticated using another method.
&&Debit card rewards
Of the 77 percent of consumers who had a debit card in
percent of them had a debit card that earned rewards.
&&Debit card usage
The average debit card holder spent $8,326 on the debit card in 2011, up from $7,781 in 2010.
Active debit card users performed an average of 18.3 purchases a month with their debit cards in 2011 compared with 16.3 a month in 2010.
The average price on a debit transaction in 2011 was $38. The median price on a debit transaction in 2011 was $19. More than 30 percent of debit transactions in 2011 were less than $10.
63 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay for groceries, compared with 19 percent who said credit cards and 13 percent who said cash.
50 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay for gasoline, compared to 25 percent who said credit cards and 13 percent who said cash.
50 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay at discount stores, compared with 17 percent who said credit cards and 23 percent who said cash.
47 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay at department stores, compared with 25 percent who said credit cards and 8 percent who said cash.
46 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when online shopping, compared with 40 percent who said credit cards and 2 percent who said cash.
46 percent of debit card holders fsurveyed in 2011said they used their debit cards most often when dining in restaurants, compared with 26 percent who said credit cards and 21 percent who said cash.
38 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011said they used their debit cards most often when shopping at convenience stores, compared with 11 percent who said credit cards and 38 percent who said cash.
36 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when dining at fast food restaurants, compared with 11 percent who said credit cards and 46 percent who said cash.
Debit card payments accounted for 43 percent of 110 billion transactions in 2011, up from 19.4 percent in 2003.
Half of all noncash payments for fuel in 2012 were made with debit cards.
Among households with income of less than $50,000, debit cards accounted for twice as many gas station transactions as credit cards in 2012.
&&Credit card debt
Americans who carried credit card debt from month to month as of March 2012: 39 percent.
One-third of student credit cards had a zero balance in the
school year. Another 41 percent of families reported student card balances of less than $500. Only 3 percent carried a balance greater than $4,000.
The average outstanding credit card balance of college students reported in
High-income students had lower credit card balances on average in
-- $521 compared with $755 in the general student population.
Of the 68 percent of families with credit cards in 2010, only 55.1 percent had a balance, down from 2007 when 72.9 percent had cards and 61 percent had an outstanding balance.
26 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of less than $10,000 on their business credit cards.
15 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of $10,000 to $25,000 on their business credit cards.
9 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of more than $25,000 on their business credit cards.
In 2012, the average credit card debt among low- and middle-income households carrying credit card debt totaled $7,145, down from $9,887 in 2008.
Nearly half of low- and middle-income households carried debt from out of pocket medical expenses on their credit cards in 2012. The average amount of medical credit card debt was $1,678.
A survey conducted in February and March 2012 found that approximately 86 percent of low- and middle-income households who incurred expenses resulting from unemployment in the previous year took on credit card debt as a result.
60 percent of low- and middle-income households in debt who had college expenses for a child between February 2009 and February 2012 said that those expenses contributed to the credit card debt.
71 percent of low- and middle-income households in debt who had college expenses for themselves or their spouse between February 2009 and February 2012 reported that those expenses contributed to credit card debt.
20 percent of low- and middle-income Americans with no credit card debt but who had debt in the past cited college expenses as a factor that contributed to that past debt.
When facing financial problems related to debt, 27 percent of U.S. adults say they would first turn to their friends and family for help, and 13 percent say they would reach out to the lender or credit card company.
Nearly two in five Americans (39 percent) carry credit card debt from month to month, as of March 2012.
The states with the highest amount of average credit card debt in 2012 were Alaska ($7,045), Colorado ($5,728), North Carolina ($5,619) and Connecticut ($5,532).
The states with the lowest amount of average credit card debt in 2012 were Iowa ($3,874), North Dakota ($4,006), Wisconsin ($4,252) and South Dakota ($4,257).
Women are more likely than men to carry a credit card balance, make the minimum payment on their credit cards and be charged a late fee.
Males who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 55 percent.
Females who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 60 percent.
&&Total consumer debt
Total U.S. outstanding consumer debt: $3.19 trillion as of May 2014.
Average age Americans at which expect to be debt-free: 53.
The average total debt among Baby Boomers in 2012 was $101,951.
The average total debt among those 66 and over in 2012 was $38,043.
The average total debt among Generation X in 2012 was $111,121.
The average total debt among Generation Y in 2012 was $34,765.
Generation X in 2012 had 42 percent more overall debt than other generations.
Among middle- and low-income Americans surveyed in 2012 who described their credit as being &poor,& 55 percent said unpaid medical bills or medical debts contributed.
percent of families had a ratio of debt payments to family income of greater than 40 percent.
When facing financial problems related to debt, 27 percent of U.S. adults said in 2012 that they would first turn to their friends and family for help, and 13 percent said they would reach out to the lender or credit card company.
Nearly 53 percent of Americans believe &a partner with debt is a turnoff.& 57 percent of women and 48 percent of men agree with the statement. &
&&African-American
While 62 percent of middle- and low-income households in debt in 2012 described their credit as &excellent& or &good& only 44 percent of African-Americans and 55 percent of Latinos described their credit in those positive terms.
The average total debt among those 66 and over is $38,043.
The average Experian VantageScore among people 66 and over is 829.
Among respondents age 50 and over surveyed in February 2012, approximately 27 percent reported that they had four or more credit cards, compared with 16 percent of those age 18 to 49.
Among respondents age 18 to 49 and over surveyed in February 2012, approximately 34 percent said they had no credit cards compared to 16 percent of those age 50 and over.
65 percent of survey respondents age 50 and over surveyed in February 2012 paid their full credit card balances each month compared with 52 percent of those 18 to 49.
Among credit card holders surveyed in February 2012, those age 50 and up were more likely than those age 18 to 49 to use their credit card:
for travel (68 percent versus 55 percent ),
clothing (72 percent versus 62 percent),
home maintenance (39 percent versus 28 percent)
and car maintenance (54 percent versus 40 percent).
Women are more likely than men to carry a credit card balance, make the minimum payment on their credit cards and be charged a late fee.
Males who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 55 percent.
Females who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 60 percent.
Among men and women with low levels of financial literacy, women are likely to engage in significantly more costly behaviors than men.
Among men and women with high levels of financial literacy there are no differences in behavior between the sexes.
Females paid half a percentage point more in credit card interest rates than men in 2012, regardless of financial literacy level.
