China had issued a total of 8.98 billion bank cards by the end of 2020, according to a blue paper, informed The Xinhua News Agency.
Transactions worth ¥792.8 trillion ($123.24 trillion U.S. dollars) were made through bank cards last year, down 3.6% year on year, said the blue paper released by the China Banking Association.
In 2020, a total of 450 million bank cards were newly issued in China, up 5.3% from the previous year, the paper said.
By the end of last year, the outstanding balance of bank card credit totaled ¥7.91 trillion, an increase of 4.2% over the previous year, the paper showed.
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