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Tag: Visa: End-of-Year Tourist Transactions Up by 40% in Sri Lanka This Holiday Season

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Visa: End-of-Year Tourist Transactions Up by 40% in Sri Lanka This Holiday Season

Surge in card transactions by tourists was driven largely by in-store use of debit cards Domestic debit spends grew by 45% while cross-border debit spends grew by almost 30% Domestic cardholders in Sri Lanka spent 35%+ more than in 2023 Holiday Season, buoyed by increasing penetration of contactless payments Visa (NYSE: V), the global leader […]

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