Bank of America reported financial results this morning for the third quarter of 2009. In its Global Card Services unit, the bank reported card purchase volumes declined over 14% year over year from $63.3 billion to $53 billion. The charge-off rate doubled - from 6.4% to 12.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Debit card purchase volume grew slightly about 3% from $53.2 billion to $54.7 billion.

In an article titled "Credit-Card Losses Underscore Challenges Facing Lenders", Aparapjita Saha-Bubna writes for the Wall St. Journal on the financial results reported by major US credit card issuers - noting that "the latest numbers indicate that consumers continue to struggle amid high joblessness, as delinquency rates, a key gauge of future losses, continue to rise for most card issuers."

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