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One year of demonetisation: Credit card usage up, outstanding surges 39%

Number of credit cards rose sharply from 26.39 million in August 2016 to 32.65 million in August 2017

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BS Web Team New Delhi
The use of credit cards has seen a sharp rise, with outstandings rising 38.7 per cent during the 12 months ended September 2017.

The total credit card outstandings — money spent by card holders and not repaid to the card company or bank — surged to Rs 59,900 crore at the end of September 2017, against Rs 43,200 crore in the same period last year, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday, shows a report in The Indian Express.

Card outstandings have shot up by 77.74 per cent in the