Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the tech bubble

Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by throwanem on Sunday August 13, 2017 @06:55AM (#15002415)

I'd love to find a time series of those proportions; my sense is that 29.7% is wildly overestimated, but it has been a very long time since I was in that business myself. Curious whether the proportions have changed, or whether my perspective at that time was skewed by the nature of my tier 1 customer service role.

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Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by Domenic_S on Sunday August 13, 2017 @11:53AM (#15003367)

I'm sure it also depends on who you worked for. My unscientific instinct is that you're substantially more likely to see someone carry a balance on a Capital One or Target card then on an Amex or Costco visa because of the demographics.

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Re:Annual note to self: most of the world exists outside the... by throwanem on Sunday August 13, 2017 @12:50PM (#15003657)

MBNA, a few years prior to the BofA acquisition. The company mostly issued affinity cards, of which it was the largest US issuer (I want to say largest globally, but not sure, whereas US I am certain about) at the time. You got to see a pretty good cross-section.

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