While 62 percent of middle- and low-income households in debt in 2012 described their credit as &excellent& or &good& only 44 percent of African-Americans and 55 percent of Latinos described their credit in those positive terms.
&&Students
35 percent of students owned a credit card in 2012, down from 42 percent in 2010.
Over three-quarters of students with credit cards had them in their own name in 2012, a similar percentage as 2011.
27 percent of all college students surveyed in spring 2012 had a credit card in their own name.
College students with a credit card in their own name in spring 2012 were more than twice as likely to have a Visa than a MasterCard.
43 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 said they would prefer to have a credit card in their own name requiring proof of income rather than having a secured card or being an authorized user of a parent&s card.
When asked what they would do if they received their first credit card tomorrow, 62 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 said they would shift 1 percent or more of their spending from other payment methods to the credit card.
62 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 applied for their first credit card before starting college.
Percentage of college freshmen with a credit card in 2012: 21 percent.
Percentage of college sophomores with a credit card in 2012: 28 percent.
Percentage of college juniors with a credit card in 2012: 38 percent.
Percentage of college seniors with a credit card in 2012: 60 percent.
Percentage of students from high-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 53.
Percentage of students from low-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 29.
Percentage of students from middle-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 31.
College students did 15 percent of their monthly spending on a credit card in spring 2012.
One-third of student credit cards in 2012 had a zero balance. Another 41 percent of families reported student card balances of less than $500. Only 3 percent carried a balance greater than $4,000.
The average outstanding credit card balance of college students reported in 2012 was $755.
High-income students had lower credit card balances on average -- $521 compared with $755 in the general student population.
The percentage of college students borrowing from credit cards in 2012 to pay for college was 3 percent. The average amount in college costs financed on those credit cards was $2,169.
13 percent of college students from middle- or low-income families in 2012 whose current credit card balance included some college expenses reported leaving school because of credit card debt.
68 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 had concerns about identity theft when it comes to having a credit card.
More than twice as many college students (80 percent) carried debit cards than carry credit cards in 2012.
Approximately 32 percent of students owned both a debit and credit card in 2012.
85 percent of college students didn't know what their credit score was in spring 2012.
9 percent of college students reported in spring 2012 that their credit score was between 700 and 850, categorized as &very good.&
60 percent of college students said in spring 2012 that the most important reason to have a credit card was to start building a credit history.
54 percent of college students said in spring 2012 that the most important reason to have a credit card was to have additional purchasing power for the unexpected.
17 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 reported an interest rate increase on their credit cards within the previous year.
Proportion of parents who use credit cards to pay for their kids& college bills as of 2012: Approximately 4 percent, borrowing on average $4,911.
18 percent of middle- or low-income households surveyed in 2012 identified late payments toward student loans as contributing to their low credit score.
60 percent of middle- or low-income households in debt who had college expenses for a child between February 2009 and February 2012 said that those expenses contributed to the credit card debt.
71 percent of middle- or low-income households in debt who had college expenses for themselves or their spouse between February 2009 and February 2012 reported that those expenses contributed to credit card debt.
20 percent of middle- or low-income Americans with no credit card debt but who had debt in the past cited college expenses as a factor that contributed to that past debt.
A May 2012 study found that 32 of the 50 largest public four-year universities, 26 of the largest 50 community colleges, and six of the 20 largest private not-for-profit schools had debit or prepaid card contracts with a bank or a financial firm.
&&Teens and young adults
The average total debt among Generation Y in 2012 was $34,765.
The average Experian VantageScore among Generation Y in 2012 was 672.
The first national general-use credit card that allowed balances to be paid over time was the BankAmericard, issued in 1958, (which in 1977 changed its name to Visa).
MasterCard began in 1966, when a number of banks formed the Interbank Card Association. In 1969, the Interbank Card Association bought the rights to use &Master Charge& from the California Bank Association. It was renamed MasterCard in 1979.
Unauthorized general-purpose credit card transactions made up 0.037 percent of all card-present credit card transactions in 2012 (accounting for 0.092 percent of the value of those transactions), and 0.118 percent of all card-not-present transactions (representing 0.114 percent of the value of those transactions).
Unauthorized general-purpose signature debit card transactions made up
0.028 percent of all card-present general-purpose signature debit card transactions in 2012
(accounting for 0.113 percent of the value of those transactions), and
0.095 percent of all card-not-present general-purpose signature debit card transactions (representing 0.114
percent of the value of those transactions).
Unauthorized general-purpose PIN debit and ATM card transactions made up
0.008 percent of all such transactions in 2012
(accounting for 0.028 percent of the value of those transactions).
Global fraud rates across the Visa payment system: less than 6 cents for every $100 in transactions&
68 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 had concerns about identity theft when it comes to having a credit card.
The Consumer Sentinel Network (CSN), a database of consumer complaints received by law enforcement, received more than 1.8 million complaints in 2011: 55 percent w 15 percent were ident and 30 percent other types of complaints.
Identity theft was the number one complaint category in the CSN for 2011, comprising 15 percent of the overall complaints.
A total of 990,242 CSN 2011 complaints were related to fraud.
Consumers reported paying more than $1.5 billion as a result of fraud in 2011; the median amount consumers paid fraudulently was $537.
Of the fraud-related complaints in 2011 where the method of initial contact was reported, 43 percent said email, 13 percent said an Internet site and 7 percent said mail as the initial point of contact.
In 2011Colorado had the highest per capita rate of reported fraud and other complaints followed by Delaware and Maryland.
14 percent of identity theft in 2011 involved credit card fraud. 27 percent involved government documents/ 13 percent involved phone or utilities fraud and 9 percent involved bank fraud.
In 2011 Florida had the highest per capita rate of reported identity theft complaints, followed by Georgia and California.
The top three threats most worrisome in the United States in 2012 were identity theft, bankcard fraud and national security as it relates to terrorism.
56 percent of Americans in 2012 were seriously concerned about someone obtaining and using their credit or debit card information.
39 percent of Americans in 2012 were seriously concerned about the security of shopping or banking online.
In 2012, there were more than 250 million mobile payments made using a mobile wallet, and at least 205 million person-to-person or money transfer payments.
In 2012, the total value of card-not-present payments reported by the payment networks was $1.4 trillion. The Commerce Department estimated e-commerce sales at $227 billion in 2012. Therefore, a substantial part of the value of card-not-present payments clearly included other transaction types, such as bill payments or purchases made over the phone.
In 2010, 74 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone went online to their financial institution&s site to complete transactions.
