Poland becomes Europe's 8th plastic money market

Poland has become Europe's 8th largest plastic money market. according to the National Bank of Poland (NBP),

Poles had nearly 22 million payment cards at the end of the first half of this year, the PAP news agency reported on Monday.

In 2005, the value of the Polish plastic money market increased to 1.1 billion euros (1.4 billion U.S.dollars) from 600 million euros (770 million U.S. dollars) in 2004.

The market is estimated to reach 3.3 billion euros (4.2 billion U.S.dollars) in 2010, the NBP said.

Source: Xinhua