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A lots of manpower is needed which involves a lot of cost.
Huge promotion is needed which is expensive.
In credit card business, it is always a cut throat competition. At present in India there are
about 50 banks which have entered into this business directly and many others are involved
indirectly.
Credit card fraud is a big problem to most of the bankers throughout the world.
Credit card does not comes free. They need to pay annual fees, joining fees and interest on the
late payments.
It provokes the customers to spend more than the means. It is found in Indian context that
most of the customers are using revolving credit facilities which indicate that the payment is
deferred by the card holder by sacrificing payment of interest due to shortage of fund.
Customers are also exposed to credit card fraud.
A part of the revenue goes to the banker who is providing with the credit card acceptance
increasing over the last decade. So credit card is also serving a socio-economic purpose of the nation,
to play a key role in enhancing national employment, wealth and social justice.
Lakhs)
Average credit limit Rs. [(15,000 + 5, 00,000) / 2]
: Rs. 2, 57,500
: Rs. 51,500
As credit card is a tertiary sector business, more it grows better is the position of the economy. In
India it is seen that credit card membership is growing at the rate of 42.12% on an average from 1996
to 2007, which shows a healthy sign for Indian Economy.
In USA the credit card culture is maximum in the world and it is the biggest economy of the world.
Hence it can be concluded that more the dependence on credit card by the nation more advanced it is,
the gradual growth of credit cards in India shows that the economy is going stronger and stronger
(CMIE Report).
Most of the Merchants are of the opinion that credit card do boost up sales by 15% to 50% from case
to case which is a barometer of economic growth.