In 2010, 59 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone used the Internet as their primary way to complete transactions.
In 2010 13 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone used a mobile application to complete transactions.
Nearly two-thirds of online financial customers used bill pay across bank, credit card and third-party Web sites in 2011.
54 percent of rewards cardholders in 2012 rated the quality of the card issuer&s website as above average or excellent.
American Express interview
Student Monitor Financial Services spring 2012
TransUnion analysis of May 2013 credit files. See
Experian analysis of March 2013 credit files. See
contributed to this report.
Updated: August 8, 2014
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Average credit card debt per U.S. adult, excluding zero-balance cards and store cards: $4,878.
Average debt per credit card that usually carries a balance: $8,220.
Average debt per credit card that doesn't usually carry a balance: $1,037.
Average number of cards held by cardholders: 3.7 as of the end of 2009.
Average APR on credit card with a balance on it: 12.73 in May 2014.
Total number of credit card transactions in the U.S. in
Total number of credit card accounts in the U.S. as of Q3
million, vs. 457.64 million in Q3 2003.
Average value of a credit card transaction in the U.S. in 2012: $94.
Total U.S. outstanding revolving debt: $872.1 billion as of May 2014.
Total U.S. outstanding consumer debt: $3.19 trillion as of May 2014.
Charge-off rate on credit card loans from top 100 banks: 3.28 percent as of Q1 2014.
Total nonbusiness bankruptcy filings in
million, down from 1.36 million in 2011.
Total business bankruptcy filings in , down from 47,806 in 2011.
Business credit cards
37 percent of small-businesses say their businesses have relied on credit cards to meet capital needs in the 12 months prior to May 2012.
44 percent of small-business owners say the terms of their business credit cards got worse in the 12 months prior to May 2012.
50 percent of small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 said they pay off their business credit cards every month.
26 percent of small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 said they carry a balance of less than $10,000 on their business credit cards.
15 percent of small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 said they carry a balance of $10,000 to $25,000 on their business credit cards.
9 percent of small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 said they carry a balance of more than $25,000 on their business credit cards.
5 percent of small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 said that in the past four years they had closed their credit cards and switched to debit cards exclusively.
Small-business owners surveyed in May 2012 reported an average interest rate of 15.6 percent on their business credit cards.
80 percent of business cards reviewed between 2006 and 2011 included an &any time& change-in-terms clause with no right to opt out, which gives the bank issuers the right to change account terms at any time with little or no notice.
84 percent of business cards reviewed between 2006 and 2011 gave issuers the sole power to apply payments to low-rate balances first.
67 percent of business cards reviewed between 2006 and 2011 included penalty rates for late payments or overlimit transactions.
73 percent of business cards reviewed between 2006 and 2011 included a late fee, with a median amount of $39, while 67 percent included an overlimit fee, with a median amount of $39.
In 2011, approximately 58.8 percent of small businesses used a business credit card while 43.5 percent used a personal credit card for business purposes.
percent of small businesses that used business credit cards carried a balance.
percent of small businesses that used personal credit cards for business carried a balance.
In 2011, business use of personal credit cards decreased as firm size increased, whereas the use of business credit cards increased with firm size.
&&Card ownership
Average number of credit cards consumers had in .
Average number of credit cards held by cardholders at the end of .
For every consumer 18 years or older in 2012, there were 1.3 general-purpose credit cards in force and 0.7 card that was active (used at least once a month). For each business, there was 1 general-purpose credit card in force and 0.6 card that was active.
The percentage of consumers who had at least one credit card was 72.2 percent at the end of 2009, compared with 77 percent who had at least one debit card and 32.3 percent with at least one prepaid card.
In 2009, the average credit card adopter had 2.1 general purpose cards, 0.4 charge cards, and 1.2 branded credit cards.
Of the 3.7 credit cards held by the average adopter, two cards earned rewards and 1.8 cards did not. (These numbers do not sum exactly to 3.7, due to rounding error.)
Percentage of consumers who had a contactless payment card or similar device in 2009: 24 percent. Of those, approximately 9.6 percent were attached to credit cards, 11.3 percent were attached to debit cards and 2.6 percent were attached to prepaid cards.
Percentage of students who owned a credit card in 2012: 35 percent, down from 42 percent in 2010. Of the students with credit cards, more than 75 percent had them in their own name in 2012, a similar percentage as in 2011.
Percentage of college freshmen with a credit card in 2012: 21 percent.
Percentage of college sophomores with a credit card in 2012: 28 percent.
Percentage of college juniors with a credit card in 2012: 38 percent.
Percentage of college seniors with a credit card in 2012: 60 percent.
Percentage of students from high-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 53.
Percentage of students from middle-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 31.
Percentage of students from low-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 29.
Families with four or more credit cards: 32.7 percent in 2010, down from 35 percent in 2007.
Americans who were rejected for a new credit card in 2012: 7 percent, up from 4 percent in 2011.
Americans over 18 years old with no credit card in 2012: 26 percent. Approximately 34 percent of survey respondents age 18 to 49 said they had no credit cards compared to 16 percent of those age 50 and over.
Americans over 18 years old with one credit card in 2012: 20percent.
Americans over 18 years old with two or three credit cards in 2012: 33 percent.
Americans over 18 years old with four or more credit cards in 2012: 20 percent.
Approximately 27 percent of survey respondents age 50 and over reported in 2012 that they had four or more credit cards, compared with 16 percent of those age 18 to 49.
&&Credit and charge card circulation
American Express: 52.5 million cards in the United States and 51.8 million in the rest of the world as of June 30, 2013.
MasterCard credit and charge: 180 million cards in the United States and 551 million cards in the rest of the world as of June 30, 2013.
Visa credit: 278 million cards in the United States and 522 million cards in the rest of the world as of March 31, 2013.
Of the 775 million general purpose payment cards in force (issued, activated and not expired) in the U.S. in
million were credit cards, 283 million were debit cards and 159 million were prepaid cards.
The percentage of active general-purpose credit cards (used at least once a month) was about the same for businesses and consumers in 2012, at 56 percent.
Consumers held the majority of general purpose credit cards in 2012 -- 10 times the number held by businesses (305 million and 28 million, respectively).
The number of consumer general-purpose credit cards with
purchase activity in 2012 was 172.1 million, approximately the same as
the number of consumer debit cards with purchase activity (173.9
The number of business general-purpose credit cards with
purchase activity in 2012 was 15.7 million -- much greater than the number of business debit cards with purchase activity (8.6
&&Credit availability
Average number of open credit cards consumers had in .
