{"id":13084,"date":"2025-04-18T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=13084"},"modified":"2025-04-18T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:00:58","slug":"credit-card-usage-soars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=13084","title":{"rendered":"Credit card usage soars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>asianewsplusone.com sfmnewslk.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of new active credit cards in Sri Lanka increased by 1,770 in February 2025, according to Central Bank data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of active credit cards increased by 0.1 percent to 2,020,766 at the end of February from 2,018,996 at the end of January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Active credit cards are reported to have increased by 0.6 percent in the first two months of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Active credit cards in Sri Lanka increased by 4.8 percent in 2024, or 91,371. Active credit cards increased by 19,076 in December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, with the Central Bank&#8217;s monetary policy rate hike in 2022 and the country declaring bankruptcy, active credit cards decreased by 1.8 percent, or 39,991, in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accordingly, the Central Bank sharply raised interest rates in April 2022 to combat hyperinflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd9\u0da9\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0da9\u0dca \u0db7\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dba \u0d89\u0dc4\u0dc5\u0da7\u0db8<br>2025 \u0db4\u0dd9\u0db6\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd2 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0dc3\u0dba\u0dda\u0daf\u0dd3 \u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd3 \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd3 \u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd9\u0da9\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0da9\u0dca\u0db4\u0dad\u0dca 1,770\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca 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