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The momentum in credit card spends continued in January, with spends topping Rs 1 trillion for the 11th month in a row due to a rise in e-commerce transactions and discretionary spending, including travel.
According to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), credit card spends stood at Rs 1.27 trillion in January, up marginally from Rs 1.26 trillion in December despite a very high base. Year-on-year, spends increased 45 per cent in January.
Online e-commerce spends constituted almost 60 per cent of the total credit card spends in January. The rest of it came from point of
