Year |
Open Loop Prepaid Cards($Billions) |
Closed Loop Prepaid Cards ($Billions) |
Total($Billions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | $5 | $116 | $120 |
| 2004 | 9 | 137 | 147 |
| 2005 | 15 | 150 | 165 |
| 2006 | 27 | 171 | 198 |
| 2007 | 39 | 180 | 218 |
| Source: Tim Sloane, "5th Annual Network Branded Market Assessment: Measuring the Phenomenal Growth of the Open Prepaid Industry," Mercator Advisory Group. August 2008. |
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