Czechs using more credit cards than ever before

In more business news, the number of credit cards issued in the third quarter of this year was up by more than 25% on last year’s figures. There are now more than 1 million credit cards in use in the Czech Republic, alongside some 8.3 million debit cards. In the last three months alone, over 300,000 new credit cards have been issued. According to Jan Carny of MasterCard, more dynamic growth is expected in the sector in coming years.