Average percentage of credit Americans had available in
39 percent of low- and middle-income households faced tighter credit, such as having cards canceled, credit limits reduced or credit card applications denied, between March 2009 and March 2012.
Demand for consumer credit grew 21.4 percent in Q2 2012 from the same period a year earlier.
&&Credit card debt
Average credit card debt per U.S. adult, excluding zero-balance cards and store cards: $4,878.
Average debt per credit card that usually carries a balance: $8,220.
Average debt per credit card that doesn't usually carry a balance: $1,037.
Americans who carried credit card debt from month to month as of March 2012: 39 percent.
One-third of student credit cards had a zero balance in the
school year. Another 41 percent of families reported student card balances of less than $500. Only 3 percent carried a balance greater than $4,000.
The average outstanding credit card balance of college students reported in
High-income students had lower credit card balances on average in
-- $521 compared with $755 in the general student population.
Of the 68 percent of families with credit cards in 2010, only 55.1 percent had a balance, down from 2007 when 72.9 percent had cards and 61 percent had an outstanding balance.
26 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of less than $10,000 on their business credit cards.
15 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of $10,000 to $25,000 on their business credit cards.
9 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of more than $25,000 on their business credit cards.
In 2012, the average credit card debt among low- and middle-income households carrying credit card debt totaled $7,145, down from $9,887 in 2008.
Nearly half of low- and middle-income households carried debt from out of pocket medical expenses on their credit cards in 2012. The average amount of medical credit card debt was $1,678.
A survey conducted in February and March 2012 found that approximately 86 percent of low- and middle-income households who incurred expenses resulting from unemployment in the previous year took on credit card debt as a result.
60 percent of low- and middle-income households in debt who had college expenses for a child between February 2009 and February 2012 said that those expenses contributed to the credit card debt.
71 percent of low- and middle-income households in debt who had college expenses for themselves or their spouse between February 2009 and February 2012 reported that those expenses contributed to credit card debt.
20 percent of low- and middle-income Americans with no credit card debt but who had debt in the past cited college expenses as a factor that contributed to that past debt.
When facing financial problems related to debt, 27 percent of U.S. adults say they would first turn to their friends and family for help, and 13 percent say they would reach out to the lender or credit card company.
Nearly two in five Americans (39 percent) carry credit card debt from month to month, as of March 2012.
The states with the highest amount of average credit card debt in 2012 were Alaska ($7,045), Colorado ($5,728), North Carolina ($5,619) and Connecticut ($5,532).
The states with the lowest amount of average credit card debt in 2012 were Iowa ($3,874), North Dakota ($4,006), Wisconsin ($4,252) and South Dakota ($4,257).
Women are more likely than men to carry a credit card balance, make the minimum payment on their credit cards and be charged a late fee.
Males who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 55 percent.
Females who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 60 percent.
85 percent of respondents in a March 2013 poll said they were unlikely or somewhat unlikely to talk with a stranger about credit card debt -- a subject more taboo than religion, politics, salary and love life details.&
&&Credit card purchase and transaction volume
American Express U.S. credit purchase volume: $424.3 billion for 2011.
Discover credit purchase volume: $106 billion for 2012.
MasterCard U.S. credit purchase volume: $534 billion for 2012.
Visa U.S. credit purchase volume: $981 billion for 2012.
Percentage of credit card volume generated by co-branded Visa,
MasterCard, Discover and American Express credit cards in 2012: 35 percent.
Total number of credit card transactions in the United States: 26.2 billion in 2012, vs. 19 billion in 2003.
Total number of general purpose credit card transactions in the U.S.: 23.8 billion in 2012, vs. 15.2 billion in 2003.
Total number of private label credit card transactions in the U.S.: 2.4 billion in 2012 vs. 3.8 billion in 2003.
The number of general purpose credit card transactions, which were relatively flat from 2006 to 2009, increased a total of 4.2 billion, or 6.8 percent annually from 2009 to 2012.
The number of private label credit card transactions increased at a 17.1 percent annual rate from 2009 to 2012.
Total value of credit card transactions in the U.S. in 2012: $2.48 trillion ($2.21 trillion for general purpose cards and $270 billion for private label cards).
Credit cards contributed 3 percent of the value of all noncash payments in 2012, debit cards contributed 2 percent, checks 33 percent and ACH 61 percent.
Credit card transactions accounted for 21 percent of the total number of noncash transactions in 2012, debit cards accounted for 38 percent, prepaid cards 7 percent, checks 15 percent and ACH 18 percent.
Average value of a credit card transaction in 2012: $94. Average value of a debit card transaction: $39. Average value of a check paid: $1,420.
Average value of a credit card transaction by a business in 2012: $196.
Average value of a credit card transaction by a consumer in 2012: $76.
By 2012, about two-thirds of consumer and business payments were made with payment cards, and the share of card payments by number has been growing. Cards increased their share from 43 percent of all noncash payments in 2003 to 67 percent in 2012.
Among general-purpose payment cards with purchase activity in 2012, consumers and businesses preferred debit cards, with an average use of 23 transactions per month, compared with an average of 11 transactions per month for general-purpose credit cards and 10 transactions per month for general-purpose prepaid cards.
The average value of general-purpose credit card transactions in 2012 was larger ($93) than the average value of debit card transactions ($39) or general-purpose prepaid card payments ($34).
There were 41.4 billion card-present debit card transactions
in 2012, compared with 18 billion general-purpose credit card and 2.7
billion general-purpose prepaid card transactions. Credit cards were
most commonly used for general-purpose card-not-present transactions,
with 5.8 billion transactions compared with 5.5 billion debit card and
0.4 billion general-purpose prepaid card transactions.
&&Credit card usage
Nearly half of low- and middle-income households carried debt from out of pocket medical expenses on their credit cards in 2012. The average amount of medical credit card debt was $1,678.
Proportion of parents who used credit cards to pay for their kids& college bills as of 2012: Approximately 4 percent, borrowing on average $4,911.
Proportion of college students borrowing from credit cards to pay for college as of 2012: 3 percent. Average amount in college costs financed on those credit cards as of 2012: $2,169.
Low- and middle-income households that used credit cards to pay for basic living expenses such as rent or mortgage, groceries or utilities, in the 12 months prior to March 2012 because they did not have enough money in their checking or savings accounts: 40 percent.
Credit card holders with two to three credit cards who actually use two to three each month, as of 2012: 49 percent. Credit card holders with four or more credit cards who only use two to three each month, as of 2012: 68 percent.
