Card Use Grows in 2021 on Spending Recovery, Less Reliance on Hard Currency
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Card use for settlement in South Korea jumped 9.4 percent last year as consumption rebounded from a pandemic-caused slowdown and people reduced reliance on hard currency, central bank data showed Tuesday. The daily average settlement made through credit card and other card services came to 2.76 trillion won (US$2.26 [...]