
Off-line debit card transaction volume will exceed $100 billion this year
according to mid-year 'VISA Check Card' and MasterMoney' data. As of June
30 there were 67.6 million debit cardholders in the U.S. generating more
than one billion transactions since the first year, representing slightly
less than $50 billion in year-to-date card volume. While the number of
cardholders is growing about 42% annually, debit card volume is nearly
doubling this year. Truly this is a market segment that is no longer in
infancy. Total U.S. card volume, including debit and credit cards, will
exceed $1 trillion this year. Credit card volume is growing about 14.5%
annually according to CardData's mid-year computations.