SUMMER SPREE:
CTBC Financial institution led its native friends with bank card spending of NT$86 billion in July, spurred by native journey and a declining variety of COVID-19 infections
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By Kao Shih-ching / Workers reporter
Bank card spending hit a report NT$407.9 billion (US$13.2 billion) in July given an increase of their use for tax and journey funds, the Monetary Supervisory Fee (FSC) stated on Thursday.
The determine rose 54.27 % from NT$264.4 billion the earlier month and was 21.62 % larger than NT$335.4 billion a 12 months earlier, the fee stated.
Taiwanese are being attracted again to bank card spending by incentives and rewards resembling installment plans, factors or cash-back rewards, Banking Bureau Deputy Director-Common Lin Chih-chi (林志吉) stated.
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About NT$136.4 billion in taxes had been paid by bank card in July, a rise of NT$27.5 billion from a 12 months earlier, Lin stated.
Summer time holidays and declining COVID-19 infections spurred home journey in July, boosting bank card spending for the month, he stated.
CTBC Financial institution (中國信託銀行) led its native friends with bank card spending of NT$86 billion, adopted by E.Solar Industrial Financial institution (玉山銀行) with NT$66 billion and Cathay United Financial institution (國泰世華銀行) with NT$61 billion, the fee’s information confirmed.
CTBC Financial institution issued 115,000 new bank cards in July, the very best variety of all native banks, the fee stated.
From Jan. 1 to July 31, whole bank card spending in Taiwan rose 10 % year-on-year to NT$1.95 trillion, the very best for a similar interval over the previous 5 years, the info confirmed.
“If the momentum continues in following months, this 12 months’s bank card spending would possibly surpass the report of NT$3.22 trillion set in 2019,” Lin stated.
As of July, Taiwan had 54.17 million bank cards in circulation issued by 33 monetary establishments, up from 53.9 million in June.
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