Credit card users surveyed in 2012 who used their cards to buy:
Clothing: 67 percent
Gas: 64 percent
Food: 64 percent
Travel: 62 percent.
Among credit card holders surveyed in 2012, those age 50 and up were more likely than those age 18 to 49 to use their credit card for travel (68 percent versus 55 percent ), clothing (72 percent versus 62 percent), home maintenance (39 percent versus 28 percent) and car maintenance (54 percent versus 40 percent).
63 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay for groceries, compared with 19 percent who said credit cards and 13 percent who said cash.
50 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay for gasoline, compared to 25 percent who said credit cards and 13 percent who said cash.
50 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay at discount stores, compared with 17 percent who said credit cards and 23 percent who said cash.
47 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay at department stores, compared with 25 percent who said credit cards and 8 percent who said cash.
46 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when online shopping, compared with 40 percent who said credit cards and 2 percent who said cash.
46 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when dining in restaurants, compared with 26 percent who said credit cards and 21 percent who said cash.
38 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when shopping at convenience stores, compared with 11 percent who said credit cards and 38 percent who said cash.
36 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when dining at fast food restaurants, compared with 11 percent who said credit cards and 46 percent who said cash.
&&Customer satisfaction
J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Credit Card Satisfaction Study Rankings
American Express
Discover Card
Barclaycard
Citi Cards
Wells Fargo
Capital One
Bank of America
GE Capital Retail Bank
&&Delinquency
Charge-off rate on credit card loans from top 100 banks: 3.87 percent as of Q1 2013.
U.S. credit card 60-day delinquency rate in August
Bank card delinquencies: 2.93 percent during Q2, 2012, well below the 15-year average of 3.91 percent.
Proportion of adults who do not pay all of their bills on time: 33 percent in 2012, up from 28 percent in 2011.
National credit card delinquency rate (the ratio of borrowers 90 or more days past due): 0.63 percent in Q2 2012, down from 0.73 percent the previous quarter.
States with the highest credit card delinquency rates in 2012: Mississippi, Nevada, Alabama, Georgia and West Virginia.
States with the lowest credit card delinquency rates in 2012: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska.
28 percent of credit card holders surveyed in December 2010 said no annual fee was the most important credit card feature.
28 percent&of low- and middle-income households reported paying late fees on their credit cards in 2012 down from half of households reporting that they paid late fees in 2008.
11 percent of bank credit cards carried overlimit penalty fees in 2011, down from 23 percent in 2010 and more than 80 percent in 2009.
In 2011, the percentage of credit cards with annual fees was 21 percent for bank credit cards and 14 percent for credit union credit cards.
Women are more likely than men to carry a credit card balance, make the minimum payment on their credit cards and be charged a late fee.
&&Interest rates/APRs
Average APR on credit card with a balance on it: 12.73 in May 2014.
40 percent of credit card holders surveyed in December 2010 said that low APR/Interest rate was the most important credit card feature.
17 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 reported an interest rate increase on their credit cards within the previous year.
Small-business owners reported an average interest rate of 15.6 percent on their business credit cards in May 2012.
24 percent fewer low- and middle-income households reported that their interest rates increased as a result of a late payment in 2012 than in 2008.
Median advertised interest rates for purchases on bank credit cards in 2011 were 12.99 to 20.99 percent depending on a consumer&s credit history. Median credit union rates for purchases in 2011 were between 9.99 percent and 17 percent.
Females paid half a percentage point more in credit card interest rates than men in 2012.
Women are more likely than men to carry a credit card balance, make the minimum payment on their credit cards and be charged a late fee.
Males who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 55 percent.
Females who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 60 percent.
Among men and women with low levels of financial literacy, women are likely to engage in significantly more costly behaviors than men.
Among men and women with high levels of financial literacy there are no differences in behavior between the sexes.
In December 2010, 74 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone reported going online to the financial institution&s website to make transactions. 59 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone said they used the Internet as their primary way to make transactions.
In December 2010, 13 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone used a mobile application to make transactions.
One-third of student credit cards had a zero balance in the
school year. Another 41 percent of families reported student card balances of less than $500. Only 3 percent carried a balance greater than $4,000.
Cardholders 18 and older surveyed in February 2012 who said they paid the full balance on their credit cards each month: 58 percent.
Cardholders 18 and older surveyed in February 2012 who said they paid less than the full amount but more than the required minimum balance: 32 percent.
Cardholders 18 and older surveyed in February 2012 who said they paid only the minimum amount: 8 percent.
Cardholders 18 and older surveyed in February 2012 who paid the minimum balance each month and believed they would be able to pay off their current balance by making minimum payments: 60 percent.
Among respondents surveyed in 2012, 65 percent age 50 and over paid their full credit card balances each month compared with 52 percent of those 18 to 49.
Americans surveyed in the first half of 2012 who were seriously concerned about being able to meet essential financial obligations such as their mortgage, loans, credit card or bill payments: 36 percent, down significantly from 49 percent a year earlier.
Consumers paid an estimated $72 billion more than they spent on their credit cards between Q1 2009 and Q1 2010.
Of the 3.7 credit cards held by the average credit card holder in 2009, two cards earned rewards and 1.8 cards did not. (These numbers do not sum exactly to 3.7, due to rounding error.)
13 percent of credit card holders surveyed in December 2010 said rewards or points were the most important credit card feature.
57 percent of cardholders surveyed in December 2010 said cash back was the most important type o 13 percent said merchant rewards and another 13 percent said flexible points.
57 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the quality of their card issuer&s service as above average or excellent.
54 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the quality of the card issuer&s website as above average or excellent.
49 percent of rewards cardholders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the variety of rewards that could be earned as above average or excellent.
45 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the dollar value of points earned as above average or excellent.
45 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the speed with which rewards could be earned as above average or excellent.
30 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the ability to access rewards information using a mobile device as above average or excellent.
27 percent of rewards card holders surveyed in Q2 2012 rated the ability to redeem points using a mobile device as above average or excellent.
Percentage of consumers using co-branded or affinity cards in
2013: 43 percent, down from 55 percent in 2009.
Between 2011 and 2012, 15 states experienced a decrease in credit risk. Of the five most populous states, three saw year-over-year decreases in credit risk, including Illinois, California and Texas. The other two -- New York and Florida -- saw year-over-year credit risk increases.
