By 2008 the Credit & Charge Card Market is Forecast to Reach a Value of $4.11trillion

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c26283) has announced the addition of Credit & Charge Cards: Global Industry Guide to their offering. The Credit & Charge Cards: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the credit & charge cards industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

• Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation
• Provides textual analysis of the industrys prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies
• Covers Global, European, Asia-Pacific & 5 individual country markets
• Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights
In 2003, the global credit and charge cards market reached a value of $2,782.8 billion.

In 2003, the Visa cards sector accounted for 52.2% of the global credit and charge cards market’s value, worth a total of $1,452.6 billion.

By 2008, the market is forecast to reach a value of $4,107.5 billion, equating to a CAGR of 8.1% in the 2003-2008 period.

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• Spot future trends and developments
• Inform your business decisions
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• Save time carrying out entry-level research

Definition
The credit and charge card market measures all issuers of pay later cards covering charge cards, deferred debit cards and revolving credit card products. The market value refers to the total value of credit and charge card transactions taking place in the region (cash advances and transactions). Volumes show the number of active cards in each market. All currency conversions have been calculated at constant 2003 exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report, Europe is comprised of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and the UK.

Asia-Pacific is composed of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand.

The global market is composed of Europe, Asia-Pacific, the US, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, South Africa, and Venezuela.

Company Profiles

• Citigroup Inc.
• American Express Company
• MBNA Corporation
• HSBC Holdings plc
• Credit Saison
• Erste Bank