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Financial Cards and Payments in South Korea

The transaction value of financial cards continued to grow in 2011, with all except store cards registering a positive performance. Debit card usage increased substantially in 2011, following the Government’s introduction of tax benefits more ...

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Financial Cards and Payments in Colombia

Banco de la República is likely to present gradual increases to the reference interest rate during 2011 in order to cut the growing inflationary trend. During Q1 2011, the Central Bank increased the reference rate by 0.5 (the former was 3%) ...

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Consumer Lending in Spain

The Spanish economy recovered slightly in 2011 and managed to grow 0.8%, which was a positive performance after the setbacks of the two preceding years. Private consumption grew 0.7%, which was not sufficient to reactivate the economy. Consumer ...

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Financial Cards and Payments in Israel

2011 was a very positive growth year for the Israeli economy, driving the growth of private consumption expenditure among Israeli consumers. On the other hand, the cost of living in Israel was on the rise as well, resulting in higher monthly ...

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Financial Cards and Payments in Hong Kong, China

The Hong Kong economy bottomed out in early 2010 and delivered stable growth in 2011. However, consumers became more cautious about their spending mainly due to worries about increasing inflation risks. Inflation in Hong Kong has seen rapid ...

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Corporate Strategy in Consumer Finance: Assessing the Operating Landscape

The leading US-based international card networks dedicated significant capital to acquisitions in 2010 and 2011 to further boost internet and mobile payment processing capabilities. As the operators looked to establish a competitive edge ...

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China UnionPay Co Ltd in Consumer Finance

China UnionPay (CUP) is the 2nd largest operator by cards in circulation due to its monopoly of transactions in China. In 2011 the company expanded issuance and acceptance abroad and to keep pace with other operators, has partnered with technology ...

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Financial Cards and Payments in Chile

After facing a severe economic downturn which negatively affected the use of financial cards, especially because of the slowdown in Chileans’ purchasing power, from 2010 rapid economic recovery was observed, which helped the growth of financial cards...

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Financial Cards and Payments in South Africa

Financial cards performed relatively well in 2011 as the South African economy started to show signs of recovery. Although growth figures are nowhere near those recorded during the 2005-2007 period, all financial card areas recorded growth, with ...

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Innovations in Consumer Finance

Truly successful new innovations hit at the core of the financial cards business: increasing card payments by convincing consumers there is tangible benefit to using cards over cash. Banks attempt to do so by making services more user friendly or ...

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