Between Q1 and Q2 of 2012, all 50 states saw a dec only the District of Columbia experienced an increase.
States with the lowest credit risk in 2012 were concentrated in the Upper Midwest and New England regions. The states with the lowest credit risk in 2012 were North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota.
Nevada, South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas and Georgia had the highest credit risk in Q2 of 2012.
The national average FICO score was 646 and the national median FICO score was 723 as of July 2013.
The national average Experian VantageScore was 750 in 2012, up from 749 in 2011.
The city with the highest average Experian VantageScore score in 2012 was Minneapolis, Minn., with a 787 average score.
The city with the lowest average credit score in 2012 was Harlingen, Texas, with a 688 average score.
Eight of the 10 cities with the highest average VantageScores in 2012 were in the Midwest.
Eight of the 10 cities with the lowest average VantageScores in 2012 were in the South.
The average Experian VantageScore among people 66 and over in 2012 was 829.
The average Experian VantageScore among Baby Boomers (ages 47-65) in 2012 was 782.
The average Experian VantageScore among Generation X (ages 30-46) in 2012 was 718.
The average Experian VantageScore among Generation Y (ages 19-29) in 2012 was 672.
85 percent of college students in spring 2012 didn't know their credit score.
9 percent of college students in spring 2012 reported that their credit score was between 700 and 850, categorized as &very good.&
Nearly seven in 10 college students in spring 2012 said a good credit score is &very important& while 20 percent said it is &somewhat important.&
18 percent of low- and middle-income households surveyed in 2012 identified late payments toward student loans as contributing to their low credit score.
Proportion of adults surveyed in March 2012 who had ordered or received their credit score in the previous 12 months: 44 percent, up from 37 percent in 2011.
Proportion of adults surveyed in March 2012 who had not reviewed their credit score in the previous 12 months: 55 percent.
Proportion of adults surveyed in March 2012 who had not reviewed their credit report in the previous 12 months: 62 percent.
57 percent of women and 47 percent of men agree with the statement, &If you were about to get seriously involved with someone, you would want to know your partner's credit score.&
&&Debit card circulation
MasterCard debit: 144 million cards in the United States and 336 million cards in the rest of the world as of June 30, 2013.
Visa debit: 428 million cards in the United States and 906 million cards in the rest of the world as of March 31, 2013.
Of the 775 million general purpose payment cards in force (issued,
activated and not expired) in the U.S. in
million were credit
cards, 283 million were debit cards and 159 million were prepaid cards.
The number of consumer debit cards in force in 2012 was 256 million, 15 times the number of business debit cards (17 million). There were 1.1 debit cards per consumer age 18 or over, compared to 0.6 debit card per business.
The percentage of active (used at least once a month) consumer debit cards in 2012 was 66 percent, versus 49 percent for businesses. There were 20 times as many active consumer debit cards as active business debit cards.
The number of consumer general-purpose credit cards with
purchase activity in 2012 was 172.1 million, approximately the same as
the number of consumer debit cards with purchase activity (173.9
The number of business general-purpose credit cards with
purchase activity in 2012 was 15.7 million -- much greater than the number of business debit cards with purchase activity (8.6
&&Debit card fees
When asked in 2011 what they would do if their financial institution added a small fee such as 5 to 10 cents to each debit card transaction, 36 percent of debit card holders said they would s 29 percent said they would use t 20 percent said they would close th and 15 percent said they would use the card as usual.
When asked in 2011 what they would do if their financial institution charged a flat monthly fee to their checking account that allowed unlimited use of their debit card, 27 percent of debit card holders said they would s 26 percent said they would use their 25 percent said they would close th and 22 percent said they would use their debit card less.
When asked in 2011 what payment types consumers might move to if fees for debit use became a factor, 53 percent said they 26 percent said they w 24 percent said they would use credit
21 percent said they would open a PayP and 8 percent said they would use retailer private label more.
3 percent of consumers in 2011 would continue using their current debit card i 62 percent would switch to a bank that didn&t ch 22 percent would be 8 percent would s and 5 percent would begin charging their purchases with a credit card.
&&Debit card purchase and transaction volume
MasterCard debit purchase volume: $448 billion in the United States for the full year of 2012.
Visa debit purchase volume: $1.10 trillion in the United States for the full year of 2012.
MasterCard debit transaction volume: 11.3 billion transactions in the United States for the full year of 2012.
Visa debit transaction volume: 29.5 billion transactions in the United States for the full year of 2012.
Total number of debit card transactions in the U.S.: 47 billion in 2012, vs. 15.6 billion in 2003.
Credit cards contributed 3 percent of the value of all noncash payments in 2012, debit cards contributed 2 percent, checks 33 percent and ACH 61 percent.
card transactions accounted for 21 percent of the total number of
noncash transactions in 2012, debit cards accounted for 38 percent,
prepaid cards 7 percent, checks 15 percent and ACH 18 percent.
Among general-purpose payment cards with purchase activity in
2012, consumers and businesses preferred debit cards, with an average
use of 23 transactions per month, compared with an average of 11
transactions per month for general-purpose credit cards and 10
transactions per month for general-purpose prepaid cards.
average value of general-purpose credit card transactions in 2012 was
larger ($93) than the average value of debit card transactions ($39) or
general-purpose prepaid card payments ($34).
There were 41.4 billion card-present debit card transactions in 2012, compared with 18 billion general-purpose credit card and 2.7 billion general-purpose prepaid card transactions. Credit cards were most commonly used for general-purpose card-not-present transactions, with 5.8 billion transactions compared with 5.5 billion debit card and 0.4 billion general-purpose prepaid card transactions.
Of the 41.4 billion non-chip-based debit card-present transactions in
billion were authenticated with a signature, 16.9 billion were authenticated with a PIN and 2.3 billion payments were authenticated using another method.
&&Debit card rewards
Of the 77 percent of consumers who had a debit card in
percent of them had a debit card that earned rewards.
&&Debit card usage
The average debit card holder spent $8,326 on the debit card in 2011, up from $7,781 in 2010.
Active debit card users performed an average of 18.3 purchases a month with their debit cards in 2011 compared with 16.3 a month in 2010.
The average price on a debit transaction in 2011 was $38. The median price on a debit transaction in 2011 was $19. More than 30 percent of debit transactions in 2011 were less than $10.
63 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay for groceries, compared with 19 percent who said credit cards and 13 percent who said cash.
50 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay for gasoline, compared to 25 percent who said credit cards and 13 percent who said cash.
