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Shanghai Surprise

Posted by David S. Evans on 18 December 2009 | 0 Comments

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China emerged in the last decade as a major force in payments. Coinciding with the enormous growth of the economy, China has rapidly increased the acceptance of cards by merchants and the use of cards to pay by consumers. Chinese banks have expanded their issuance of debit cards and have moved aggressively into credit cards. In 2008, there were 16.7 billion card transactions that resulted in a total spend on cards in China of 127.16 trillion RMB ($18.75 trillion). More than a million merchants accepted cards that year.

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