Charge It !

Zap It. Max It.

The battle cry of urban shoppers can be heard all over the developed countries.



Bad debts written off by banks for credit cards in Singapore went up from about $115.4 million in 2008 to $183.9 million last year.



This is the numbers of card holders globally.

Australia: 16 million
Brazil: 191 million
China: 199 million
Canada: 72 million
France: 34 million
Germany: 4 million
Hong Kong: 14.7 million
Israel: 6 million
India: 24 million
Indonesia: 10 million
Japan: 346 million
Philippines" 8 million
Saudi Arabia: 3 million
Singapore: 1.2 million
South Korea: 96 million
Spain: 18 million
Thailand: 14 million
USA: 686 million
Vietnam: 2 million