50 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay at discount stores, compared with 17 percent who said credit cards and 23 percent who said cash.
47 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often to pay at department stores, compared with 25 percent who said credit cards and 8 percent who said cash.
46 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when online shopping, compared with 40 percent who said credit cards and 2 percent who said cash.
46 percent of debit card holders fsurveyed in 2011said they used their debit cards most often when dining in restaurants, compared with 26 percent who said credit cards and 21 percent who said cash.
38 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011said they used their debit cards most often when shopping at convenience stores, compared with 11 percent who said credit cards and 38 percent who said cash.
36 percent of debit card holders surveyed in 2011 said they used their debit cards most often when dining at fast food restaurants, compared with 11 percent who said credit cards and 46 percent who said cash.
Debit card payments accounted for 43 percent of 110 billion transactions in 2011, up from 19.4 percent in 2003.
Half of all noncash payments for fuel in 2012 were made with debit cards.
Among households with income of less than $50,000, debit cards accounted for twice as many gas station transactions as credit cards in 2012.
&&Credit card debt
Americans who carried credit card debt from month to month as of March 2012: 39 percent.
One-third of student credit cards had a zero balance in the
school year. Another 41 percent of families reported student card balances of less than $500. Only 3 percent carried a balance greater than $4,000.
The average outstanding credit card balance of college students reported in
High-income students had lower credit card balances on average in
-- $521 compared with $755 in the general student population.
Of the 68 percent of families with credit cards in 2010, only 55.1 percent had a balance, down from 2007 when 72.9 percent had cards and 61 percent had an outstanding balance.
26 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of less than $10,000 on their business credit cards.
15 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of $10,000 to $25,000 on their business credit cards.
9 percent of small-business owners carry a balance of more than $25,000 on their business credit cards.
In 2012, the average credit card debt among low- and middle-income households carrying credit card debt totaled $7,145, down from $9,887 in 2008.
Nearly half of low- and middle-income households carried debt from out of pocket medical expenses on their credit cards in 2012. The average amount of medical credit card debt was $1,678.
A survey conducted in February and March 2012 found that approximately 86 percent of low- and middle-income households who incurred expenses resulting from unemployment in the previous year took on credit card debt as a result.
60 percent of low- and middle-income households in debt who had college expenses for a child between February 2009 and February 2012 said that those expenses contributed to the credit card debt.
71 percent of low- and middle-income households in debt who had college expenses for themselves or their spouse between February 2009 and February 2012 reported that those expenses contributed to credit card debt.
20 percent of low- and middle-income Americans with no credit card debt but who had debt in the past cited college expenses as a factor that contributed to that past debt.
When facing financial problems related to debt, 27 percent of U.S. adults say they would first turn to their friends and family for help, and 13 percent say they would reach out to the lender or credit card company.
Nearly two in five Americans (39 percent) carry credit card debt from month to month, as of March 2012.
The states with the highest amount of average credit card debt in 2012 were Alaska ($7,045), Colorado ($5,728), North Carolina ($5,619) and Connecticut ($5,532).
The states with the lowest amount of average credit card debt in 2012 were Iowa ($3,874), North Dakota ($4,006), Wisconsin ($4,252) and South Dakota ($4,257).
Women are more likely than men to carry a credit card balance, make the minimum payment on their credit cards and be charged a late fee.
Males who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 55 percent.
Females who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 60 percent.
&&Total consumer debt
Total U.S. outstanding consumer debt: $3.19 trillion as of May 2014.
Average age Americans at which expect to be debt-free: 53.
The average total debt among Baby Boomers in 2012 was $101,951.
The average total debt among those 66 and over in 2012 was $38,043.
The average total debt among Generation X in 2012 was $111,121.
The average total debt among Generation Y in 2012 was $34,765.
Generation X in 2012 had 42 percent more overall debt than other generations.
Among middle- and low-income Americans surveyed in 2012 who described their credit as being &poor,& 55 percent said unpaid medical bills or medical debts contributed.
percent of families had a ratio of debt payments to family income of greater than 40 percent.
When facing financial problems related to debt, 27 percent of U.S. adults said in 2012 that they would first turn to their friends and family for help, and 13 percent said they would reach out to the lender or credit card company.
Nearly 53 percent of Americans believe &a partner with debt is a turnoff.& 57 percent of women and 48 percent of men agree with the statement. &
&&African-American
While 62 percent of middle- and low-income households in debt in 2012 described their credit as &excellent& or &good& only 44 percent of African-Americans and 55 percent of Latinos described their credit in those positive terms.
The average total debt among those 66 and over is $38,043.
The average Experian VantageScore among people 66 and over is 829.
Among respondents age 50 and over surveyed in February 2012, approximately 27 percent reported that they had four or more credit cards, compared with 16 percent of those age 18 to 49.
Among respondents age 18 to 49 and over surveyed in February 2012, approximately 34 percent said they had no credit cards compared to 16 percent of those age 50 and over.
65 percent of survey respondents age 50 and over surveyed in February 2012 paid their full credit card balances each month compared with 52 percent of those 18 to 49.
Among credit card holders surveyed in February 2012, those age 50 and up were more likely than those age 18 to 49 to use their credit card:
for travel (68 percent versus 55 percent ),
clothing (72 percent versus 62 percent),
home maintenance (39 percent versus 28 percent)
and car maintenance (54 percent versus 40 percent).
Women are more likely than men to carry a credit card balance, make the minimum payment on their credit cards and be charged a late fee.
Males who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 55 percent.
Females who carried a credit card balance as of April 2012: 60 percent.
Among men and women with low levels of financial literacy, women are likely to engage in significantly more costly behaviors than men.
Among men and women with high levels of financial literacy there are no differences in behavior between the sexes.
Females paid half a percentage point more in credit card interest rates than men in 2012, regardless of financial literacy level.
While 62 percent of middle- and low-income households in debt in 2012 described their credit as &excellent& or &good& only 44 percent of African-Americans and 55 percent of Latinos described their credit in those positive terms.
&&Students
35 percent of students owned a credit card in 2012, down from 42 percent in 2010.
Over three-quarters of students with credit cards had them in their own name in 2012, a similar percentage as 2011.
27 percent of all college students surveyed in spring 2012 had a credit card in their own name.
College students with a credit card in their own name in spring 2012 were more than twice as likely to have a Visa than a MasterCard.
43 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 said they would prefer to have a credit card in their own name requiring proof of income rather than having a secured card or being an authorized user of a parent&s card.
