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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Credit Card Abuse Down 47 Percent

Illustration credit card. (source: JG Photo / Jurnasyanto Sukarno) The expansion of credit card getting out of control.

Bank Indonesia (BI) Credit card abuse noted in the January-September 2011 fell 47 percent over the same period last year.

The more uncontrolled expansion of credit cards be the trigger.

"Prevention is better this year than last year," BI spokesman Difi Johansyah in Jakarta, today.

He said the reduction in credit card misuse is also not separated from the modus operandi that increasingly detected.

Data reports Transactions Payment System, BI recorded in the period from January to September there are credit card fraud amounting to IDR. 23.8 billion with 12 265 cases.

This is down significantly compared to the same period of 2010 amounted to Rp 44.7 billion. Throughout the year 2010 was recorded due to credit card fraud amounting to IDR. 55.2 billion.

Difi said the fraud that often occurs is a stolen credit card. Modes including stealing a credit card when used directly or transaction. Until September, there were 19 banks that issue credit cards all over Indonesia.

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