This statistic presents the ownership of payment cards in the United States as of December 2017, by type of card. As of the survey period, 87 percent of Americans owned a debit card.
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This statistic presents the ownership of payment cards in the United States as of December 2017, by type of card. As of the survey period, 87 percent of Americans owned a debit card.
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This statistic presents the ownership of payment cards in the United States as of December 2017, by type of card. As of the survey period, 87 percent of Americans owned a debit card.
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- November 2017
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- 200 respondents
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- Online survey
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- United States
- Survey time period
- November 2017
- Number of respondents
- 200 respondents
- Method of interview
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- Credit card purchase volume in the United States from 2000 to 2017, by type of credit card (in billion U.S. dollars)Credit card purchase volume in the U.S. 2000-2017, by type of credit card
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- Number of VISA credit cards in the United States and worldwide from 1st quarter of 2016 to 2nd quarter of 2018, by region (in millions)Number of VISA credit cards in the U.S. and worldwide form 2016 to 2018
- Number of MasterCard credit cards in the United States and worldwide in 4th quarter of 2018 (in millions)Number of MasterCard credit cards worldwide 2018
- Number of American Express credit cards worldwide from 2013 to 2017, by region (in millions)Number of American Express credit cards worldwide 2013-2017
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