When asked what they would do if they received their first credit card tomorrow, 62 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 said they would shift 1 percent or more of their spending from other payment methods to the credit card.
62 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 applied for their first credit card before starting college.
Percentage of college freshmen with a credit card in 2012: 21 percent.
Percentage of college sophomores with a credit card in 2012: 28 percent.
Percentage of college juniors with a credit card in 2012: 38 percent.
Percentage of college seniors with a credit card in 2012: 60 percent.
Percentage of students from high-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 53.
Percentage of students from low-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 29.
Percentage of students from middle-income families that owned a credit card in 2012: 31.
College students did 15 percent of their monthly spending on a credit card in spring 2012.
One-third of student credit cards in 2012 had a zero balance. Another 41 percent of families reported student card balances of less than $500. Only 3 percent carried a balance greater than $4,000.
The average outstanding credit card balance of college students reported in 2012 was $755.
High-income students had lower credit card balances on average -- $521 compared with $755 in the general student population.
The percentage of college students borrowing from credit cards in 2012 to pay for college was 3 percent. The average amount in college costs financed on those credit cards was $2,169.
13 percent of college students from middle- or low-income families in 2012 whose current credit card balance included some college expenses reported leaving school because of credit card debt.
68 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 had concerns about identity theft when it comes to having a credit card.
More than twice as many college students (80 percent) carried debit cards than carry credit cards in 2012.
Approximately 32 percent of students owned both a debit and credit card in 2012.
85 percent of college students didn't know what their credit score was in spring 2012.
9 percent of college students reported in spring 2012 that their credit score was between 700 and 850, categorized as &very good.&
60 percent of college students said in spring 2012 that the most important reason to have a credit card was to start building a credit history.
54 percent of college students said in spring 2012 that the most important reason to have a credit card was to have additional purchasing power for the unexpected.
17 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 reported an interest rate increase on their credit cards within the previous year.
Proportion of parents who use credit cards to pay for their kids& college bills as of 2012: Approximately 4 percent, borrowing on average $4,911.
18 percent of middle- or low-income households surveyed in 2012 identified late payments toward student loans as contributing to their low credit score.
60 percent of middle- or low-income households in debt who had college expenses for a child between February 2009 and February 2012 said that those expenses contributed to the credit card debt.
71 percent of middle- or low-income households in debt who had college expenses for themselves or their spouse between February 2009 and February 2012 reported that those expenses contributed to credit card debt.
20 percent of middle- or low-income Americans with no credit card debt but who had debt in the past cited college expenses as a factor that contributed to that past debt.
A May 2012 study found that 32 of the 50 largest public four-year universities, 26 of the largest 50 community colleges, and six of the 20 largest private not-for-profit schools had debit or prepaid card contracts with a bank or a financial firm.
&&Teens and young adults
The average total debt among Generation Y in 2012 was $34,765.
The average Experian VantageScore among Generation Y in 2012 was 672.
The first national general-use credit card that allowed balances to be paid over time was the BankAmericard, issued in 1958, (which in 1977 changed its name to Visa).
MasterCard began in 1966, when a number of banks formed the Interbank Card Association. In 1969, the Interbank Card Association bought the rights to use &Master Charge& from the California Bank Association. It was renamed MasterCard in 1979.
Unauthorized general-purpose credit card transactions made up 0.037 percent of all card-present credit card transactions in 2012 (accounting for 0.092 percent of the value of those transactions), and 0.118 percent of all card-not-present transactions (representing 0.114 percent of the value of those transactions).
Unauthorized general-purpose signature debit card transactions made up
0.028 percent of all card-present general-purpose signature debit card transactions in 2012
(accounting for 0.113 percent of the value of those transactions), and
0.095 percent of all card-not-present general-purpose signature debit card transactions (representing 0.114
percent of the value of those transactions).
Unauthorized general-purpose PIN debit and ATM card transactions made up
0.008 percent of all such transactions in 2012
(accounting for 0.028 percent of the value of those transactions).
Global fraud rates across the Visa payment system: less than 6 cents for every $100 in transactions&
68 percent of college students surveyed in spring 2012 had concerns about identity theft when it comes to having a credit card.
The Consumer Sentinel Network (CSN), a database of consumer complaints received by law enforcement, received more than 1.8 million complaints in 2011: 55 percent w 15 percent were ident and 30 percent other types of complaints.
Identity theft was the number one complaint category in the CSN for 2011, comprising 15 percent of the overall complaints.
A total of 990,242 CSN 2011 complaints were related to fraud.
Consumers reported paying more than $1.5 billion as a result of fraud in 2011; the median amount consumers paid fraudulently was $537.
Of the fraud-related complaints in 2011 where the method of initial contact was reported, 43 percent said email, 13 percent said an Internet site and 7 percent said mail as the initial point of contact.
In 2011Colorado had the highest per capita rate of reported fraud and other complaints followed by Delaware and Maryland.
14 percent of identity theft in 2011 involved credit card fraud. 27 percent involved government documents/ 13 percent involved phone or utilities fraud and 9 percent involved bank fraud.
In 2011 Florida had the highest per capita rate of reported identity theft complaints, followed by Georgia and California.
The top three threats most worrisome in the United States in 2012 were identity theft, bankcard fraud and national security as it relates to terrorism.
56 percent of Americans in 2012 were seriously concerned about someone obtaining and using their credit or debit card information.
39 percent of Americans in 2012 were seriously concerned about the security of shopping or banking online.
In 2012, there were more than 250 million mobile payments made using a mobile wallet, and at least 205 million person-to-person or money transfer payments.
In 2012, the total value of card-not-present payments reported by the payment networks was $1.4 trillion. The Commerce Department estimated e-commerce sales at $227 billion in 2012. Therefore, a substantial part of the value of card-not-present payments clearly included other transaction types, such as bill payments or purchases made over the phone.
In 2010, 74 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone went online to their financial institution&s site to complete transactions.
In 2010, 59 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone used the Internet as their primary way to complete transactions.
In 2010 13 percent of cardholders with a mobile phone used a mobile application to complete transactions.
Nearly two-thirds of online financial customers used bill pay across bank, credit card and third-party Web sites in 2011.
54 percent of rewards cardholders in 2012 rated the quality of the card issuer&s website as above average or excellent.
American Express interview
Student Monitor Financial Services spring 2012
TransUnion analysis of May 2013 credit files. See
Experian analysis of March 2013 credit files. See
contributed to this report.
Updated: August 8, 2014
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