Article: DEBIT CARDS IN USE TO REACH 5.2 BILLION WORLDWIDE BY 2012.

Debit cards in use reached roughly 3 billion worldwide in 2007 and should reach 5.2 billion by 2012, according to a Global Industry Analysts Inc. report. North America had roughly 428 million debit cards in use in 2007, and the number will grow to 570 million by 2012, according to the report "Debit Cards Market Report" released March 3. The Asia-Pacific region is the leading regional market, with an estimated 1.8 billion cards in use in 2007, according to the report. Global Industry Analysts predicts the region, which includes India, China and Japan, will reach 3.4 billion cards in use by 2012. It attributes the ...

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